MP & Silva (MPS) acquired the exclusive media rights in Korea for France’s top-tier professional football league – Ligue 1 for two years from French media group, Canal Plus.
CJ Media was awarded a substantial package of media rights which includes live matches, highlights, a magazine programme and delayed coverage.
"Macquarie Group of Companies in Korea will be a global Partner for five years in a demonstration of its long-term commitment to Korea," said Dr Choue Cheong-Won, president of the Korea-based WTF.
The IAAF said it had given first priority to free to air broadcast agreements in order to maximise the promotional reach of the event and is happy to confirm that the event will be seen terrestrially
The matches are held over a period of three years starting with the first match on October 17, 2007. The deal covers all media platforms.
The deal with The New Media Group, the leading digital media platform developer and operator in the Asia Pacific region, takes effect from this month.
The first Ballantine’s Championship will be held in March 2008 at the Pinx Golf Club, Jeju Island and will be part of the European Tour’s 2008 international schedule.
The members will make their decision based on the Candidature Files produced by each city, the IOC Evaluation Commission’s report and the presentations made later today by the cities.
While the IOC did not rank the cities, the report identified strengths and weaknesses, with all three cities felt, on the whole, to have presented very strong bids.
Governor Kim said welcomed the IOC Evaluation Commission's report, thanking the Commission for their objectivity.
While the IOC did not rank the cities, the report identified strengths and weaknesses, with all three cities felt, on the whole, to have presented very strong bids.
In February and March this year, the 13-member Commission, headed by IOC Vice-President Chiharu Igaya, visited and assessed the ability of three Candidate Cities - PyeongChang (South Korea) Sochi (Rus
Under the deal, Kia Motors an affiliate of Hyundai, South Korea's largest carmaker, will provide official vehicles to be used during the June 7-29 tournament in Switzerland and Austria.
The four candidates had been: Barcelona, Spain; Brisbane, Australia; Daegu, Korea and Moscow, Russia.
Korea is a key strategic market for Chelsea following its five-year partnership with Samsung, as Official Club Sponsors, which began in 2005.
A new three-year deal with CCTV, will give the IAAF extended coverage in China, one of its key markets for strategic growth.
In Hong Kong Serie A will be shared by the two Pay-TV platforms for the first time, with Now Broadband TV (PCCW) broadcasting a minimum of 130 matches on the new Mega Sports Channel, and I Cable TV br
At a Press Conference Dr Digel said, “Daegu is the last stop of our four city journey and from what we have seen, Daegu’s bid is very special.
It has visited Moscow and Barcelona and the remaining two cities in the race to host these editions of the IAAF’s key event, Daegu (KOR) and Brisbane (AUS), will be visited next month.
The property, produced by IEC in Sports, was launched at Sportel Monaco in October of last year and a total of 93 episodes of the show will be produced, right up until the opening ceremony in Beijing
Salzburg was the last of the three cities to file its bid documents, which run into hundreds of pages, cover more than a dozen topics, including venues, security, transportation and financing.
Teenage sensation Michelle Wie has accepted the role of honorary president of the city’s bid. Her parents are from South Korea.
The bid file outlines Daegu’s plans to provide a legacy for Asian athletics through a successful bid and to make the Championships the cleanest, most environmentally friendly and most athlete-friend
The agreement comprises all main audiovisual rights over both free and pay TV, as well as radio and mobile platforms.
FOM in June chose Yeongam among bidders from seven nations to host a grand prix.
Formula One Management agreed a contract with Park Joon-Young, governor of South Jeolla province, to stage a grand prix in Yeongam county, South Korea in 2010.
As part of the deal, Air Asia extended its existing sponsorship of Manchester United and Tourism Malaysia agreed a new sponsorship deal with the club.
English Premier League club Manchester United agreed a deal to tour South East Asia in summer 2007.
Exhibitors include A1GP WORLD CUP OF MOTORSPORT, AGFIS, ALCATEL, ALFACAM - EURO1080, ALFRED HABER DISTRIBUTION, INC., BBC WORLDWIDE, EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION – EUROVISION, EUROSPORT, FGSPORT, FIG
With more than 2 months to go before the opening of SPORTELMonaco 2006, exhibitors have committed to more than 85% of the expanded floor space in the Grimaldi Forum.
Chevrolet, a division of General Motors, will promote its brand through exhibition games, special events and USA Basketball's Red, White & Hoops Tour presented by State Farm.
USA Basketball agreed deals with five companies: Chevrolet, The Coca-Cola Company, McDonald’s, Gatorade, and Molten – to promote their brands and products through USA Basketball exhibitions, games, media and special events.
The deal gives SBS all rights on any audiovisual medium in the territory.
The International Olympic Committee signed a four-Games agreement for the broadcast rights in Korea with South Korean commercial broadcaster SBS.
A new report from the European Tour Operators Association says that the London tourism industry will suffer a decline rather than receive a boost because of the 2012 Olympics. “There is no strong link between hosting sporting events and increased tourism” says the ETOA.
Almost 10 million viewers watched the English and Spanish-language coverage of both the US team’s first round match against Italy on June 17 and Mexico’s match against Argentina on June 24.
The 2006 World Cup is generating record television audiences for football in the US.Before the quarter-finals US network ABC averaged 3.7 million viewers for each of its 10 matches while cable channels ESPN and ESPN2 averaged 1.8 million and 1.1 million viewers respectively per match and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision averaged 2.2 million viewers per match.
In its first two weeks FIFAWorldCup.com attracted over 2.5bn page views – beating the 2bn achieved during the 2002 tournament, jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan.
FIFA has confirmed its official website for the World Cup has already surpassed the number of page views racked up for the entire 2002 tournament.
The IOC Executive Board begins its three-day meeting in Lausanne today, and will hear a full report on the Turin 2006 Games from the Co-ordination Commission involved in the event.
The IOC will confirm the final short-list of cities in the running to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday.
The broadcast deal covers North Korea and will be the first time there will be licensed coverage of the tournament in the country.
Infront has signed a TV deal for the current FIFA World Cup with the Korean Broadcasting Commission of South Korea (KBC).
London-based Global Sponsors conducted the survey from purchasers of sponsorship rights within Fortune 500 companies - a ranking of the top 500 US public corporations, based on gross revenue.
It will come as little surprise to most, but Brazil’s soccer team is the most commercially attractive for corporate sponsorship to play at next month’s FIFA World Cup, according to a survey conducted by a sports marketing company.
This is the third time the company has become part of the Asian Games. The company first sponsored the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and later the 14th Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
The Olympic Council of Asia and the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee have signed a partnership deal with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.of Japan, makers of sports drink Pocari Sweat.
The fifth annual SportAccord convention will take place in the host city of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is the first time that the event will be held in China.
SportAccord will be returning to Asia in 2007, when the convention takes place in Beijing.
The ASOIF recommendation, adopted yesterday at SportAccord in Seoul, will be one of several considered by the IOC in the next couple of months.
Summer Olympic cities could choose some of the sports for their Games under a proposal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).
The conference programme features some of the most influential people in world sport.
More than 600 delegates from 57 countries have signed up to attend SportAccord 2006, which takes place at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on April 3-7.
The network will broadcast 17 of the 39 tournament games live, featuring the world's best baseball players, including the championship game from PETCO Park in San Diego, California on March 20, 2006.
NASN has secured exclusive pan-European rights to televise the inaugural World Baseball Classic.
The convention brings together representatives from the 100 international sports federations affiliated to GAISF (General Association of International Sports Federations), ASOIF (Association of Summer
Hill & Knowlton has been appointed the official PR partner for the international sports convention, SportAccord in Seoul, on April 3-7.
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When SportAccord 2006 kicks off at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on April 3, a number of cities, tourism boards and bidding organisations will be in attendance.
"The AFC recognises that clubs are at the centre of football development in Asia and unless the national leagues and clubs show improvement, Asian football can never be developed," he said.
Asian clubs and leagues must become more professional or soccer in the region is going nowhere, warns Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed bin Hammam.
The former WSF president from Malaysia joins four other new IOC members who will serve eight years.
The IOC has 115 members in all.
HRH Prince Tunku Imran, patron of the World Squash Federation (WSF) and president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia, has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
More than 30 speakers have already signed up for the sell-out exhibition comprising bidding cities, major events companies, international sports federations and commercial partners.
Some of the most influential people in sport will be speaking at SportAccord 2006, which takes place at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on April 3-7, 2006.
The rights granted cover the mobile telephony and world wide web categories and include up to four minutes of video material per match for "near-live" and/or delayed highlight coverage on mobile phone
Daum Communications Corp. has signed an exclusive new media broadcast agreement for the FIFA World Cup covering the territory of South Korea.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) members will make their choice on February 8 – and will be choosing the location for perhaps the most important Olympic meeting in years to come.
The race is hotting up for the right to host the 13th Olympic Congress in 2009, with a decision due at this month’s IOC Session in Torino.
Major exhibitors at the annual international sports convention include UK Trade & Investment, which is also a Silver Sponsor of the conference, the Seoul Olympic Sport Promotion Foundation, Comunidad
Regular exhibition stand space is sold out for the 4th SportAccord event at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on April 3-7, 2006.
Newsom, currently in charge of stakeholder communications at HM Revenue & Customs, was previously head of communications at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has appointed Graham Newsom as its new director of communications.
Croatia, South Korea and Denmark will visit Hong Kong to play in a tournament that will be the sporting centrepiece of Chinese New Year for more than 1.3 billion Chinese.
Football's national team competition, the Carlsberg Cup, will again be distributed via television worldwide by IEC in Sports.
The move would see the city co-host the Games with the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
It follows the city's successful hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum.
South Korea's second-largest city, Busan, plans to stage the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
South Korean Olympic Committee spokesman Baek Sung-il confirmed the decision yesterday, after months of speculation.
North and South Korea will compete as a united team at the Beijing Olympics and at next year’s Asian Games in Qatar.
The race will, however, remain as part of the previously released 2006 Champ Car schedule.
The Champ Car World Series has been forced to axe the inaugural Ansan Champ Car Grand Prix scheduled for October 14-16 in Ansan, South Korea.
The Royal Trophy - to be played in Thailand - has been sanctioned by the Asian, Japan and European Tours, clearing the way for the teams to field their strongest possible line-ups.
Asia's best players are set to take on the elite of Europe in a new team golf competition.
PA Sport, a sports news and information provider, will be providing Eclat Entertainment with its Actim-branded, real-time player and team statistics during all English Premier League games.
PA Sport has secured its first customer in South Korea with the signing of a soccer data content deal with mobile and broadband company, Eclat Entertainment.
They take place at the Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester from 21 to 23 October, 2005.
The LG Action Sports World Championships are to be held in Manchester, UK - the first time the championships have been held outside the United States.
They take place at the Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester from 21 to 23 October, 2005.
The LG Action Sports World Championships are to be held in Manchester, UK - the first time the championships have been held outside of the United States.
Will Muirhead, chief executive and founder of Sportev, said: “Korea has led the way in the deployment of 3rd generation mobile technology and is now perfectly positioned for content owners to start
Sportev has reached agreement with the Korean media company, Media 2.0, to provide video coverage of Premier League matches on mobile phones in Korea for the next two seasons.
According to the Around the Rings Olympics Bid Power Index, which looks at technical aspects of the bids across 11 categories, PyeongChang and Salzburg are in a tie, with ratings of 75.
Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.
According to the Around the Rings Olympics Bid Power Index, which looks at technical aspects of the bids across 11 categories, PyeongChang and Salzburg are in a tie, with ratings of 75.
Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.
Nine other cities have said they will bid.
Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort is to bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics just weeks after Moscow failed in its effort to attract the 2012 Summer Games.
Park Ji-Sung's star was already rising before he was signed him from PSV Eindhoven in June, but the South Korean midfielder's profile has reached new heights following his summer switch to Old Traffor
Manchester United's South Korean signing, Park Ji-Sung, was the most searched-for footballer on search engine Megasoccer.com last month.
Swedish National Olympic Committee president Stefan Lindeberg said lengthy discussions with the government failed to convince officials to guarantee the Ostersund bid.
The Swedish government has rejected plans to bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Figo and Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz are among the franchise holders of A1 Team Portugal and ex-Formula One driver Pedro Lamy will lead the outfit, chief executive Luis Vicente
Real Madrid footballer Luis Figo is one of the owners of the Portuguese motor racing team which will compete in the new A1 Grand Prix series.
A statement from the IOC says a May 9 letter from Kim dated May 9 was received on Friday, announcing his resignation.
Un Yong Kim of South Korea has decided to step down as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Samsung will also bring back its Olympic Rendezvous, a popular meeting point for athletes and families at the Games and a showcase for Samsung’s wireless products, reports aroundtherings.com
Worldwide Olympic sponsor Samsung has signed Italian ski great Alberto Tomba as its global athlete ambassador, part of a series of announcements for the company’s 2006 marketing programme revealed in Turin.
Local-language editions of the show, Realmadrid Life, will be broadcast weekly throughout the season – from August to June – on free-to-air television in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Sou
Soccer giant Real Madrid Club and Interactive Sports Television Ltd. (ISTV) have agreed to jointly develop and broadcast an interactive television programme to be launched in several of Asia’s soccer markets this autumn.
To date, acquisitions executives have registered from 36 countries, including: Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
With less than a week to go before SPORTELAsia 2005, all floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market.
To date, acquisitions executives have registered from 36 countries, including: Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
With less than a week to go before SPORTELAsia 2005, all floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market.
The four-year agreement also includes that TSA will represent the rights for the US Open’s classic matches.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that Total Sports Asia (TSA), Asia’s leading integrated sports marketing company, will be the exclusive Asian television rights distributor for the US Open.
Millar praised the 70,000-capacity International Stadium Yokohama in the western outskirts of Tokyo, which staged the 2002 soccer World Cup final, on a three-day visit to the country.
Yokohama would be an excellent venue for the 2011 rugby World Cup final, according to International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Syd Millar.
The vote will be taken at the IOC session in Singapore in July. It needs two-thirds of the 120-odd members to back the call to throw out the 74-year-old.
The IOC's executive board has urged members to expel vice-president Kim Un-Yong, jailed in South Korea after being found guilty on corruption charges.
The Games, presented by Kia, are from May 26 to 29 and gather 250 of Asia’s leading action sports athletes to compete for more than $110,000 in prize money and medals.
The X Games, the world’s signature action sports competition, will make its South Korean debut when Seoul hosts the Asian X Games 2005.
Pyeonchang, beaten to the 2010 Games by Vancouver, and will have its candidature confirmed at the general assembly of the Korean Olympic Committee later this month.
South Korea has named Pyeongchang – 100-miles east of Seoul - as its candidate for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
It would feature Australia's best club teams and the three Asian powers, China, South Korea and Japan, reports theage.com.au
National Basketball League commissioner Rick Burton is in China for talks about establishing an annual competition, perhaps as early as April.
The Swedish Olympic Committee has approved initial plans for the bid from the towns, about 550km north of Stockholm in central Sweden, reports aroundtherings.com.
The Swedish towns of Ostersund and Are will apply to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Oceania officials, under the guidance of recently elected president Reynald Temarii and newly appointed general secretary Tai Nicholas, plan to phase out the present cup competition, which is contest
The Oceania Nations Cup, which determines the top team in FIFA's smallest and least powerful region, could be shelved in favour of a four-nation tournament designed to attract top Asian, European and South American teams.
It is the date by which cities bidding for those Games must submit initial applications to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and it comes just over three weeks after the decision in Singapore
The initial field for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be set on July 28, 2005.
The two cities will make their joint presentation to the Austrian Olympic Committee on December 15.
The Associated Press reports that Salzburg and Innsbruck Austria will make a formal bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games at a presentation in Vienna next month.
The networks drew a total of 203 million viewers - 134 million on the main network and 69 million on four cable networks (MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Bravo, Telemundo).
NBC’s networks drew their biggest ever viewing audience for a summer Games.
He was elected to the post in a vote at the federation’s extraordinary AGM in Seoul.
Dr Chung-won Choue has been elected the new president of the World Taekwondo Federation – replacing shamed IOC vice president Kim Un-yong (pictured), who was jailed earlier this month.
As reported yesterday on sportbusiness.com
Kim Un-yong, the shamed IOC vice president jailed and fined earlier this week on embezzlement and bribery charges, is to appeal the Seoul court ruling.
The South Korean was facing charges of bribery and corruption during his time on the Korean Olympic Committee and the World Taekwondo Federation.
Former IOC vice president Kim Un-yong has been jailed for two-and-a-half years and fined more than U$673,000 after being found guilty on corruption charges.
The 72-year-old will face a judge on April 26, with concerns over his health prompting officials to vow to conclude the case no later than the second week of May.
Kim Un-yong, the suspended IOC vice president, is set to finally face the music over allegations of corruption, and discover his fate, next month.
The series formerly known as CART unveiled further details of what can be expected in its first season under new, private, ownership, during the season launch event at Long Beach, California.
The new look Champ Car series has unveiled a new race for South Korea – and a new cable TV deal.
The 72-year old was arrested shortly after the Seoul District Court approved his pre-trial detention.
Kim Un-yong, the International Olympic Committee vice president currently serving a suspension from duty, has been arrested on corruption charges in South Korea.
The agreement will allow for the transmission of Extreme Sports Channel ‘branded blocks’ across 13 countries where the channel has never previously had carriage.
Extreme Entertainment, formerly Extreme International, has signed a new deal with broadcasters in India and West Africa.
The Congress, which met in Doha in Qatar over the weekend, confirmed that the next presidential election would not take place until the 2007 FIFA Ordinary Congress.
Sepp Blatter will remain FIFA president until 2007 after a meeting of the soccer governing body's Extraordinary Congress agreed to extend his term by an extra year.
The 'Passport to SmackDown!' tour will begin in Korea on December 2 at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has confirmed the live event dates for its Asian tour this December, taking in Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.
As FIFA received the official documentation from nations hoping to host the first World Cup in Africa, president Sepp Blatter said one solo bids would be considered.
FIFA has ruled out any joint bids for the 2010 World Cup in Africa – crushing hopes of a united Tunisia and Libya proposal.
Icons.com is the online home of some of the biggest name in world soccer such as Ronaldo, Raul, Figo, Zidane, Patrick Kluivert, and many others players currently playing in the English Premier League,
UK-based Icons.com has signed an exclusive marketing partnership agreement with ProEvents Management for all Icons products and services in Asia.
A joint statement issued after a meeting between Kim Un-yong,the South Korean vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and Chang Ung, DPR Korea's representative to the IOC, said: "
Democratic People's Republic of Korea and South Korea have agreed to send a unified team to compete in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
A new report from Sport+Markt, entitled 'Sponsoring 21+', reveals that South Korea possesses the most fervent football fans.
New research from Sport+Markt indicates that televised football is more popular in the Far East than Europe.
The controversial election of Kim, who stood against existing president Jacques Rogge in 2001 in the race for the IOC's top position, came after the South Korean won a winning majority of 55 votes fro
South Korea's Un Yong Kim has been voted in as vice president of the International Olympic Committee.
Egon Winkler, director general of the Salzburg bid, stated: “We have intensively studied the report. With our adjustments our aim is to take a good concept and make it great.
Following last week's release of the International Olympic Committee report on its bid to host the 2010 Winter Games, Salzburg has made significant adjustments to its proposed venues.
The report, prepared by the IOC Evaluation Commission, follows the body's visit to the three candidate cities to host the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 - Vancouver in Canada, Salzburg in Austria, a
The International Olympic Committee has released its evaluation report on the three cities bidding to host the 2012 Winter Games.
Speaking prior to this weekend's race at Brands Hatch, near London, CART CEO Chris Pook told sportbusiness.com
The Champ Car World Series says it is in 'serious and meaningful' discussions with government officials in Beijing and Seoul with a view to staging races in future seasons, sportbusiness.com can confirm.
Rooney quit Baltimore in July 2001 after the company's shares fell 95 percent in seven months, making them the worst-performing stock on the FT-SE Techmark 100 index so far that year.
Fran Rooney, formerly chief of Baltimore Technologies, is to take over as chief executive officer of the Football Association of Ireland.
The agreement with Barclays Bank PLC, gives Barclaycard the rights to market Manchester United cards anywhere outside the UK.
English Premier League giant Manchester United has signed a five-year deal with Barclaycard to promote club-branded credit cards outside of the UK.
The FIFA president will host the conference on April 8 in Zurich - with the closing accounts for the 2002 World Cup and the 1999-2002 period coming under the spotlight.
Sepp Blatter's relentless strides towards ensuring FIFA's financial 'transparency' will take an unprecedented leap forward next month when it stages a media conference dealing exclusively with money matters.
