SportBusiness Review May 2020
Highlights From Our May Issue
BEN PINCUS ON TAKING THE COMMERCIAL REINS AT F1
FOOTBALL CLUBS RESPOND TO THEIR COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS
NASCAR AND NHL LOOK TO ESPORTS FOR ENGAGEMENT AND BRAND BUILDING
Press Release: ORSEN Launch The World’s Biggest Celebrity E-Sports Event For Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund For WHO
Geneva (Switzerland) – 20th May 2020
16 celebrities from sport and entertainment compete from home on PES 2020
All funds raised on behalf of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO
Press Release: Online Exhibition Sales Process Launches for SportAccord 2021 in Ekaterinburg
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord has launched the process for organisations involved in the business of sport to book exhibition space at the highly anticipated SportAccord World Sport & Business S…
Carla Varriale-Barker – More than words: the business of sports, Covid-19, and force majeure clauses
Carla Varriale-Barker, shareholder in the New York office of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. and the chair of the firm’s Sports, Recreation and Entertainment practice group, discusses the meaning of increasingly prominent force majeure clauses in the sports industry
Chinese football tackles salary reduction
Shen Jiang, senior associate at Jingtian & Gongcheng, and Luca Ferrari, partner and global head of sports at Withers, consider the legal issues around the player wage reductions now agreed by all Chinese Super league clubs
Mitchell Ziets – Key elements of the Covid-19 recovery
Mitchell Sports, chief executive of boutique sports advisory firm Tipping Point Sports LLC, examines the key elements of the industry's recovery from the pandemic
A ticketing conundrum in the post-Covid world
Nick White, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, discusses the implications and impacts of the Covid-19 hiatus on ticketing.
Risk considerations for sport’s return from lockdown
David Griffiths, senior member of the sports and entertainment team at Miller Insurance, on the challenges presented by playing sport behind closed doors.
Epic Moments – DHL & World Rugby
DHL, official logistics supplier to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, rolled out on epic campaign of activations through 2018 and 2019, spanning the trophy tour, grassroots global amateur games, fundraising, gaming,…
The Autograph/Tim’s True Story – Tim Hortons & Hockey Canada
Launched to drive awareness of Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton’s enhanced partnership with Hockey Canada – and generally celebrate the 2019-20 hockey season – the campaign linked the brand to Canadian legen…
Southeast Asia market report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Southeast Asia
Purple Couch – T-Mobile & UF
In 2018, T-Mobile US’s Metro by T-Mobile brand activated its UFC rights through a live 90-minute brand-owned social broadcast which set out to fill the pre-fight content void.