Press release: TEAMtalk media AFCON 2010 Predictor winners announced
19 February 2010 – TEAMtalk media, the leading digital sports content producer in South Africa and a BSkyB subsidiary, recently announced the winners of its Football365 African Cup of Nations 2010 Predictor competition, with the PSL and Premier League versions of the competition in full swing.
The Football365 Predictor competition allows football fans to predict the outcome of individual games in various tournaments and score points for each correct forecast. Competitors’ teams are listed on an online leader board, where they fight it out for first place at the end of the tournament. Winners receive a cash prize, and of course bragging rights with other football fans.
Dino F. picked up a cool R2,000 for his football predictions during the recent AFCON tournament, with the runners up winning R1,000 and R500 each. The winners of the Predictor competition guaranteed their places at the top of the leader board with a series of consistently accurate predictions throughout the tournament.
Johannesburg-based Dino’s advice for future contestants is: “Follow your instincts. You’ll get a lot of advice from your friends, but the best thing to do is go with the results you think are right.” Dino is a lifelong Fiorentina supporter, and is backing Bafana and Greece in the upcoming World Cup.
“This is a great way for our readers to test their skills and knowledge of the game against friends and other football fans,” said Richard Ferraris, editor of Football365.co.za. “And we trust that the in-depth news and analysis that our team provides gives our readers the information they need to make the best predictions.”
There is no entry fee to play one of TEAMtalk media’s Predictor games, and the competitions can be accessed via the web or mobile phones. Two points are awarded for a correct win, and three for the accurate prediction of a draw. Bonus points are given for getting the outcome of the entire week’s games correct.
Predictor competitions currently on the go include the South African PSL and English Premier League, with a FIFA 2010 World Cup competition set to kick off later this year.
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ABOUT TEAMtalk media
One of South Africa’s leading digital content producers, TEAMtalk media creates sports content for radio, print, online, TV and mobile – providing quality content for the Sky network of sports sites, which reaches 25 million unique readers, as well as its media syndication partners.
Its network includes: Sky Sports, Sporting Life, Sport365, Football365, Golf365, Cricket365, Extreme 365, Oddschecker, Planet Rugby, Planet F1, and football365.co.za. Additional offerings are: Sky News, Sky News Radio, Sky Text.
f365.co.za, the mobile version of popular local football site football365.co.za was selected as a finalist in the mobile publishing category for the 2009 Bookmark Awards, which rewards online excellence.
The company consists of four main business units: editorial, mobile, an award-winning customer support service, and ad campaign management. TEAMtalk Media’s South African editorial team – which works in tandem with the UK team – is comprised of seasoned sports journalists who are leaders in their respective fields.
The mobile division of TEAMtalk Media generates cutting edge sports graphics, ring tones, animations and a host of additional bespoke mobile entertainment content, for use by the internal network of sites as well as for syndication.
TEAMtalk Media is a proud division of British Sky Broadcasting.
For more information visit: www.teamtalkmedia.co.za
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