SPORTELMonaco, the international sports convention for television
and new media executives, which was held at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum
and ended October 18, played host to the biggest names in international
sports programming distributors, including the National Football League,
NASCAR, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, ESPN
and the PGA Tour, as well as European bigwigs Eurosport, the
International Softball Federation and RAI Trade.
In what was touted as the largest SPORTEL event ever, a total of
2,362 participants representing 975 companies from 79 counties worldwide
took part in SPORTELMonaco 2007. This year's expanded market
featured 177 stands, kiosks and exhibits, up from 153 in 2006. The 19th
annual SPORTELMonaco will return to the Grimaldi Forum, October 20-23,
2008.
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