Talk:Infront Sports & Media/Archives/2018

Phase 2 (Circa February 3rd) of suggested changes
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One more edit is necessary in relation to the previous approved changes: The first paragraph also mentions number of offices. Says 25 in the last line now needs to be updated to 35.
 * Done  North8000  (talk) 18:52, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed change to history section
My next proposed change is in relation to Infront Sports & Media's acquisition of Omnigon - a consulting firm that helps sports, media and entertainment providers to develop mobile apps and websites. My proposed changes for this are to the History and Services section of the article. I would suggest the update is relevant as it has changed the structure of the business with key divisions being renamed and an expansion of services to the area of digital and sports industry with some notable projects as a result.

Under History the business unit referred to as Media Production has been renamed to Digital Production and Sports Solutions - please find suggested edit and reference below:

http://www.sportspromedia.com/movers_and_shakers/infront_appoints_claude_ruibal

Proposed revised history section:

Infront Sports & Media was founded in October 2002 in order to create the television and radio broadcasts for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The company originated from a merger of two existing Swiss-based marketing companies, CWL and Prisma Sports & Media. Infront's origins are in the football business, but in 2005 the company lost a majority of its FIFA business and subsequently diversified. Today the company is divided into Summer and Winter sports properties (in line with the Olympic differentiation) and also has dedicated Football, Endurance and Digital Production and Sports Solutions units. Until 2011 it was owned by a consortium of shareholders. In September 2011 – European private equity firm Bridgepoint reached an agreement to acquire the company.

In February 2015, Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda won an auction to purchase Infront from Bridgepoint for more than €1 billion. In November 2015 it was announced that Infront would be integrated together with the WTC with its Ironman brand under the roof of Wanda Sports.World Triathlon Corporation.

Current text

Infront Sports & Media was founded in October 2002 in order to create the television and radio broadcasts for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[5] The company originated from a merger of two existing Swiss-based marketing companies, CWL and Prisma Sports & Media. Infront's origins are in the football business, but in 2005 the company lost a majority of its FIFA business and subsequently diversified. Today the company is divided into Summer and Winter sports properties (in line with the Olympic differentiation) and also has dedicated Football, Endurance and Media Production units. Until 2011 it was owned by a consortium of shareholders.[citation needed] In September 2011 – European private equity firm Bridgepoint reached an agreement to acquire the company.[6][7][8]

In February 2015, Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda won an auction to purchase Infront from Bridgepoint for more than €1 billion.[9][10] In November 2015 it was announced that Infront would be integrated together with the WTC with its Ironman brand under the roof of Wanda Sports.World Triathlon Corporation.[11]


 * So it looks like the (only) change in text is a change of a phrase to: dedicated Football, Endurance and Media Production units
 * Done  North8000  (talk) 13:53, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed changes to services section
Under the Services section, due to the acquistion of Omnigon and the above edit I have suggested the following amends. As another subsidary is mentioned in this section it seemed the appropriate place to insert the Omnigon subsidiary information.

Proposed revised services section: Infront Sports & Media has 900 employees in 35 offices which are operated by several subsidiaries specializing in a geographic region as well as in specialized services. Infront Sports & Media supports media rights distribution, marketing concepts and sponsorship sales for sporting events as well as media production (host broadcasting, post production and archive management). An Infront subsidiary, Host Broadcast Services, produces television and radio signals for the FIFA World Cup. HBS provides a stereo, 5.1, and satellite broadcast feed to organizations that own the rights to the media, typically with 40 minutes of pre-game and 20 minutes of post-game content.

Another Infront subsidiary, Omnigon helps sports, media and entertainment providers to develop mobile apps and websites.


 * Could you identify the specific proposed changes?  North8000  (talk) 13:54, 5 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, of course, my apologies. I am proposing two additions to the current article. The new sentence I am proposing we add to this section is above with references inserted but the actual sentence is.

[Another Infront subsidiary, Omnigon helps sports, media and entertainment providers to develop mobile apps and websites.]

I was recommneding we insert it after the information about the other subsidary (HBS) but before the last sentence in this section.


 * Done  North8000  (talk) 13:25, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you again for your help HablasESport!121 (talk) 11:42, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Infront also provides hospitality and catering, stadium advertising, event management and other related services.


 * Just checking / clarifying, this sentence is already in. North8000  (talk) 14:41, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi North - yes thank you very much for your support with this so far. I wonder if you could offer your opinion on including the below sentence and links to the notable works section? Best HablasESport!121 (talk) 10:10, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm planning on putting it in (probably minus the "innovative" word) but I'm running a little slow. I've been looking to check that the sources support everything that is in there.  Sincerely,  North8000  (talk) 13:09, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed changes to notable works section
I was then proposing we add a line in the Notable Work section that also references this new subsidiary and the impact on the sports industry:

[In 2016 Infront with Omnigon collaborated on several innovative projects including digital services to the Serie A and mobile app development for the German Football Association’s DFB Cup.]

http://deadline.com/2016/01/wanda-infront-sports-media-build-digital-muscle-buys-omnigon-1201686858/

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2016/01/20/Finance/Infront.aspx


 * Done  North8000  (talk) 13:25, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Looks good. I will also double check the sources and may be able to find a citation for the bit at the top. Will come back next week. If you have any concerns with references or otherwise do let me know. As it stands there is nothing there now that raises alarms or is factually incorrect from my side. Thanks a lot for all your help. Very best HablasESport!121 (talk) 16:56, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * My Pleasure.  North8000  (talk) 17:29, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Closing
Does that make sense? Let me know if you need me to do more on these ones and clarify further.

Thanks again for your assistance with this. Sincerely HablasESport!121 (talk) 14:52, 3 February 2017 (UTC)