- Megaphone Events
Infobox_Company
company_name = Megaphone Events.
company_type = Private
foundation = Annecy-le-Vieux,Haute Savoie ,France - 2003
location = Annecy-le-Vieux,Haute Savoie -France
key_people = Frédéric Tochon, Cyril Dethyre, Sebastien Géroudet, Gilles Dary
industry = Corporate and sporting Events
products = Tifo, several animation products, Media solutions, seminars |
homepage = [http://www.megaphone-events.com/fre_FR/index.php MegaphoneEvents.com]Megaphone Events is a french company which specialises in the organisation of sporting and corporate events. It is based in Annecy-le-Vieux in the
Haute-Savoie region inFrance .The company started in the 90s when Gilles Dary and Frédéric Tochon discovered a
tifo animation in the famous Italian popular stands: the curvas. They decided to professionalise this art and realised 11 tifos during theFrance 1998 Football World Cup .Development
Gilles Dary and Frédéric Tochon created Megaphone Events in 2003 for the purpose of developping the tifo activity and organising sporting and corpoprate events. They continued their work with many clients such as the
French Football Federation , theFrench Handball Federation and several clubs.Cyril Derthyre joined Megaphone Events after spending 5 years in charge of the events section of the Val d’Isère ski resort.
Megaphone Media was created in March 2007 when Sebastien Geroudet joined the Megaphone team to develop the Media entity. Its activities vary from the creation to broadcasting, as well publishing and post-production actions.
On October the 20th 2007, Megaphone Events orchestrated the biggest
tifo ever realised inFrance with 80000 people holding a giant patchwork during theFrance 2007 Rugby World Cup final at theStade de France betweenEngland andSouth Africa [ [http://www.sportstrategies.com/article-restrict-9725-Evenements-Rugby-Megaphone-Events-realise-un-tifo-geant-au-Stade-de-France.html Megaphone Events orchestrates a giant tifo at the Stade de France (in French)] ] .External links
* [http://www.megaphone-events.com/fre_FR/index.php Megaphone Events web site]
References
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