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Bundesliga: the U.S. investment fund KKR will invest €61.2 million into Hertha Berlin

The U.S. investment fund KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) is now a strategic partner of Hertha Berlin (Bundesliga) and will invest €61.2 million into the club, announced Hertha CFO Ingo Schiller, on 31/01/2014. The fund is committed for "at least seven years," said the club, until 2021.KKR gets a…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 14394
• Published on 05/02/14 at 16:00

Premier League: Umbro to equip Everton from 2014-15 to 2018-19

Umbro will become the official kit and equipment supplier of Everton (Premier League) from the 2014-15 season, announced the Liverpool-based club on 04/02/2014. The five-year partnership will expire at the end of the 2018-19 season. The new Everton kit should be presented on 01/06/2014. Umbro…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 14392
• Published on 05/02/14 at 15:30

Serie A: Juventus implemented a tifo chosen via a Facebook application for Inter match

For the Juventus - Inter Milan match (3-1, 22^nd Matchday of Serie A), 12,700 people participated in a giant tifo preselected on the Internet, via a contest called #LoveJu. The initiative, implemented by the Turin club via a dedicated page on its Facebook profile, invited users to create their own…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 14393
• Published on 05/02/14 at 15:06

NFL: record audience for the 48^th Super Bowl (111.5 million viewers in the United States)

With 111.5 million American viewers, the 48^th edition of the Super Bowl, held on 02/02/2014 near New York at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (United States), has become the most watched event in the history of American television. The game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Stadiums, …
• Article # 14383
• Published on 05/02/14 at 12:42

Spain: FIFPro supports the Santander players (3^rd division) after their strike in the Copa del Rey

"The players took a radical decision. But it shows how desperate they are. They had no choice but to opt for this action. They are footballers, and what they like most is to play football," said the president of FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers), Philippe Piat, on…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 14375
• Published on 05/02/14 at 10:58

Bundesliga: Hypo Vereinsbank continues contract with David Alaba (Bayern Munich) until 2016

David Alaba, Austrian defender of Bayern Munich (Bundesliga), extended his contract as an ambassador of the German bank Hypo Vereinsbank until 2016, on 03/02/2014. David Alaba has been associated with the bank since May 2013. Hypo Vereinsbank is a subsidiary of the Italian group Unicredit. The…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 14373
• Published on 04/02/14 at 18:59

UK: financial results for BT Group are up, and over 2.5 million subscribers for BT Sport

BT Group, owner of the pay-TV channel BT Sport, achieved a turnover of £4.59 billion (€5.54 billion) during the third quarter of fiscal year 2013 (from 01/10 to 31/12/2013), an increase of 2% from the same quarter 12 months earlier (£4.52 billion, €5.46 billion), announced the British…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 14366
• Published on 04/02/14 at 17:35

"The World Cup will mark a turning point in the use of the second screen" (JS Cruz, Netco Sports)

"In 2014, we will witness the first World Cup with a mobile audience of over one billion smartphones worldwide. This will be the first World Cup to be truly multimedia," said Jean-Sébastien Cruz, founder and CEO of Netco Sports, supplier of mobile solutions and applications in the field of sport…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 14287
• Published on 04/02/14 at 16:30

Poland: Z. Boniek, president of the Federation, joins the supervisory board of the first division

Zbigniew Boniek, chairman of the PFA (Polish Football Association) since October 2012, has joined the supervisory board of the Ekstraklasa, the league that manages the Polish first division, on 29/01/2014. The federation, as a partner of the Ekstraklasa, is entitled to a seat on the supervisory…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 14357
• Published on 04/02/14 at 16:15

FC Barcelona announce the renovation schedule of the Camp Nou (2017-2021)

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) announced the schedule of the renovation of the Camp Nou on 03/02/2014: work should begin in May 2017 and end in February 2021.The work will take place in a manner that allows FC Barcelona to continue playing at the Camp Nou during the renovation. This requirement has…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 14351
• Published on 04/02/14 at 15:30