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TVB Wins Hong Kong Broadcasting Rights For 2014 Brazil World Cup05 / 23 / 13TVB "has won the Hong Kong broadcasting rights for the 2014 World Cup," according to Benjamin Li of CAMPAIGN ASIA-PACIFIC. The deal "covers TVB's free-to-air TV stations, radio, internet and mobile platforms." TVB Deputy Controller S.T. Tso said that "the agreement with FIFA does not allow... |
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Li-Ning Faces Complaints Over Logo Ban
Chinese Basketball Association players are “continuing to complain about the mandatory call” to wear league partner Li-Ning’s sneakers and “being fined for violations,” according to Sun Xiaocheng of CHINA DAILY. Li-Ning, which has spent $321M in a five-year endorsement ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, China, Li Ning
Indian Badminton League On The Horizon
The proposed Indian Badminton League -- "modeled on cricket's cash-rich, franchise-based Indian Premier League" -- has received 18 expressions of interest from corporates for its franchises, according to Ullekh NP of the ECONOMIC TIMES. Organizers said that they "expect 12-14 more initial bids over ...
Indian Football Expands Media Strategy
The Elite Football League of India, a “new and curious venture aimed at introducing American football to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and other countries in Asia,” is a “perhaps quixotic undertaking, but it could prove to be lucrative should the game achieve some measure of popularit ...
FIFA'S Goal-Line Technology Goes Live
FIFA will use goal-line technology "for the first time in Japan this week," according to Alastair Himmer of REUTERS. The technology will be employed in Thursday's Club World Cup opener between J-League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima and ASB Premiership club Auckland City as football's governing body "fina ...
Tags: International Football, Japan
Nike Sues In Chinese Trademark Dispute
Nike is fighting Chinese trademark authorities to win rights to use the Mandarin name of Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang in its marketing, "the latest in a spate of trademark disputes emerging as Western companies try to build their brands in China," according to Laurie Burkitt of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. ...
IOC Bans Indian Olympic Association
The IOC exec board has suspended the Indian Olympic Association for its failure to comply with the Olympic Charter and its statutes, failure to inform the IOC in a timely matter, and as a protective measure against government interference in the IOA’s election process. With the decision, ...
IOA Prepares For Meeting With IOC
Two top Indian Olympic Association officials are preparing to leave for Switzerland for a meeting with IOC officials to "plead their case" in the wake of the IOC's decision to propose IOA's suspension in its exec board meeting, according to the PTI. The IOA had sought a meeting of its two representa ...
Two Match Ban For S. Korean Player
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided on Nov. 20 to suspend South Korea player PARK JONGWOO for two matches for displaying unsportsmanlike behavior after the London Olympics match played between South Korea and Japan on Aug. 10. Furthermore, the player has been ordered to pay a fine of CHF ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, Asia
Lotte Giants Question KBO Scheduling
The Lotte Giants in Korea's top baseball league on Monday "filed a complaint at the league office over an unbalanced schedule next year that they claim puts them at a disadvantage compared with other teams," according to YONHAP. An expansion team, the NC Dinos, "will join the Korea Baseball Organiz ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
IOA Pledges Commitment To Rules
The Indian Olympic Association "has pledged firm commitment to Olympic Charter and to fight against government interference in the wake of its parent body's threat of disaffiliation if it goes ahead with its upcoming elections under sports ministry guidelines," according to the PTI. IOA acting Presi ...
