For the first time in Slovakia virtual enhancements have been delivered into broadcasting of live football match. In the last match before the World Cup 2010 in South Africa Slovakia defeated Costa Rica. TVG / Hego Group delivered during this match virtual teams logo, score&statistics, free kick situations, Jumbotron and offside line on the pitch. Match was broadcasted on June 5th 2010 from Bratislava City by STV1 channel of Slovak public Television and severals others foreign TV stations.

We made graphics and scouting services in Slovak football Corgon League and also Slovak Cup during the whole 2009 - 2010 season. League crown took after 3 years most successful club in last decade, with 5 titles, MŠK Žilina ahead of Slovan Bratislava which won the Cup. The pictures are from match btw. B.Bystrica vs. MŠK Žilina (May 15th, Banská Bystrica Town, Slovakia, broadcasted on STV3 channel of the Slovak public television).

The Hego Group is pleased to announce that it will be making its first ever appearance at this year’s NAB show in Las Vegas (April 10-15, 2010). Since the late 60’s, the Hego Group has spent the past 40 years continuously developing leading-edge solutions for live TV graphics production. From its heritage in delivering solutions for live sports graphics applications, its portfolio has grown to include everything from advanced news graphics systems, to cutting edge real-time 3D stereoscopic graphics and virtual graphics solutions.

We delivered tv graphics and statistical services in the course of 17 ice-hockey play-off matches of the Slovak Slovnaft Extraleague in March. Matches were broadcast on the Sport channel of the Slovak public Television. For several seasons the TVG / Hego Group has provided the Slovak ice-hockey Extraleague with graphics services for the Slovak public Television. The pictures are from 2nd semifinal play-off match btw. HC Slovan Bratislava vs. HC K Cero Nitra (March 30th, Bratislava Town, Slovakia).

TVG has implemented tv graphics and statistical services during Eighth-Final Play-Off match of the women’s basketball EuroLeague. The best Slovak Club Good Angels Košice played the match with the best Italian Club Beretta-Famila. Match was broadcast by the Slovak Television (www.stv.sk) that is transmited and used services of the TVG Company during all national matches of Good Angels Košice in the EuroLeague Women 2010. Pictures are from match btw. Good Angels Košice vs. Beretta-Famila (February 5th, Kosice Town, Slovakia).

In the days 22.1.-24.1.2010, European Table Tennis Union and Slovak Table Tennis Association prepared the tournament of best young players of Europe. 2010 Europe Youth TOP-10 took place in Topoľčany, small town with a great table tennis tradition. Conpetition was devided into the four categories, system each with each winning on four sets of seven. TVG delivered TV graphics into broadcasting of this event which was provided by Slovak Television sport channel STV3. Young German star Patrick Franziska, silver medallist from the European championships in Bratislava 2007 and number one junior in Europe, defend his last year victory from Rotterdam. Germany’s Junior Sabine Winter, seeded number nine, showed great form and finished the Junior Girls Singles Event on top position. 14-year-old Frenchman Tristan Flore, became the sovereign winner of the Cadet Boys Singles Event. French team occupies all three places at the medal rostrum. Romania's Bernadette Szocz, winner in cadet girls category, looks almost untouchable among her generation. In Topoľčany she comfortably clinched the gold after nine victories.

TVG, a member of the Hego Group, delivered TV graphics at the middleweight World Boxing Foundation Championship fight between Tomas Kovacs and Samson Onyango. After 12-round battle, a 32 year-old Slovak fighter Tomi "Kid" Kovacs took an intercontinental middleweight WBF title. In front of home crowd, in his birthplace in Galanta, he defeated 6 years older Samsom "The Hammer" from Kenya by unanimous decision. Fight was broadcasted on 18th December 2009 by the Slovak public television on Sport channel STV3.

Michael Berrer, German tennis player, won title of an international champion of Slovakia in tennis when in the final of the Challenger Tour "Ritro Slovak Open" beat a local tennis player Dominik Hrbatý. Evgeniya RODINA (RUSSIA) became the winner of the Women’s tournament. TVG, a member of the Hego Group, supplied graphics and stats services in the course of the final tennis matches of Ritro Slovak Open (2009, November 22nd, Bratislava, Slovakia). This TV production was performed in cooperation with the Slovak Television, public TV broadcaster in the Slovak Republic.

Our staff delivered the TV graphics in the course of the 86th International Peace Marathon in Kosice, Slovakia, October 5th. Kosice Peace Marathon is the oldest Marathon in Europe and the second oldest in the world. 5074 people have crossed the starting line this year. The event was broadcasted on Sport channel of the Slovak public television.

TVG delivered TV graphics & data services of the course of the 2nd Round Play-Offs Europe/Africa 2009 Davis cup match between the Slovak Republic and Macedonia in Slovakia, Bratislava, September 18th - 20th broadcasted on STV3 channel of the Slovak public television.