Brazil's Mighty Globo Goes to the World Cup with Quova
Quova Media to Provide GloboEsporte.com, Broadcast Giant’s Online Unit, With Territory Rights Control of Streaming Video for World’s Most Watched Sporting Event
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. – May 23, 2006 – Quova, Inc., the authority on IP Intelligence and leading provider of Internet geolocation data and services, today announced a landmark agreement with Brazil’s GloboEsporte.com – the online unit of Organizacoes Globo, Latin America’s largest media conglomerate – to deliver live streaming video coverage of the upcoming 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in Germany.
GloboEsporte.com has deployed Quova Media, the pioneering geolocation solution for digital rights management, to its technology platform for Internet video streaming. TV Globo, Latin America’s largest broadcaster and the fourth largest television network in the world, will use the platform in its Internet coverage of the World Cup tournament. Beginning June 9, all 64 matches will be streamed live through the GloboEsporte.com web portal. Quova Media will ensure that GloboEsporte.com’s World Cup coverage will be accessible to online viewers only in Brazil, providing territory rights control of media content for the world’s most watched sporting event. Quova Media is already powering TV Globo’s territory rights compliance for the first live online streaming of NBA games outside of the United States, which began February 7.
"Globo is new to the arena of territory rights management for live and on-demand video, and we chose Quova to work with because their expertise and technology were clearly the best in the marketplace," said Antonio Maia, CTO of Globo.com. "Given Quova’s success with the Tour de France, the Olympics and our own NBA venture, we feel comfortable trusting them to help us meet FIFA’s strict standards for territory rights compliance in our World Cup broadcasts."
"This agreement between Globo.com and Quova marks a new phase in the rapid and dramatic expansion of the world of live digital content," said Gary Jackson, COO of Quova. "The Quova Media solution has revolutionized the business model for delivering streaming video of live sporting events, and broadcasters and sports federations around the world are recognizing the necessity for our territory rights assurance. We couldn’t be more excited about the impact our technology is having on this explosively growing industry."
About GloboEsporte.com
The largest and most complete sports portal in Brazil, with 8 million visits per month, GloboEsporte.com is the sole portal to show Brazilian championship soccer matches and highlights on demand, in addition to programs such as Globo Esporte and Esporte Espetacular of TV Globo. GloboEsporte.com also provides continuous breaking sports news coverage. It will be the only website in South America offering live coverage of all 64 World Cup games, as well as user access to video-chats, video-surveys and the World Blog.
About Globo.com
Launched in March 2000, Globo.com (www.globo.com/gmc) is an Internet access provider responsible for the web distribution of the content of Organizacoes Globo, the fifth largest media group in the world. Globo.com provides 6 million visitors a month with access to almost 90% of the programming produced by TV Globo, Brazil’s largest broadcaster. The portal is focused on four subjects: Entertainment, Sports, News and Globo Media Center, the video archive. It also provides websites of all programs made by TV Globo, a website of sensual pictures called Paparazzo, and tools such as Globolog, Blogger, Globo Vídeo Chat and Kit.net.
About Quova, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Quova, Inc. is the leading provider of IP Intelligence and Internet geolocation services to online businesses, including five of the world’s six largest global Internet companies. Quova’s patented technology provides the geographic location and connection data of website visitors in real time, enabling thousands of enterprises worldwide to detect fraud, manage digital rights, target content, conduct site analysis and ensure regulatory compliance. Quova’s customers and partners include such industry leaders as Major League Baseball Advanced Media, BBC, Bell Canada, Cisco Systems, Coremetrics, Corillian, PassMark, Bankinter, Times Online and Sky Sports. A privately held company with investments from Mobius Venture Capital, IDG Ventures, Nexus Group and Schoffstall Ventures, Quova is headquartered in Mountain View, California (T: 650.528.3700) with European headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (T: 31.20.888.45.30). Visit Quova online at www.quova.com.
