Mr. Tanaka is a director with Sports Marketing Division, Dentsu Inc. and oversees all of Dentsu?s sports related activities. These include the sale of sponsorship packages for major events such as the Olympics and FIFA World Cup, sports celebrity endorsement, and the sale of broadcast rights of many international sports events.
Said Patrick Murphy, Managing Director of Sportasia.com: ?Mr. Tanaka?s expertise in the global sports arena will help us realise our vision to provide the Asian-based sports fans with the best possible quality and depth of sports information from Asia and around the world. I welcome Mr. Tanaka and I look forward to working with him to ensure that Sportasia.com leads the on-line sports content and publishing market in Asia.?
Sportasia.com Limited is a 50:50 joint venture formed in April 2000 between the global news agency, Agence France Press (AFP) and Asia?s leading Internet business, Chinadotcom Corporation.
Sportasia.com?s roll-out plan includes the launch of a simplified Chinese version for China in August, as well as traditional Chinese for Taiwan and Hong Kong. Other language-specific versions for India, Thailand, Japan and Korea are also planned.
