The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced that it has penned an agreement to manage the continent’s electronic media rights for all International Skating Union (ISU) events on an exclusive basis until 2015.
The Russian capital of Moscow has been confirmed as the host of this year’s World Figure Skating Championships after the Japan Skating Federation was forced to give up Tokyo’s staging rights in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami earlier this month.
The International Skating Union (ISU) has called off the World Figure Skating Championships, which were scheduled to be staged in Japan later this month.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has postponed Asian Champions League matches in Japan following the horrific earthquake and tsunami on Friday.
Stephen Colbert, the host of a comedy television programme on US television, has launched a campaign to raise cash from viewers to help the US Olympic speedskating team after its main sponsor pulled out due to bankruptcy.
US Speedskating is set to lose more than $300,000 after the bankruptcy of one of its sponsors, Netherlands-based bank DSB Bank NV (DSB).
The loss of the sponsor comes at a bad time – just four months before the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
US Speedskating, the sport’s national governing body, has extended its marketing partnership with Amplify Sports and Entertainment LLC.
Watchmaker Longines agreed a deal to become the Official Timekeeper and Official Watch for the next speed skating World Championships in Milan in March 2007.
US Figure Skating and MLB Advanced Media, LP, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball, agreed a multi-year venture to develop US Figure Skating’s interactive media properties.
Svetlana Zhurova, the speed skating veteran and a Torino 2006 gold medalist, will join the Sochi 2014 Bid Committee in an executive role as athlete relations director.
