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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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Kobe Bryant Tops NBA Int'l Jersey List
NBA Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant has the most popular NBA jersey internationally, including in individual regions of China, Europe and Latin America. The rankings were based on sales at adidas locations outside of the U.S. during the '11-12 NBA season. Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose, Miami Heat LeBron ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, NBA, China, Europe, South America
NBA, China Join To Make Film
The NBA has partnered with the Shanghai Film Group to "release a major film overseas," according to Li Anlan of the SHANGHAI DAILY. The film will include an "all-star cast" of Chinese actors Huang Xiaoming, Huang Yi, Charles Chen and Amber Kuo, as well as American actor Eric Mabius, NBA players Dwig ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, China
Shanghai Arena Adds Coffee Sponsor
The Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai has formed a three-year partnership with Maison Camus Coffee, marking its eighth arena founding partner and ninth sponsor overall. The deal establishes the company as the official supplier of coffee and premium bottled water to the arena. Its Koru water brand, bot ...
Tom Hoch Builds Its Way Into China Golf
Oklahoma City-based design-build firm Tom Hoch is entering the Asian market with two Chinese clubhouse projects. The firm has been selected for interior and exterior renovations at Beijing Daxing Capital Golf Club, the Tom Pearson-designed course in Beijing's suburbs. Using its design model -- a spa ...
Tags: Facilities, China, North America
Star Striker To Sign With Shanghai
Shanghai Shenhua FC have offered Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba £200,000 ($314,000) a week to play for the club, a salary that "would make him the best paid player in China," according to the AFP. The two sides have "already an reached agreement in principle" for a 2.5-year contract. The pr ...
Tags: International Football, China
China Key To Arsenal's Online Base
China will be "the key" to Arsenal FC's campaign to become a global brand with the focus on building an online fan base, according to Alvin Sallay of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. Arsenal has "ambitions of one day being up there with the best" and CEO Ivan Gazidis believes this goal "can be accompli ...
Tags: Franchises, China
SlamBall Bounces Into China
SlamBall -- a form of basketball played with four trampolines in front of each basket -- made its debut in China last weekend hoping "its popularity will quickly spread," according to Chen Xiangfeng of the CHINA DAILY. The sport was debuted last weekend in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province and training ca ...
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Dragon Boat Racing Has Begun
The 2012 Macao Int'l Dragon Boat Races kicked off Saturday at the island city's Nam Van Lake Nautical Center, according to XINHUA NEWS AGENCY. The annual competition sported 138 local and overseas participating racing teams. Macao Int'l Invitational Standard Dragon Boat Race will be held Saturday du ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, China
League Notes
More than 2,000 athletes kicked off the Asian Beach Games Saturday in Haiyang, a small town on China's east coast. Competitors will participate in sports such as beach sepaktakraw, a cross between volleyball and soccer, and beach kabaddi, a highly physical mix of tag and wrestling. Among "the more m ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, China, Asia
Jail For Chinese Football Bribe-Takers
Two former Chinese Football Administrative Center directors Nan Yong and Xie Yalong were both sentenced to more than 10 years of imprisonment for taking bribes, according to Ma Xiangfei of the XINHUA NEWS AGENCY. Prominent players in China's only trip to the World Cup in '02 Qi Hong and Shen Si were ...
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