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43 Events maltatoday, SUNDAY, 10 JULY 2016 GO retains Premier League and Serie A, adds Emirates FA Cup GO has once again secured the exclusive rights to broadcast the English Premier League. Over the coming three seasons run- ning from 2016/17 until 2018/19, GO Sports will broadcast 380 matches per year. In addition, GO has also secured exclusive rights for the next two seasons for the Emirates FA Cup and the Italian Serie A. Commenting on these prestig- ious sports acquisitions, GO's Chief Executive Officer, Mr Yiannos Michaelides said: "GO is excited to have retained exclu- sive rights to the Premier League, Serie A and now also the Emir- ates FA Cup, the latter after the absence of 4 seasons. These long- term partnerships with the most prestigious and admired football championships are a central part of GO's ongoing mission to pro- vide the best in TV content and broadband packages to its cus- tomers." For the upcoming season, GO Sports customers can enjoy 380 English Premier League matches per season with 200 to be shown live and 180 on a 2 hour delay, 380 live Italian Serie A matches, all of which will be broadcast with Italian commentary, and 60 Live Emirates FA Cup matches which will now return to GO Sports. "GO's TV venture, has become a truly outstanding success pro- viding homes with quality tel- evision entertainment. Securing premium content such as the Premier League, the Emirates FA Cup and the Italian Serie A league is part of the Company's strategic capital investment which is aimed at providing the best in Premium TV content," Michaelides said. This, combined with the cur- rent rights of Champions League, Formula 1, Wimbledon Tennis, Rugby and Golf, confirms GO as the undisputed leader in Pre- mium Sports. Customers can subscribe to GO sports premium package of 8 channels on GO Interactive to ensure maximum live coverage with the option to watch GO sports 1 and 2 in full HD quality. GO Sports customers will once again enjoy all the action from the English Pre- mier League as Leicester City set out to defend their title MSV Life facilitates 'Think Before You Click' campaign to protect children online AS part of its corporate social re- sponsibility to help society live a healthier and safer way of life, MSV Life, Malta's largest life in- surer, is supporting Magic Malta in its 20-week awareness cam- paign, 'Think Before You Click'. The campaign, designed to em- power parents carers to guide children to protect themselves against the risks they may en- counter on digital and social media platforms, is being held in collaboration with The Office of Commissioner for Children and the BeSmartOnline! project, man- aged by the Malta Communica- tions Authority (MCA). "As a life insurer, MSV Life feels responsible to support initiatives that empower every member of the community it operates in to make good choices to live a bet- ter life, physically, mentally and socially," said MSV Life's CEO Da- vid G. Curmi. "It is a reality that every one of us, young or not so young, spend a significant time of our day online. While we embrace every development in technology, we are also aware that the digi- tal world and social media pose risks, particularly to those who are most vulnerable, like children. We are honoured to have been ap- proached to support this initiative to raise awareness among parents and carers on how to educate chil- dren to protect themselves against dangers they may be unaware of." If you need to talk to someone about online safety you can call the Helpline 179, send an email to 179.appogg@gov.mt , or visit www. besmartonline.org.mt For more information about the campaign and its content, log on thinkbeforeyouclick.eu. Think Before You Click's main messages • Refrain from being hurtful in messages posted online • Report cyberbullying - to avoid cyberbullying, it is advised to keep personal information - such as phone number and email address – private; familiarise yourself with privacy settings and make prop- er use of them • Be aware that what is uploaded remains in the public domain forever and may be abused to harm you or others • Your digital footprint also determines your public profile, based on information available on the in- ternet • Say 'no' when asked to carry out something on the internet which you are not comfortable with • Do not feel bad or intimidated to stop a chat thread or refuse a friend request from someone unknown • Be aware that profiles may be false, showing they share friends in common to convince you they are trustworthy • If you become a victim of cyber abuse, it is strongly recommended not to retaliate, but to stop com- municating with the person, keep a record of all the instances of abuse including copies of emails and messages as content can be taken down and inform the authorities concerned at once Opel growth in sales surpasses 2015 results in May already OPEL continues on its successful path in Europe: May sales were up by around 12% to more than 102,600 cars in total. Opel's overall volume increase in Eu- rope for the first five months of the year now stands at almost 38,500 units (more than 8%), giving Opel an increase in vol- ume surpassing the overall 2015 results after only five months. Opel grew stronger than the overall European total vehicle market both in May and year-to- date. The market was up by only around 6.8 % in the period from January to May. Opel's market share has increased by around 0.1 percentage points to 5.9% over the course of this year. Opel registered an increase in registrations in 18 European markets in the first five months. The brand with the Blitz man- aged to improve its market share in 15 European countries. "The strong growth is the re- sult of our young and attractive model portfolio. The new Astra is one of the keys to our success and we have already received over 200,000 orders for it from across Europe. We are on the right track," said Peter Christian Küspert, Vice President Sales & Aftersales. Europe's "Car of the Year 2016", the new Opel Astra, was once again the main driver of this growth. So far this year, more than 113,500 Astra have been sold – an increase of around 22% compared to the same period last year. The current orders are proof of how well the overall Opel portfolio is perceived. The Opel Corsa has been ordered more than 500,000 times across Europe, the lifestyle champi- on ADAM over 200,000 times and the successful Mokka SUV 580,000 times. Opel is represented in Malta by Cars International Ltd in Mdina Road, Qormi. For more informa- tion or a test-drive of any Opel car, send an email to opelsales@ cil.com.mt or call 2269 2122. You can also visit opel.com.mt or the Facebook page Opel Malta. Nestlé's history on canvas SIX MCAST students from the Art and Design Institute spent the morning of 21st May interpreting Nestlé's 150 year history live, via a painting on a canvas. The event formed part of the Nesquik Marine Festival which was held at the Malta National Aquarium and was organ- ised by Nestle' Malta. The canvas portrayed three main aspects of Nestlé's rich history in- cluding its origins, the Brands this company encompasses and the Wellness aspect which Nestlè em- phasizes so much upon. Once com- plete the artwork will be put on ex- hibit at the Nestlé premises in Lija. Moyra Felice, Acting Deputy Director-Programme Management Technical College, Institute for the Creative Arts said that "The stu- dents and all those involved were very passionate about this project and this will be a feather in their cap. Events like these, will continue to encourage the students' active participation in similar educational projects with industry, which was a wonderfully positive experience for our students." At the end of the event each stu- dent was presented with a certifi- cate of participation in recognition of their work by Alfred J Borg, Nestlé Malta's Marketing & Cor- porate Communications Manager. Mr Borg thanked the students for their participation, for their inspi- ration and design in representing the core values of Nestlé and com- mended them for a wonderful work of art.