Tonights Scan.co.uk NFF Tournament Qualifiers Double Header! will be broadcast out live on QuadV TV 1 , this is a tester video event commentated on by Jay & Joe.

Copenhagen, Denmark, March 9th 2007 - SteelSeries, a leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear, and Foxconn today announced their CEBIT program "Challenge the Pro's" which offers CEBIT visitors a chance to go head to head against some of the most accomplished professional gamers in the world. Prizes up for grabs include Foxconn's latest graphics cards, Intel Core™ 2 Duo processors as well as professional gaming headsets and more from SteelSeries.

Located in Hall 21 Stand B28, Foxconn's booth will probably be the only place at CEBIT where visitors can face off against such a variety of top e-sports competitors. The action will take place from March 15th - March 21st.

Among the gamers who will be accepting challenges from the crowds are Fisker, SpawN, Styla and Hero from SK-Gaming. Resident Pro-Gamer will be Johnny R, one of the most famed Counter-Strike players in the world. Combined these gamers have won an incredible amount of world championships and major international titles, ranging from Counter-Strike to FIFA. "Challenge the Pro's" will run on Foxconn's booth (Hall 21, Stand B28) every day with different professional gamers dropping by to challenge the crowds daily.

The on-booth event will use gaming PCs powered by Intel® Core™2 Duo processors and based on the Foxconn P9657AB-8EKRS2H motherboard, which is powered by the Intel® P965 chipset for the ultimate balance in performance, value and energy efficiency. Peripherals include the SteelKeys 6G keyboard, SteelSound 5H v2 headset and award-winning gaming surfaces from SteelSeries. A setup truly built for hardcore high-performance gaming.

"It is certainly true to say that e-sports have developed a long way in the past 5 years, and so has the hardware which is making the gaming experience more potent than ever before" commented Brian Chang, Motherboard Product Marketing Manager at Foxconn. "When asked to select a motherboard for the gaming systems, we had no hesitation in selecting the P9657AB thanks to its great balance of features, performance, and support for Intel® Core™2 Duo processors - which offer unrivalled performance per watt."

"We are delighted to be working with Foxconn who have demonstrated a strong interest in professional gaming, and a keen awareness of the technological demands of the world's top e-sports athletes", commented Kim Rom, Head of PR & Communications for SteelSeries.

For more information about Challenge the Pro's please visit the Foxconn CEBIT 2007 Microsite, which can be found at http://www.foxconnchannel.com/event/cebit07

QuadV have announced today that they have gone live with their brand new game orientated streaming and casting station. The newly formed company has been built from the ground up as a professional online broadcaster using bespoke technology written specifically for the task.

QuadV have launched 3 dedicated Video Stream Channels and 4 High Quality Audio Channels available to their team of commentators to air live broadcasts of online and lan tournaments from around the globe.

Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner and Joe “Joe” Miller will lead the team alongside  Technical Director Oliver “Jester” Aldridge. Paul returns to the shoutcasting arena after Five months away and brings a wealth of experience from his time with iTG and covering events such as the World Cyber Games, Electronic Sports World Cup and Quakecon. Joe comes from a successful time with TsN and like Paul, brings huge experience to QuadV thanks to his commentary of the CPL World Tour and the World Series of Video Games.



QuadV are determined to bring LIVE gaming coverage of people’s favourite matches and tournaments right into their living room via Internet TV and Radio.

“We have spent a considerable amount of time and effort setting up the company correctly to give us a solid base to start from. We truly believe that we are in a great position to deliver a great experience for the viewer and listener by providing high quality video and audio streams LIVE from the events and tournaments.” Said Founding partner Paul Chaloner.

“We believe that people want and need the LIVE coverage from tournaments and with our strong technical relationship with our partners, it will enable us to deliver the kind of streams people want. Working in a professional way and having an open approach, we will also work closely with tournament organisers to give them the kind of coverage their tournaments deserve.”

Multiplay, the UK’s leading Gaming ISP and Game Server Provider, will provide technical support to QuadV and Paul Chaloner is particularly pleased. “I cannot stress how important it is to have such a fantastic ISP backing us from start up, especially one so switched on to the needs of gamers and I look forward to working with the Multiplay people on an ongoing basis.”

QuadV have also signed a deal to cover a major online tournament in the coming months both on Video and Audio across the internet and are in discussion with several other tournament organisers about coverage of LAN based tournaments. They have also landed a brand new global tournament which will culminate in world finals later in the year and should be announced in the coming months.

QuadV is also committed to high quality coverage of ONLINE tournaments such as Clanbase EuroCups and OpenCups as well those offerings from other major online organisers and further announcements regarding specifics will be released in due course.

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About : QuadV

QuadV is an online TV and Radio station dedicated to esports (Video Gaming) coverage, bringing the action to thousands of people worldwide from both online and offline tournaments and events.About : Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner

Paul is a well respected and widely recognised gaming commentator who has travelled the world from the USA to China, from Australia to Sweden and Italy to Singapore covering some of the most prestigious tournaments in the world. WCG, ESWC, Quakecon and ClanBase Eurocup finals from 2005 and 2006 are just some of the many tournaments covered in his previous life with iTG.

Covering games as diverse as Quake 4 and UT2004 to Racing games likes Project Gotham Racing and worldwide favourite shooter Counter Strike, he has also appeared on numerous TV shows and channels around the globe including GzTV(Denmark), OnGameNet(Korea), SkyTV(UK) and GamePlayHD (USA) as well as many other TV projects related to gaming.

About :Joe Miller

Joe is an experienced commentator and has travelled around the world bringing coverage to the masses. Joe has commentated on various different games including Quake 4, Painkiller, Battlefield and Counter-Strike. He has commentated from huge events such as the CPL World Tour finals in New York and the World Series of Video Games. Joe has also made a wide variety of TV appearances around the world. Appearing on numerous TV channels such as MTV (USA), CBS (USA), CSTV (USA), SkyTV (UK), and GamePlayHD (USA).

It’s only been a few days since the last milestone and multiplay's i30 is already into 4 figure attendance! With over 1000 players signed up for i30 they are now two-thirds full! With less than 500 places remaining it looks as if i30 will be sold out pretty soon! And with the seating plan launch imminent and many more announcements on the horizon i30 is looking better by the day!

Tournament signups are also open – as soon as you have paid for i30 you can get yourself entered into one of many tournaments! i30 also sees the welcome return of an RTS tournament as well as all the usual great games!

Check out http://i30.multiplay.co.uk to find out more! Make sure you secure your place soon – spaces are running out!!