Panasonic Kit out Team GB's Olympic Village for Vancouver 2010

Panasonic Kit out Team GB's Olympic Village for Vancouver 2010

VANCOUVER, February 19, 2010/PRNewswire/ --

- With Photo

Worldwide Olympic Partner Panasonic is proud to announce that
it has supplied a range of televisions to Team GB's accommodation at the
Olympic Village for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and at the Team's
pre Games training camp in Calgary.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games is held over 15 days
and Team GB will spend a significant part of that time together as residents
in the Village. The televisions supplied by Panasonic have a range of
different screen sizes, including a 65 inch high definition Viera plasma
Television, which will be used by Team GB during their down time in between
competition to relax.

Sinead Kerr, who will be competing for Team GB with her
brother John in the Figure Skating, commented:

"The Games are the biggest 15 days of our lives so it's really
important that we're able to switch off properly outside of competition.
We'll be spending a lot of time in the Village so it's great to know that our
accommodation will be furnished with the very latest Panasonic technology to
help us relax together and bond as a team."

Commenting on the announcement, Panasonic UK Advertising and
Sponsorship Manager, David Bonney said:

"We're delighted to supply Team GB with a range of Panasonic
televisions for the Olympic Village. The athletes are under a great deal of
pressure during the Games so as an Olympic partner we're very proud to
support the Team in any way we can."

Andy Hunt, Chef De Mission of Team GB, commented:

"We're very grateful to Panasonic. It is great Team GB has
sponsors such as Panasonic that not only provide us with equipment for our
Team, but that understands the performance needs of the athletes; that is
hugely important for us and I would like to thank them for their continuing
support of Team GB."

Note to Editors

About Panasonic:

As a TOP sponsor Panasonic owns the exclusive marketing rights
for the audio, TV and video equipment category worldwide, and has also
recently acquired the digital photography rights. In the UK market,
Panasonic's marketing rights enable it to promote its sponsorship of the
Olympic Games, Team GB (the British Olympic Team) and London 2012.

A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA
Photowire. It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net or
viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

For further information contact;

Sara Barrett,
Press Officer -
Brand Communications,
Panasonic UK Limited
+44-(0)1344-476536
sara.barrett@eu.panasonic.com

Tim Percival,
PR Account Director,
brandRapport
+44-(0)20-7079-5920
+44-(0)7712-654-743
tpercival@brand-rapport.com

Source: Panasonic

For further information contact; Sara Barrett, Press Officer - Brand Communications, Panasonic UK Limited, +44-(0)1344-476536, sara.barrett@eu.panasonic.com. Tim Percival, PR Account Director, brandRapport, +44-(0)20-7079-5920, +44-(0)7712-654-743, tpercival@brand-rapport.com

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