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Alastair Waddington, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of IMG Media, will examine the demanding and fast developing role of host broadcaster service providers when he addresses the inaugural International Event Management Conference in London next week.
Business

The Engine Group (Engine), the fast growing communications group, acquired leading sponsorship agency, Karen Earl Sponsorship.
Media

The 15th Asian Games, held in Doha on 1-15 December, will be broadcast live on Eurosport and Eurosport 2. It is the first time the Asian Games, held every four years since 1951, will be shown live in Europe.
Business

Brand experts say that Swiss companies could risk missing out on a lucrative image boost by taking too long to decide how to use the Euro 2008 football championships to market their brand.
Media

Zee Telefilms and ESPN Star Sports will bid for the global TV rights of the International Cricket Council's matches from 2007-2015.
Media

The National Hockey League's digital arm has agreed to provide videos of full-length games to Google Video.
Media

RS Plc, Thailand's second-largest entertainment group agreed a deal for the broadcast rights to the next two World Cup tournaments.
Business

Wasserman Media Group, a US sports and entertainment management, marketing and content company, completed the acquisition of the football, rugby, marketing and events divisions of SFX Sports Group, Europe.
Business

Clipper Ventures, the AIM listed international marine events company extended its marketing alliance with WPP-owned sports marketing agency Global Sportnet to market the title sponsorship, content and TV rights for the next two editions of the biennial Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Events

UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB acquired the exclusive live rights for next summer’s UEFA European Under-21 Championship which will be staged in the Netherlands in June.
Media

Taj TV agreed a deal with US satellite TV provider DIRECTV to produce its new Cricket Plus Channel.
Events

Red Bull GmbH anticipates the arrival in the US of top European football stars that it expects will lift interest in the sport.
Business

Former media industry heavyweights, Mark Dixon (Telegraph Marketing Director), Tedd Walmsley (Telegraph Client Development Director) and Adam Roland (talkSPORT Head of Sponsorship) have joined forces to launch Fuse Sport.
Business

The UK government reiterated its support for the 2012 Olympics despite announcing the organisers face an unexpected VAT bill.
Media

ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP Masters Series, extended its consultancy deal with IMG Media for a further three years.
Events

TSE Consulting and the Chinese Sports Industry Group (CSI) established a strategic partnership.
Media

The Emirates Airline agreed a deal to sponsor the opening meeting of the 2006 – 2007 Dubai Racing Club season.
Business

MotoGP finalised its 2007 calendar with the season beginning on March 10 in Qatar.
Media

Input Media agreed a deal with promoter KAM Sports International, in association with the IEC in Sports agency, to provide the live coverage and branding for two FIFA International football matches being held in London.
Events

The International Cricket Council signed a new contract with the Indian Cricket Board ending fears that India would not host the 2011 World Cup.