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Al Jazeera: television group will cut 500 jobs, mostly from headquarters in Qatar

Al Jazeera Media Network, of which beIN Media Group is a subsidiary, will eliminate about 500 jobs worldwide, announced the Qatari television group on 27/03/2016. A majority of these positions (300, 60%) will be cut from the headquarters in Qatar.This press release is two and half months after the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 66006
• Published on 01/04/16 at 13:00

Indonesia: Inter Channel available to mobile customers of Indosat, a regional partner of the club

Indosat Ooredoo, an Indonesian telecommunications company, will distribute the Inter Channel, the official TV channel FC Internazionale Milano (Serie A TIM), to its mobile customers as of 31/03/2016, the Italian club announced on 30/03/2016. Indosat has been a regional partner of Inter in…

Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 66007
• Published on 01/04/16 at 12:00

Champions Cup (rugby): Allianz Riviera and MMArena are competing to host one semi-final

The Allianz Riviera (Nice, FRA, 36,178 seats) and the MMArena (Le Mans, FRA, 25,064 seats) are among the stadiums pre-selected by the EPCR to host a semi-final of the 2015-16 Champions Cup, announced the European professional club rugby's governing body and organiser of the two European rugby…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums, Legal
• Article # 65988
• Published on 01/04/16 at 11:15

China: Le Sports valued at nearly €3bn after a fundraising of 8 billion yuan (€1.1bn)

Le Sports, the sports portal of LeEco, the Chinese technologies and digital content company, conducted a second round of fundraising of 8 billion yuan (€1.1bn) which now values the streaming platform at 21.5 billion yuan (€2.96bn), announced Jia Yueting, the CEO of LeEco, on 27/03/2016. Le Sports…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 65992
• Published on 01/04/16 at 10:44

Rio 2016: Colombia are the final nation to qualify for the men's Olympic tournament, beating the USA

Colombia are the final country to have qualified for the men's tournament of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, after winning their play-off against the United States (2-1, 3-2 on aggregate), in Frisco (Texas, USA), on 29/03/2016. The match ends the qualifying stage of the tournament. 16 teams will…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 65941
• Published on 01/04/16 at 10:05

Italy: Changhong (electronics) to be on LED advertising boards in 12 stadiums in Serie A and Serie B

Changhong, the Chinese manufacturer of consumer electronics (TVs, mobile phones, refrigerators, air conditioners, and more), has received advertising visibility in 12 stadiums in the Serie A TIM and the Serie B, announced the marketing and media rights agency Infront Sports & Media on 30/03/2016…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 65980
• Published on 01/04/16 at 09:30

Spain: LaLiga creates an event in Miami (USA) around El Clasico, on Saturday, 02/04/2016

LaLiga and beIN Sports USA, the pay-TV channel owned by Qatari beIN Media Group, will organise a free public braodcast of El Clasico, FC Barcelona - Real Madrid CF (Matchday 31 of the Liga BBVA, on Saturday 02/04/2016, kick-off at 20:30 CET) on a giant screen at the Miami (Florida, USA) waterfront…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 65950
• Published on 31/03/16 at 17:49

Qatar 2022: FIFA is "fully aware of the risks facing construction workers"

"As mentioned following a previous report by Amnesty International on migrant workers in Qatar published in December 2015, FIFA is fully aware of the risks facing construction workers in Qatar and of the opportunity that FIFA, together with other stakeholders, has to facilitate the improvement of…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 65940
• Published on 31/03/16 at 17:19

The Japanese group SoftBank invests €223m in the agency WME-IMG, now valued at €4.9bn

The Japanese group SoftBank Group Corp. has invested $250m (€223m) in WME-IMG LLC, the American career management, marketing and media rights agency, on 23/03/2016. The transaction would see the value of WME-IMG rise to $5.5bn (€4.9bn) according to the US economist magazine Bloomberg, on the same…

Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 65927
• Published on 31/03/16 at 16:29

Australia: Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer becomes an official partner of the Federation until 2020

The Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer has become an official partner of the FFA until 2020, announced the Football Federation Australia on 29/03/2016. This four-year partnership makes Tag Heuer the official watch and timekeeper of the "Caltex Socceroos", the Australian men's national football team. The…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 65924
• Published on 31/03/16 at 15:24