The portal integrates a large number of videos and images from over 50 years of the song contest and must be prepared for high traffic and quick updates. In May of every year, as Eurovision fever grows, so do the number of page hits until they reach the double-digit millions range on the night of the final contest. And Sophora’s performance is flawless.

Sophora can easily handle the editorial staff updates posted as soon as results are in. Efficient teamwork is essential and the CMS posses no limits. When a newsflash is ready, it is written and published by another editor in real time on the Eurovision homepage. Our CMS also easily integrates media content from different sources. Uploaded content can be quickly linked with a wide range of documents by multiple editors working simultaneously.

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About Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual competition held among many of the active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and radio and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. The contest has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1956 and is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. It is also one of the most watched non-sporting events in the world, with audience figures having been quoted in recent years as anything between 100 million and 600 million internationally.

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About NDR

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (North German Broadcasting) is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. NDR is a member of the ARD consortium.

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The website is based on Sophora and depends on intuitive navigation. Largely avoiding written text, the portal uses symbols with animation and sound for navigation. As most content is visual and not of written material, Sophora is able to provide efficient integration of audio clips, videos and Flash files.

This includes drag & drop, direct preview capabilities and the rapid publication of new pages. Sophora’s user-friendly structure with easy and flexible editing tools supports kikanichen’s busy editors, saving time and allowing for a focus on content.

Our corporate partner Sybit (www.sybit.de) was responsible for the implementation. 

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About KiKa

KiKA (full name: "Der KinderKAnal von ARD und ZDF" ; formerly KI.KA= "The Children's Channel of ARD & ZDF") is a public non-commercial free television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is a joint venture of national public television channels ARD, and ARD's constituent broadcasting institutions – BR, HR, MDR, NDR, Radio Bremen, RBB, Saarländischer Rundfunk, SWR, WDR and ZDF, and is targeted at children and youth.

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About MDR

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Central German Broadcasting, MDR) is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Established in January 1991, it has its headquarters in Leipzig and regional studios in Dresden, Erfurt and Magdeburg. MDR broadcasts its own television channel to the three states it serves and contributes to the first German TV channel (Das Erste) and also broadcasts various radio channels.

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The website successfully bundles together relevant content from the broad offering of the NDR in the areas of entertainment, news, science, music and radio.

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About NDR

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (North German Broadcasting) is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. NDR is a member of the ARD consortium.

Note: This text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Source: Wikipedia. Updated: September 17, 2012. For a complete list of authors see the article's revision history.

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