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Beijing 18TH JUNE 2007.
PremierGoals has agreed a strategic partnership with Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) one of the major Chinese portals with around 300 million page views and 40 million unique visitors per day. Sohu is among many things the producer and hosting partner of the “2008 Beijing Olympics website”. Planned launch of PremierGoals is late October 2007.
Sohu is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication.
Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consisting of:
· www.sohu.com, the mass portal and leading online media destination;
· www.sogou.com, an interactive search engine with over 10 billion retrieved Chinese web pages;
· www.chinaren.com, the #1 online alumni club;
· www.focus.cn, a top real estate and home furnishing website;
· www.17173.com, the #1 games information portal;
· www.goodfeel.com.cn, a wireless value-added services provider; and
· www.go2map.com, a leading online mapping service provider.
Sohu’s all-inclusive, proprietary search engine, Sogou (which means ‘Search Dog’ in Chinese) was initially launched in August 2004 and has continued to invest in research and development.With a search database of 10 billion retrieved Chinese web pages and a daily update of 500 million pages.
SOHU.COM, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's Internet pioneers, is in its eleventh year of operation.
London, 9TH May 2007.
LIVERPOOLFC.TV signs an agreement with Shanghai based PremierGoals LTD in reference the clubs web and mobile rights for China.
Liverpoolfc.tv, the new media arm of Liverpool Football Club, has signed a deal with PremierGoals Limited as their web and mobile content partner for China. The deal paves the way for the launch of a local language website incorporating all the exclusive editorial and video content found at the Club website www.liverpoolfc.tv along with mobile services geared towards fans in China.
Stephen Michael, General Manager Liverpoolfc.tv Limited said “ Liverpool seeks to form partnerships that enable the delivery of the wealth of official content we produce to the global fan-base. This deal will allow LFC fans in China to enjoy a wide range of terrific content from the heart of Anfield, bringing them closer to the team they love and immersing them in the terrific sense of history that surrounds LFC”
Liverpool FC is the most successful club in English football history with a passionate, loyal and global fan base. Playing at the famous Anfield stadium and led by Manager Rafael Benitez, LFC competes at the highest level in football. This year sees the club playing AC Milan in the Champion’s League Final in Athens. The final gives Liverpool the chance for an unprecedented 6th European Cup and sees them face the same team as in their mesmerizing 2005 Champions League win.
Henrik Barck Co-founder & CEO PremierGoals Ltd “We are proud to become a partner of a historic and great Club like Liverpool and look forward working to increase the fan base as well as building the Clubs brand further. China, the world’s fastest-growing market, is also one of the most complex for foreign suppliers to enter. Apart from our unique track record, local market awareness, and in-depth knowledge of football and global experience from New Media, PremierGoals also has the right team in place to guide and lead towards success. We strongly believe our team has the perfect mix of the requisite skills.”
Commenting on the Chinese market, Henrik Barck adds: “The backdrop to PremierGoals decision to promote football in China is the country’s explosive growth in Internet use. According to Internet worldwide statistics, there are currently, 137 million Internet users in China. Mobile phone users are at 480 million."
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