Sponsorship & Marketing
ARD audience for Germany’s World Cup opener dips below 10m as armband row continues
An average audience of 9.2 million people tuned into German broadcaster ARD’s coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup match between Germany and Japan amid new protests against Fifa’s ban on ‘OneLove’ armbands.
Qatar Airways to sponsor Fox Sports’ US World Cup coverage
Qatar Airways, the state-backed airline, will sponsor Fox Sports' coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup in the United States, it has emerged
Euroleague Basketball extends Bwin deal for Greek market
Online sports betting and gaming operator Bwin has signed a multi-year extension to its sponsorship deal with Euroleague Basketball covering the Greek territory
Inaugural NFL Germany game proves huge success locally
The National Football League's inaugural regular-season game in Germany last weekend proved a huge success locally across a series of key metrics
MLS clubs to have Apple TV sleeve patches as part of rights deal
Tech giant Apple has gained the rights to place the Apple TV logo on the sleeves of all 29 Major League Soccer teams as part of the landmark, 10-year global rights deal between the two parties.
Spanish and Belgian federations agree content deals with Xiaohongshu
The football federations of Belgium and Spain have agreed content partnerships with Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu ahead of their appearances at the Fifa World Cup
New LET commercial director Harold undertaking strategic review
Golf’s Ladies European Tour (LET) has recruited Fiona Harold as its new commercial director.
RTVE issued with provisional restrictions on World Cup advertising
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has set out advertising restrictions that public broadcaster RTVE will have to follow for its coverage of th…
FIH elects Asian hockey CEO Ikram as president, direct federation income nears CHF5m
Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) chief executive Tayyab Ikram has been elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), seeing off the challenge of Marc Coudron
Formula 1’s Q3 revenues rise to $715m
Formula 1 has reported revenues of $715m (€721m) for the third quarter of 2022, a seven-per-cent increase on the same period in 2021 but a slight decrease compared with the $744m posted in the second q…
Singapore Women’s Open to tee off in December off after two-year wait
The inaugural edition of the Singapore Women’s Open golf tournament will finally take place next month after being postponed for more than two years as a result of the pandemic.
Asia Rugby strikes long-term deal with marketing agency Redstrike
Asia Rugby has announced a strategic agreement with sports marketing agency Redstrike.
The deal will see Redstrike develop the regional rugby union association’s commercial and sponsorship programmes.
Broadcast deals in over 80 countries for EHF Women’s Euro 2022
Rights agreements have been secured with 35 broadcasters for the European Handball Federation (EHF)’s Women’s Euro 2022, which will take place in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro from November 4 t…
LIV Golf president: ‘We need to commercialize the product’
LIV Golf president Atul Khosla has made it clear that the primary goals of the Saudi-backed breakaway series in 2023 are to land "milestone" sponsorship and television rights deals to begin commercializing…
FPT ‘pays huge fee increase’ for Vietnamese V.League football rights
Telco FPT is reported to have paid a huge fee increase to acquire Vietnamese domestic V.League football rights in a multi-year deal starting in 2023
Bundesliga International CMO Naubert to assume Klein’s responsibilities
Peer Naubert, chief marketing officer at Bundesliga International, is to take over the responsibilities of Robert Klein, chief executive of the German league’s international rights sales arm, from the e…
EXCLUSIVE: Bundesliga International CEO Klein to join IMG in leading football role
Robert Klein, chief executive of Bundesliga International, is leaving the German league’s international rights sales arm to head up the football operations at IMG Media, SportBusiness understands.
Gillette to air mixed-reality commercial on ‘MNF’
Gillette, the Procter & Gamble-owned razor and personal care products company, will showcase its innovation hub GilletteLabs during ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcast at Gillette Stadium on October…