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The Ringier Sports Media Group has launched sportal.gr. This digital platform offers sports fans in Greece video-first based information, commentary, analysis and interviews. It also provides live results in a state of the art product experience.
Sportal.gr’s content will be more than just football and basketball. It will also include tennis, volleyball and motorsports. The digital platform is built on the technical solutions and strategic expertise of RSMG. Since its incorporation in May 2022, Sportal Media Group in Bulgaria has sportal.bg, sportal.rs and Gazeta Sporturile (GSP.ro in Romania), sportal.hu and sportal.rs. In addition to a strategic partnership and the internationally renowned LiveScore Group, the digital platform also includes sportal.rs and sportal.rs. Mid-term, the RSMG’s goal is to make sportal.gr a major media player on the Greek sports market.
Sportal.gr is a content management system that uses Sportal365, which is internationally recognized. It will be based technically on Sportal365. However, Sportal.gr will have a design and user experience similar to GSP.ro and sportal.rs.
Stilian Shishkov is Senior Partner at RSMG, and CEO of Sportal Media Group. “RSMG is now expanding its media brand sportal beyond CEE, Africa and Greece, with the launch sportal.gr. Our Sportal365 content management platform will allow us to offer Greek sports fans rich content, as well as powerful customization and loyalty tools.
Christos Christou, the former General Manager at the Greek sports platform Sportdog will take the ambitious project to the next level as Managing Director of Sportal.gr. He will be working with a team of 25 young journalists and well-respected editorial leaders to position sportal.gr in the top tier Greek sports media market.
Christos Christou stated: “I’m excited that the RSMG joins Greece with a strategic vision both for sportal.gr and for sports media generally. The RSMG combines media knowledge and high-quality sports journalism with technology-driven publishing solutions. Combining our expertise in Greek sports media with this, sportal.gr will become a top digital brand for all sports fans in Greece as well as a valuable partner to the advertisers in the sports segment. Greece is a country with a strong sports culture and passionate fans. We are motivated to create sportal.gr in a highly competitive market and to be a leader among the sports media in Greece. Sportal.gr will provide innovative marketing and advertising solutions to various customer groups and companies, as well as the eight other sports platforms that make up the RSMG.
Robin Lingg is Chairman of the Board and Director of RSMG. He stated: “From a global perspective sports media are becoming a kind of melting pan for sport-savvy audiences as well as gamers and advertisers. Swiss-based Ringier AG has made investments in this segment. It hopes to be a global leader by bringing together the best digital sports media brands under one umbrella, the RSMG. These include Sportal Media Group in Bulgaria, Gazeta Sporturilor, Sportal365, Sportal.rs, Sportal.hu, Sportal.sk, and Pulse Sport, all based in Switzerland. British LiveScore Group’s investment at the close of 2022 was a significant step in developing innovative products that are based on shared technologies in the future. It also allowed us to exchange know-how. We are optimistic about the growth of Greece’s sports media market. Sportal.gr is something I look forward to.”
