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Sportel: "Football bureaucracy in Europe is very different than American leagues" (J. Tebas, LaLiga)

"I'm still asking myself this, why so much resistance to a business strategy (about LaLiga Santander playing one regular season game per year in the United States)? I think a lot of it is cultural. Cultural in that the bureaucracy that football has built (in Europe) is very different than the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 131828
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©  DC

FIFA: new competitions on the agenda of the Council meeting in Kigali (RWA) on 26/10/2018

The FIFA Club World Cup and a global Nations League are listed (under item 4, "future of competitions") on the agenda of meeting no.8 of the FIFA Council (see downloads) organised at the Kigali Convention Centre (Rwanda), on Friday 26/10/2018 (from 09:00 local time), according to the international…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131854
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©  D.R.

Asics: Andrés Iniesta, former Spanish international, becomes an ambassador of the Japanese brand

Andrés Iniesta, former Spanish international currently playing for Vissel Kobe (J.League, Japan), has become an ambassador of the Japanese equipment manufacturer Asics, on 22/10/2018. "The football player will support the brand through product placement and promotions, as well as delivery of the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131849
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©  DFL

eSports: DFL launches an official competition for its clubs on the FIFA game (January to March 2019)

The "VBL Club Championship", the official competition for DFL clubs (Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga), on the FIFA 19 video game, will begin on 15/01/2019, according to the DFL on 22/10/2018. "Participating clubs may nominate a team of two to four players by 21/12/2018," added the German football…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): esport - gaming
• Article # 131819
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©  FC Bayern

FC Bayern Munich: club launches an optimised version of its website "for poor Internet connections"

"FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) is the first sports organisation in the world to launch an optimised website service explicitly for poor Internet connections," announced the club on 18/10/2018. "lite.fcbayern.com will deliver all the news about the German record champions and will focus on…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131815
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©  n/a

Sportel: "Only 4% of over 25,000 rights holders produce live streaming content" (FeedConstruct)

"Right now, with the classic rights holder to intermediary to end user model, only 4% of over 25,000 sports rights holders produce live streaming content. Friendship is a platform which enables the rights holder to operate their own live-streaming content directly to the end user, without an…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 131821
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©  Natwest

Rugby: HSBC to replace NatWest (RBS) as title sponsor of the Six Nations 2019 (The Guardian)

The British bank HSBC has obtained the naming rights for the Six Nations rugby tournament from the 2019 edition, according the British newspaper The Guardian, on 21/10/2018. HSBC is already the title sponsor of the World Rugby Sevens Series until 2023 (see below). The Scottish bank RBS (Royal…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131799
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©  D.R.

Host Broadcast Services: Dan Miodownik to replace Francis Tellier as CEO from 01/11/2018

Francis Tellier will step down from his position as CEO of the audiovisual production company Host Broadcast Services (HBS), founded by Tellier in 1999, according to the Swiss media rights and sports marketing agency, Infront, on 22/10/2018. "Effective 01/11/2018, Dan Miodownik (who joined HBS in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131807
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©  D.R.

Sportel: new conferences in Miami (USA, 06 and 07/05/2019) and London (ENG, 09 and 10/07/2019)

"Sportel and SportBusiness today announce a major new multi-year partnership, joining forces to deliver a new series of global sports industry conferences - the Sports Decision Makers Summits," said Laurent Puons, CEO of Sportel and Ben Speight, CEO of SportBusiness, at Sportel Monaco, on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 131800
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©  Cagliari Calcio

Serie A TIM: Macron, the most represented equipment supplier in 2018-19 with 5 clubs under contract

With five of the 20 clubs (25%) under contract, the Italian brand Macron is the most represented equipment supplier in the Serie A TIM in 2018-19, for the third consecutive season, after 2017-18 (four clubs) and 2016-17 (three clubs, tied with Nike, Joma and Kappa). In 2018-19, Macron is…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, …
• Article # 131785
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