Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 12 October 2008
The players complete with their teams have arrived in Both, ready for the match and today they have inspected the playing venues and facilities.
While most of the things were OK, both Vladimir and Vishy had problems with their chairs. UEP really got top quality chairs so the issue was solved immediately.
Rest rooms were next to be checked and Vishy even has an iron in his rest room. Both players have showers and separate bathrooms (where not cameras are present :).
The technical side was also inspected and Foidos team was happy to see the players were satisfied with the setup.
Enjoy some photos below, complete with a new Foidos screenshot showing the commentator interactivity features.
Next comes the official press conference.
Watch this space for more updates.
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Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 10 October 2008
Another hard working day has come to an end. We are happy to see the web farm running and all servers are performing remarkably.
Everyday I am amazed by the complex team effort required to put together an event of such scale. From the technical team in Bundeskunsthalle to the designers and branding teams to the technical team from UEP and Foidos.
I’ve included another collection of quick snapshots and we’re also including a screenshot of the actual Foidos application that you will be able to see pretty soon.
3 days to the tournament and counting.
Tomorrow there will be a full inspection of the venue by both players teams.
Watch this space for more updates.
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Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 09 October 2008
Preparations are now in full swing in Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany for the start of the World Chess Championship 2008.
The entire Foidos team (Share Dimension, Noterik, DGT) has now temporarily moved up in Bonn and we are setting up the complete equipment to allow you to enjoy this extraordinary online experience.
Some technical numbers: 10 video encoding computers, 5 on location servers, 15 laptops, 10 video cameras, around 800 meters of audio/video cable, 7 audio/video mixers, 5 different fixed broadcasting camera positions, 2 mobile cameras, 15 servers web farm on a big data center, 100 liters of coca cola, 15 Terabyte Content Distribution Network bucket, 2 km of black fabric for stage set up, 10 network switches and many more.
Watch carefully and you will be able to see the exposition taken place next to the World Chess Championship. Romans and the barbarians. Is this just a coincidence? War in chess as well ?
Main lobby Bundeskunsthalle Bonn.
Foidos Nerve Center
To make sure we have no toilet gates this time, everything is being careful watched. Big brother in action.
Watch this space for more…
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Posted by admin1 on 01 October 2008
Only 12 days left until the World Chess Championship and counting.
Here at the Foidos team the work is going full speed to finalize all the features we want to see into the application.
The last test we ran on Thursday the 25th was again extremely helpful.
The test was crucial in getting the integration with our Content Distribution Network and other functionality tested.
We are happy to see that very few problems have surfaced.
The interactivity module takes shape and now not only you can see the
commentator analysis board but you can also send questions and get live
answers by the Grand Masters themselves.
read more...
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Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 04 September 2008
Dear Chess lover,
The wait is over.
Chess Media Services and FoidosChess is proud to announce that ticket sale for the World Chess Championship 2008 has started today.
FoidosChess is the exclusive broadcaster of the World Chess Championship.
Do not miss the chance to be part of this historical event and ground breaking internet broadcasting.
We want to guarantee early buyers top quality service. It is the technology that introduces limitation so only a limited number of tickets are available.
As an early buyer you can profit now from our early bird discount of 30%.
Please follow the payment process and get your tickets now.
http://www.foidoschess.tv/purchasetickets.aspx
The early bird discount ends September 14th 2008 at 24:00 CET (Paris time). Make sure you book yours on time.
Once you register you will receive an email with broadcasting details and times. All broadcasting will start every match day from 14:50 CET (Paris time).
Each day ticket and complete tournament ticket will give you full access to the system throughout the day starting with players arrival, opening ceremony, the match itself, press conference, live interviews with VIP and guests, live commentator in the language of your choice (available from English, Spanish, German, Russian), live interactivity with the commentators and many many more.
FoidosChess puts you in control !
Regards,
FoidosChess Team
Claudiu Tanasescu
Albert Vasse
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Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 01 September 2008
Chessbase.com published today interviews with the GrandMasters that are going to cover the LIVE broadcasting of World Chess Championship with FoidosChess.
The match between Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik will be covered by a battery of online commentators, including GM Yasser Seirawan in English, GMs Artur Yussupov, Dr Helmut Pfleger, Klaus Bischoff in German, GM Miguel Illescas in Spanish.
Here are pre-match interviews with the experts.
Limited places are available on this ground breaking broadcasting, so make sure you reserve yours now
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Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 04 September 2008
FoidosChess has been today awarded the exclusive rights to broadcast LIVE World Chess Championship 2008.
FoidosChess will use five parallel video streams to present the World Championship match and commentaries by toplevel Grandmasters in German (Artur Yussupov, Dr Helmut Pfleger, Klaus Bischoff), English (Yasser Seirawan), Spanish (Miguel Illescas) and Russian. All commentators will welcome interesting guests during the games. Via chat the communication between commentator and user will be also possible.
The video stream will include close up of the players during the game as wells as live reports from the commentary hall and interviews with experts and celebrity guests.
FoidosChess is a chess tournament broadcasting platform that puts the user in control. The user decides what he wants to watch, where and how.
See full press release here
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Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 11 August 2008
FoidosChess test passed with flying colors
During the weekend of 1st, 2nd and 3rd of August 2008, a live test has been done for FoidosChess, the broadcasting application for World Chess Championship 2008.
The first board of the Euro Chess Masters 2008 chess tournament in Enschede, The Netherlands was broadcasted using FoidosChess with LIVE commentary from GM Yasser Seirawan during a 3 day long test.
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Posted by claudiu.tanasescu@sharedimension.com on 27 July 2008
After intense performance tuning, we are uploading today a new version of FoidosChess.
This new version has dramatically improved performance which at least for slower computers will greatly improve user experience.
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Posted by admin1 on 13 July 2008
Hello and welcome to FoidosChess blog!
We are very excited to be launching today FoidosChess demo.
Please run the demo, send us your feedback and let us improve the product so that it is what you desire.
Check our great product video, contribute to the support forum and make a difference.
YOU ARE IN CONTROL.
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