GIGA is media partner of the Games Convention 2006
Television channel for digital lifestyle and gaming in collaboration with the Games Convention in Leipzig
GC (Games Convention)
(24 - 27 August 2006)
Press & Trade Visitor Day: 23 August 2006
Cologne, 31 July 2006 - GIGA Digital and Games Convention offer each other mutual media support. As a TV channel for digital lifestyle and gaming, GIGA is offering extensive coverage of the Games Convention, Europe's largest trade fair for interactive entertainment, hardware and learning software. At their website www.giga.de, the most successful German youth portal according to IVW, a micro site for the Games Convention 2006 can be found online at www.giga.de/events/gc2006/. Here, interested parties can obtain detailed information on the fair, and the GIGA involvement at the Games Convention in particular.
"GIGA and the Games Convention are the two most important sources of information in Germany as far as gaming and digital lifestyle are concerned. This media partnership means that the target group will receive optimum information about the mega event Games Convention that is taking place in Leipzig from 23 to 27 August", states Ibrahim Mazari (32), head of communications at GIGA Digital GmbH, with regard to the partnership.
Contact for the press: Contact for exhibitors/visitors:
Susanne Heusler Angela Schierholz
Press Officer Project Director
Phone: +49 (0) 341 - 678 8184 Phone: +49 (0) 341 - 678 8281
Fax: +49 (0) 341 - 678 8182 Fax: +49 (0) 341 - 678 8282
E-mail: s.heusler@leipziger-messe.de E-mail: a.schierholz@leipziger-messe.de
Contact at Deutsche Bahn
Rainer Wolinski
Phone: +49 (0) 221 - 141 3617
GC on the Internet:
http://www.gc-germany.com
http://www.leipziger-messe.de
July 2006
GIGA will be present at the Games Convention with a 2,500 square metre stand, A40 / B50, in Hall 3, as well as broadcasting over 50 hours of programmes live from the fair.
The Games Convention 2006
The GC (Games Convention) is Europe's sole trade fair for interactive entertainment, infotainment, edutainment and hardware. This year, 367 exhibitors are expected, on 90,000 square metres (gross) of exhibition space.
GIGA is unique digital lifestyle TV!
GIGA Digital is the first German television channel to cover the themes of digital lifestyle, games and eSports around the clock. Expert presenters create a unique mix of gaming and entertainment.
Diffusion:
The GIGA Digital programme is broadcast daily around the clock via satellite (ASTRA Digital 19.2° east, transponder 103, frequency 12,460.5 Mhz, pol: H, Msymb/s: 27.5, FEC: ¾) and online at www.giga.de.
GIGA Digital is received by 6.3 million digital satellite households, with a subsequent technical range of over twelve million viewers. 100 percent of the target group are reached via live internet stream.