Entriq, Inc., a company that provides all-in-one pay media solutions to manage, protect, monetize and deliver multimedia content to broadband, mobile and IPTV devices worldwide, today announced that it is providing an online secure media platform for FIFA’s Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup, which is currently taking place in Japan.

Football fans worldwide are able to watch the best moments of each match online at FIFA.com, via a worldwide Video Highlights service for the Tournament. Video summaries of each game are made available free of charge to any user just one hour after the final whistle of each game.

“FIFA is happy to be able to showcase world-class club football on its official Website and to offer fans comprehensive coverage of this major Tournament,” said Charles-Henri Contamine, FIFA Head of New Media.

Providing a high quality online experience is very important to FIFA in order to ensure that football fans worldwide can see great football action that they might not otherwise be able to see, or which they wish to see again.Entriq manages the video player, content security and tracking for all video content, with support from NTT Communications for content streaming.During the first 48 hours of availability fans from 121 countries around the world had viewed the video highlights, a great testimony to the value FIFA is offering to football fans through this initiative.

Jan Steenkamp, CEO of Entriq said “We are delighted to be working with FIFA on this exciting opportunity as they offer great video content to football fans worldwide.Entriq has been involved from the outset in the business of securing broadband media for sports rights holders and owners.Entriq systems are now in use for more than 18 different sports, and we are extremely proud to count FIFA as one of our most valued clients. In recent months we have seen a growth in the success of our customers’ online media efforts as the sector is starting to gain significant fan interest.”

About Entriq, Inc
With over 20 years of pay media experience, Entriq Inc. through its MediaSphere product provides a complete solution for protecting, managing, selling and delivering broadband and mobile content worldwide. MediaSphere gives content and service providers the complete tools needed to manage and protect valuable media assets they wish to track and/or sell. Entriq’s products and services include MediaSphere and IBS, a licensed software solution for billing and customer care. Entriq clients include some of the world’s largest content, network and service providers in the pay media industry, including DIRECTV, EchoStar, MTV Networks, M-Net, WWE, NBC Universal, Inc. and Shanghai Cable. Entriq is based in San Diego, CA and has offices in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands as well as China. Entriq is a division of MIH Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naspers (NASDAQ: NPSN). For more information visit http://www.entriq.com/.

About FIFA
For the past 101 years, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, better known as FIFA, has continued to provide the essential leadership role to the international football family. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the eighth FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter (Switzerland), guides the organisation today with a commitment to the evolution of FIFA as a modern and dynamic association. The basis of the world’s football family is formed by FIFA’s member associations. From the founding seven in 1904, the family has today grown to 207 affiliated associations, also organised into six confederations spanning the globe. FIFA’s worldwide activities go well beyond its various competitions, such as the world’s biggest single-sport event, the FIFA World Cup(tm). In projects such as the FIFA GOAL Programme as well as several other development and charity activities such as the SOS Children Villages, FIFA gives material, financial and promotional support to develop the game and bring joy to underprivileged worldwide.

FIFA.com is the official website of FIFA. Available in four languages (English, Spanish, French and German) it offers fans from all over the world a one-stop shop website with real world coverage. A worldwide team of journalists keep the ball rolling for FIFA.com around the clock providing extensive information on world’s football in all its varieties from Beach Soccer via Interactive to Futsal and Women’s football. During the FIFA World Club Championship Toyota Cup in Japan, which was kicked off last Sunday (11 December 2005) in the National Stadium of Tokyo, full match cast coverage with editorial commentaries, statistics and photos is available on FIFA.com. With six teams fighting for world supremacy, the stage is set for a club football festival and FIFA.com is ready to offer fans worldwide unparalleled coverage of the Tournament.

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