Media

KantarSport has penned a deal with Soccerex to become the football convention’s research partner.

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the China Football Industry Development Corporation (CFIDC) have struck a multi-year deal with World Sport Group to develop the brand of the country’s national football team.

Perform Group, the leading digital sports media company, has announced it plans to float on the London Stock Exchange.

The Professional Football Strategy Council (PFSC) has become the latest sporting organisation to call for betting companies to pay “compensation” for the right to take bets on matches.

Bodugi.com, which claims to be the world's first social betting website, has launched.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has launched a media tender for the Indian Premier League (IPL) despite opposition from World Sport Group (WSG).

The climax of this year’s Wimbledon Championships will be broadcast live in 3D to selected cinemas around the world for the first time, it has been announced.

North One Sport, the promoter of the World Rally Championship (WRC), has been taken over by sports marketing firm Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI).

Premiership Rugby, the top flight of rugby union in England, has sealed a licensing agreement with digital rights management agency MyVideoRights.

The Sports Network (TSN) has acquired broadcast rights within Canada to the upcoming ‘March Madness’ college men’s basketball event.

Nick Walford, a former executive at advertising and marketing giant WPP, is to join sponsorship consultancy Redmandarin.

German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland has announced plans to launch a rolling 24-hour sports news channel in Germany and Austria within a year.

Digital media specialist Perform has acquired leading football website Goal.com from a consortium of investors including Bessemer Venture Partners.

The Jockey Club, the largest commercial group in horseracing, has appointed Weber Shandwick Sport as its centrally retained communications agency.

Shaila-Ann Rao has been installed as the new chief operating officer of Sportfive’s international business unit in Geneva.

Channel 4 in the UK has acquired the host broadcast rights to the 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup, which will take place in Manchester from May 23-28.