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 Galanis Sports Data, a member of the Intracom Group since 1999, was founded in 1984. The company provides computerized coverage of all sports events, while it offers to event organizers all necessary information in various forms and media, such as hard copies, printed material, CD-ROMs, DVDs, electronic updating, closed TV-circuits, TV-inserts, Internet, mobile communication and telephony, etc. The company covers all these events using its own personnel (300 experts all over Greece), hardware and software by in-situ collection of data and results and on-line data processing, management and presentation.
Over the past 19 years, Galanis Sports Data has gained valuable experience and wide recognition by covering and/or organizing a multitude of various events, at both national and international level.
Galanis Sports Data also covers all European competition matches for the Greek teams in football, basketball, volleyball, handball and waterpolo matches and has extensive collaboration with all television channels.
During the course of a typical year over 2500 events are covered in team and individual sports.
Galanis Sports Data has covered almost all major sports events which have been held in Greece including the 9th European Veterans’ Track & Field Championships (1994), Cosmovolley (1994), Eurovolley (1995), the VI IAFF World Marathon Cup (1995), Eurobasket (1995), Junior’s Mundobasket (1995), WorldBasket (1998), European Men’s Basketball FINAL FOUR (2000), Athens Grand Prix “Tsiklitiria” (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) and the 47th Acropolis Rally (2000). On the international scene, the company covered the European Women’s Basketball FINAL FOUR in Sofia, Bulgaria, the European Men’s Basketball FINAL FOUR in Rome, Italy and the National Championships in Football and Basketball in Cyprus.
Accreditation services are provided by Galanis Sports Data, which has developed an application that fully covers the needs of the sports organizers, including circulation studies and maps, and has been used with great success in the European Veterans’ Track & Field Championship, Cosmovolley ‘94, Eurobasket ‘95, Eurovolley ‘96, the Centennial FIVB World Congress, the World Basket Congress, WorldBasket ’98, Euroleague Final Four 2000, and the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria 2000, 2001 & 2002.
 GALANIS SPORTS DATA WEBSITE
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The Galanis Sports Data company will offer a wide variety of Information Services for the duration of the 2003 European Weightlifting Championships. The services are geared to organisers, participants, press and spectators of the event, as well as fans worldwide following the competition on TV or through the Internet. Following is a brief breakdown of the services offered:
- 2003 European Weightlifting Champs Website
This website brings together in one place, accessible worldwide through the internet, all information concerning the 2003 European Weightlifting Championships. It included real-time, online results as the competition unfolded, breaking news reports and press releases, as well as galleries with still image and video highlights of the Championships. Also included are background information on the competition and a guide for travellers to Loutraki, all conveniently brought together in one location. The website was updated every few minutes to incorporate all the latest developments in Loutraki.
WEBSITE STATISTICS
- Closed Circuit TV network
 A CCTV network with ten channels will be available on 40 monitors throughout the competition hall, including the organisers' and athletes areas, Press Centre & Press Stands. Click on thumbnail, left, for a higher resolution image of the layout of the Closed Circuit Television Network, which provided users with access to the international TV feed, the host TV broadcaster (ET-1) picture, Eurosport English, Eurosport German, two on-platform cameras, results service, plus the competition website.
- Results Printout Service
In cooperation with the organisers and the official International Weightlifting Federation software, a full printout service for results will be made available for the duration of the competition. The printouts are distributed to participating delegations and accredited press.
- Intranet
 An Intranet incorporating the Internet version of this website will be set up throughout the competition hall, facilitating organisers and press, who will be able to retrieve all information from one convenient location. The Intranet is available on a network of 25 PCs, hooked up to networked printers in the organisers' areas, the Press Centre and the Press Stands. Click on thumbnail, left, for higher resolution image of the Intranet Layout.
- TV Graphics
 Galanis Sports Data will link up with the Hellenic Radio & Television, the host TV broadcasters, to provide a TV graphics service for viewers domestically and worldwide. A Microsoft PowerPoint presentation of the TV Graphics may be downloaded from this website by clicking here (download size 1.6 MB).
- Graphics Design & Technical Support
 Galanis Sports Data staff will be on hand throughout the duration of the competition to provide technical support for all Information Technology related matters to organisers and accredited press. Galanis Sports data has also assisted the organisers in numerous graphics design projects, such as the production of the panels on the weighlifting podium and the Press Conference room. Click on the image, left, of the competition podium panel, to view in higher resolution, 600x220 pixels.
- Production of CD-ROMs
 Galanis Sports Data has produced a two-language (Greek & English) multimedia CD-ROM, which presents the history, achievements and 2004 Olympic aspirations of Greek weightlifting. The CD traces the origins of the sport from antiquity through to the 20th Century and highlights the achievements of Greek weightlifters through the ages. A special section is given over to Greece's modern-day weightlifting stars and includes video clips of them in action. An interactive database holds information of records and medals of Greek and foreign athletes in all categories, updated until the beginning of the 2003 European Championships. This CD was an innovative idea of the president of the Hellenic Weightlifting Federation, Yannis Sgouros, and was produced with the assistance of the Press Office of the HWF.
In addition, Galanis Sports Data will produce a post-competition CD-ROM, following the completion of the 2003 European Championships. This will include all results, statistics, press releases, day-by-day reports, plus video highlights and a detailed photo gallery. After viewing the CD, anyone who had missed the European Championships, will feel that he was present at this competition.
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