SPORTKIT.GR: "AN AWARD, A NEW BEGINNING."

SportKit.gr, is 24MEDIA’s first e-marketplace which won its first award a few months after being introduced to the public.

The site features both original and commercial content, whilst at the same time providing an innovative digital service which allows users to select sports products and more, from the biggest Greek and foreign e-shops, in a user-friendly way, in both desktop and mobile environments.

The above features, in combination with the diversification and innovation of SportKit.gr, were recognized by the judging committee of the Lighthouse E-volution Awards 2016, which awarded the site with the silver award in the Affiliate Site category.

For the development of SportKit.gr 24MEDIA collaborated with Protean Technologies, a company  involved in the IT sector and whose main object is the design and development of software for e-business and e-commerce applications, providing integrated solutions and value-added services.

Eleni Chatzimitsou Director of Group Business Development with 24MEDIA stated:

“This award constitutes a significant recognition for SportKit.gr right at its beginning. It is perhaps the best welcome 24MEDIA could hope for in the sector of e-commerce and e-business and such recognition pleases us greatly and gives us additional motivation for the constant development and improvement of the site. A big thanks to Linkwise and Protean Technologies for their professionalism and impeccable cooperation during the development of SportKit.gr”.

SportKit.gr - “Find sports products from the largest e-shops”

THE HUFFINGTON POST GREECE INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY

The Huffington Post Greece, in collaboration with the 24MEDIA group, invites you to "HuffPost Greece # 1” – an all-day, multifaceted event hosted to celebrate our first birthday with our readers, our contributors and our partners.

The event will be held on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at The Hub Events, and will include five workshops covering politics, education, entrepreneurship, startups, society and tourism respectively. The aim of this event is to bring together leaders of different sectors (political, start-up entrepreneurship, social media, culture, civil society, etc.) to the bloggers and readers of the Huffington Post Greece, and to establish an annual "live" discussion of views concerning the most important current issues.

Within just one year, the HuffPost.gr has become the leading digital news platform able to provide a highly interactive community of diverse views, considered positions and online discussions. With more than two million unique readers a month and nearly 700 bloggers, solid foundations having been laid for dynamic growth, we have many reasons to celebrate with all of you.

For more information on the event visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/huffpost-greece-1-tickets-19676977369

Send your birthday wishes to hashtag #1HuffPostGreece

The conversation starts here!

SPORT 24 RADIO 103.3: THE STATION LISTENERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF!

The new program of station SPORT24 Radio 103.3 has just completed 2 months on air and listeners can’t seem to get enough of it! They spend more than 2 hours every day listening to SPORT24 Radio 103.3, to their favorite producers and experienced sports reporters and are always the first to learn of new sporting developments and can listen to live broadcasts of the greatest sporting events.

More specifically, from 19th October to 15th November average listening time for SPORT24 Radio reached 143.1 minutes putting the station in the top spot for average listening time, out of all radio stations in Attica.

SPORT24 Radio 103.3, plays loudly, moves ahead dynamically and sets even higher goals, respectfully investing in the most significant success factor, which is the trust and loyalty of its listeners.

Pantelis Diamantopoulos, SPORT24 Radio Program Director stated:
“We are extremely pleased with these results since the strength of every great radio station is its loyal listeners, the same way loyal fans are a great team’s strength. We are overjoyed to be at the top of the relevant list for all radio stations, with a large number of listeners who want to listen exclusively to us. Since we are a station that has only been playing loudly for ten months, this achievement maximizes our success and intensifies our appetite for even greater records. The road is long and uphill but with so many fanatic listeners on our side, we have nothing to fear.”

The SPORT24 Radio 103.3 renewed program tunes in!

24MEDIA SEEKS NEW AFFILIATE CONTENT EDITOR

The 24MEDIA and SportKit team is growing, evolving and expanding its Affiliate Content sector.

The Editor we are looking for must have at least one year’s worth of work experience in a digital environment and preferably hold a journalism or some other relevant degree.

SportKit is a pioneering aggregator which accumulates and presents sports products in cooperation with top Greek and international e-shops. The Sport Kit environment features original sports-related texts and topics, whilst the rest of the 24MEDIA network features a flurry of activity around affiliate content on all of its sites (Sport24, Contra, ONEMAN, Ladylike and News247).

The top digital group wishes to enhance its fully experienced newsroom with an affiliate content editor, who will be responsible for content production and management for Sport Kit and will be in direct contact with 24MEDIA affiliate content.

Requirements

•  Knowledge of the product-related logic behind the texts and adaptability to new platforms for the production of product-related articles of an affiliate nature, both for Sport Kit and for 24MEDIA sites,
• A least one year of work experience in a digital environment
• Social Media experience (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
• Passion for the right texts and good content
• Capability for teamwork, diligence, adaptability and communication skills

Additional Qualifications

• Affiliate marketing experience
• Content management systems (CMS) experience
• Knowledge of SEO
• Familiarity with Google Analytics
• 360-degree perception of things 

Interested parties can send their CVs to [email protected]. Submissions closed.

OLAPAOK.GR BY 24MEDIA CONTINUES ON PIONEERING PATH

Five and a half years after its first day of operation, Olapaok.gr continues to be renewed with the sole purpose of offering fuller content concerning PAOK in football and basketball as well as other sports depending on current sporting news.

The popular destination for PAOK fans is being re-defined and evolved into a contemporary news aggregator, hosting on a daily basis the most important news and issues concerning PAOK and all its different divisions. With the sporting websites SPORT 24 and Contra and InPaok as its sources as well as various news stories and articles, it offers reliable, multi-themed information.

The website will collaborate with the correspondents Kostas  Petrotos and Nikos Dragolias, who for years have constituted a successful team, whilst also featuring prominent articles from affiliated sites, so that readers can receive information from multiple sources. 

Manos Michalos, 24MEDIA Content Director stated: 
“In the context of its continuous growth and the development of its brands, 24MEDIA has concluded the redesign of its fanzines with the change in the layout of Olapaok.gr. With the purpose of constantly seeking high quality digital content, the PAOK fans’ “hangout” makes a comeback with a renewed look, independent and free of fanaticism. Loyal to its readers’ expectations, it is already the favorite habit of thousands of people who feel that PAOK is a part of their lives.

WEB DESIGNER

24MEDIA is Greece's largest digital publishing group, managing over 20 premium content brands across different platforms, such as web, mobile and Smart TV, with a total audience of close to 7 million unique browsers per month. 

Joining as Web Designer you will design high quality creative work. By working closely with the content and marketing team, you will design cross browser and platform compatible pages and other assets as well as improvements to the existing websites and apps functionality and structure.

The Web Designer will:

Effectively inspire the content team through ideas, designs and quality mindset
Be responsible for pixel-perfect visual appearance and design style of our projects

To qualify you must have:

• Minimum 2 years of experience driving the design process of projects across multiple platforms.
• Experience in digital advertising will be considered as a plus
• Good knowledge of Adobe Suite
• Good insight into current web design trends and related creative spaces

You may submit your cv and sample of your portfolio to [email protected].     

24MEDIA RENEWS ITS APPOINTMENT WITH THE EDUCATION SECTOR FOR DECEMBER & NOVEMBER

For a 2nd consecutive year, the Business Centre of Athens (BCA) και η 24MEDIA are to plan and implement a two-month diploma on the subject of Digital Marketing which commences on the 13th November.

The purpose of the diploma in question is to provide specialised and targeted knowledge to all interested persons (marketing executives, students etc.) so that they are able to keep up with the particularly fast-paced changes in the sector and so that they may identify and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves in the society of information and technology.

The program’s contributors include 24MEDIA chief executives with years of experience in digital marketing and strong backgrounds in the subject, who will share with participants their knowledge but also their personal experience on both a theoretical and a practical level.

Eleni Chatzimitsou, Director of Group Business Development for 24MEDIA stated:
“We are particularly pleased about continuing our collaboration with BCA. We are joining forces, wishing to jointly invest in the education of new executives and other interested persons in Digital Marketing. By means of our ten-year presence in the sector of Digital Media, our aim is to share our knowledge and experience with anyone interested in obtaining the diploma”. 

More information at the following link:
http://www.bca.edu.gr/course/1783/diploma-digital-marketing

RE-DESIGN FOR 24MEDIA'S PRASINA NEA

In line with the constant development and evolution of 24MEDIA Group brands, Prasinanea.gr boasts a new layout with the sole objective of offering more comprehensive content regarding Panathinaikos, in football and basketball as well as in other sports depending on current sporting news.

The popular destination for green fans is being re-defined and evolved into a contemporary news aggregator, hosting on a daily basis the most important news and issues concerning Panathinaikos. With SPORT 24 and Contra as its sources, as well as news stories and articles from Panathinaikos24.gr, “Prasina Nea” shall offer reliable, multi-themed information.

The website will collaborate with numerous correspondents such as Babis Tsibidas, Giannis Seretis, Petros Paapamakarios, Niki Bakouli, Alexandros Trigas, Christos Demetis, whilst featuring prominent articles from affiliated sites, so that readers can receive information from multiple sources. 

 Manos Michalos, 24MEDIA Content Director stated: 
“24MEDIA is investing in technological development via the re-design of Prasinanea.gr, making it the Group’s second news aggregator and proving yet again the group’s constant search for digital content of the highest standard. The “hangout” for Panathinaikos fans is back; renewed, loyal to fans’ expectations, ready to present all “green news” and become their No1 daily habit.” 

OFFICIAL EUROLEAGUE DESTINATION ON SPORT24.GR EXTENDED FOR TWO YEARS

The successful cooperation between Sport24.gr – Greece’s No. 1 sports destination – and Turkish Airlines Euroleague has been extended for two additional years.

The collaboration, which began in 2013 with the creation of the official destination Euroleague.sport24.gr as a dedicated section on Sport24.gr, will provide users with comprehensive news in Greek through 2017.

Sport24.gr provides the best source of information on the preeminent basketball organization in Europe, with access to original videos, stories from the leading basketball journalists in Greece, extensive articles, polls & competitions, real-time stats, and in depth photo stories.

Stavros Drakoularakos, CEO of 24MEDIA said, “We are excited to have renewed this successful cooperation with Euroleague, an organization that engages the enthusiasm of Greek sports fans and offers memorable moments in the history of basketball. For ten years, Sport24 has provided its readers with original, quality content, and this is attested to when the leading major league organizations in the world continue to select it as their exclusive partner in Greece.”

Jordi Bertomeu, President and CEO of Euroleague Basketball said, “ We are really proud to renew our relationship with Sport24.gr as our Premium Official Media partner in Greece. Two years ago we started our Premium Official Media partner program with Sport24.gr and now we have expanded our collaboration reaching up to seven different agreements with the top media outlets in our strategic markets, bringing the competition closer to our local fans with specific national contents in their respective local languages." 

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ESAKE AND 24MEDIA COLLABORATION SCORES ON THE FLOOR OF THE COURT!

24MEDIA the largest - and growing – Digital Media network in Greece, as the newest "co- player" of ESAKE will showcase ESAKE’s Basket League SKRATS to the Greek sports fans.

Specifically, Sport24.gr, the ultimate digital destination for basketball, will now also be the official destination of Basket League SKRATS, which will be hosted in a dedicated section of the site.

Mr. Giorgos Chalvatzakis, President of ESAKE stated: "ESAKE welcomes our new communication sponsor, the 24MEDIA Digital Media Group, Sport24.gr and Sport24 Radio 103,3, and hopes that our new partnership will offer a gratifying experience to our basketball fans, of which we are confident because of the Group’s reliable reputation, expertise and prestige."

Mr. Stavros Drakoularakos, CEO of 24MEDIA stated: "We are very pleased about this cooperation, which aims to promote A1 Basketball Championship through Sport24.gr and Sport24 Radio 103,3. This synergy highlights both 24MEDIA’s leading position as publisher of premium content, as well as its commitment to investing in local and international brands (The Huffington Post Greece, NBA, Euroleague).”

CONTRA.GR MAKES RECORD TRAFFIC NUMBERS IN SEPTEMBER

Contra.gr made record traffic numbers in September, attesting to the continuous upward trend in the distinguished digital sports news brand’s performance, with more than 2.2 million unique users.

With dynamic opinions, in depth analysis and original news content, plus years of proven journalistic experience and integrity, more and more young readers are selecting Contra.gr for their source of sports information.

In September, Contra recorded 2.204.547* unique visitors and 36.194.582* page views. 

Pantelis Vlachopoulos, Editor in Chief of Contra.gr stated, “The record traffic numbers are not an end in themselves but they are a reward for the hard work contributed by all the members of the editorial team from April 2014 to today. Over the past 17 months the team has improved its strategy and has been working daily to produce analytic and reliable original content that provides substance and perspective to our readers. We will continue with professionalism, commitment and passion to make Contra.gr the best it can be.”

*ΑΤ Ιnternet, September 2015

24MEDIA PRESENTS ITS SERVICES

24MEDIA, the leading digital publisher, presents its services in total including September's statistics.