1st of May 2008
Enschede, The Netherlands

Share Dimension enters a new joint venture – Chess Media Services B.V – to broadcast exclusively the World Chess Championship 2008 using state of the art Foidos broadcasting interface.

Claudiu Tanasescu, managing director Share Dimension: “Today is a great moment for our company.“ Share Dimension has signed an agreement that will see the creation of a new joint venture specifically design to secure and broadcast on the internet the World Chess Championship 2008. The new joint venture will have Share Dimension together with DGT Projects of Enschede, Netherlands, Noterik of Amsterdam Netherlands and UEP of Dortmund Germany joining their forces into making chess history.

For the first time in the world chess lovers all around the globe will be able to watch closely with the help of 5 video cameras the 2 world players  Kramnik and Anand as they lock forces to win the World Chess Championship.

Claudiu Tanasescu, managing director Share Dimension: “The broadcast will make use of our Foidos platform which we will extend with specific Chess related features. The Foidos platform puts the user in Control.”

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About Share Dimension:
Share Dimension is a state-of-the art multimedia company that specializes in tailor made application development. We develop internet based application and it is our aim to help companies extend their market reach on a global scale.
Our business is governed by the principles of SIMPLICITY, EFFICIENCY and AFFORDABILITY. Our services are aimed for the ultimate customer satisfaction. We are your partners in talent.

DGT, Netherlands
DGT is world leader in digital chess equipment. The famous makers of DGT Digital Clock and DGT Digital Chess board, the only FIDE approved equipment is now exclusively used in Dresden Chess Olympiad.
DGT brings a lot of chess and tournament organization valuable expertise to the consortium.
www.dgtprojects.com/
 
Noterik, Netherlands
Noterik BV is Benelux market leader in streaming video. Noterik specializes in webcasts, webTV solutions, e-learning with the help of video and personalized video solutions. Noterik brings extremely valuable expertise to the consortium in the field of video encoding and processing as well as video internet distribution.
www.noterik.com
 
UEP, Germany
World leaders in professional sports management and tournament organization. UEP has proven that chess events can be professionally organized and can make a lasting impression on any visitor to theVladimir Kramnik - Fritz10 match in 2007.
www.uep-worldchess.com/