The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have announced their president and vice-president of have been elected for a further two-year term during yesterday’s opening session of the EBU General Assembly in Strasbourg.

Jean-Paul Philippot from Belgium’s RTBF has been appointed as president for a third term, while Claudio Cappon from Italy’s RAI has been appointed vice-president for a second full consecutive term.

Themis Themistocleous from Cyprus’s CYBC was chosen to fill the vacant post of member of the executive board for the remainder of 2012. He replaces Teresa Pignatelli.

“I am very grateful for the confidence and support of our Members. I look forward to continuing to work with the executive board and the director general to defend and promote the values that reflect our distinctiveness as public service media, and ensure that our audiences have free access to our content on all media platforms,” said Philippot.

1	Al-Jazeera Secures New Ligue 1 Rights	Friday, 27 January 2012
2	MTC Agrees Deal with NBC to Air African Cup of Nations	Thursday, 26 January 2012
3	ARD Gets German Rights to Bayern Munich’s Friendly Game Against Netherlands	Wednesday, 25 January 2012
4	British Eurosport Secure Deal with ITF to Broadcast Davis Cup Tennis	Wednesday, 25 January 2012
5	USA Today Acquires Fantasy Sports Ventures & Big Lead Sports	Tuesday, 24 January 2012
6	ESPN to Broadcast First Ever Free Premier League Game in UK	Tuesday, 24 January 2012
7	NBC Agree Deal to Broadcast Breeders Cup	Tuesday, 24 January 2012
8	NLL’s Minnesota Swarm Sign Radio Deal with KFGI SAM 101.5 FM	Monday, 23 January 2012
9	Public Television & Radio Company of Azerbaijan Gets TV Rights to Sochi 2014 & Rio 2016	Friday, 20 January 2012
10	Okhlahoma State University Athletics Renews Radio Deal with Stillwater Broadcasting	Friday, 20 January 2012

Birmingham City may soon have new owners after their current Hong Kong-based owners said they’re in talks to sell the club with two possible buyers.

The Midlands-based team was relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2010-11 season, viagra and its largest shareholder Carson Yeung was arrested in Hong Kong last year on money laundering charges.

Parent company Birmingham International Holdings Ltd. (2309) said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange it signed confidential non-disclosure agreements with two parties it declined to identify. Shares in the company have been suspended since June 2011.

Talks are at an early stage, clinic with “interested parties having sought and were furnished with electronic due diligence materials in relation to BCFC,” the statement said. “To the best of the board’s knowledge, information and belief, having made all reasonable enquiries, the prospective buyers and their ultimate beneficial owners are third parties independent of the company and its connected persons.”

Yeung, the former hairdresser who bought control of English soccer club in 2009, in June 2011 was charged with money laundering in a Hong Kong court.

The police brought five charges against the 51-year-old for dealing with property “known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offense,” with a total value of HK$721.3 million ($93 million), according to documents read in court. The trial is set for November. Yeung denies the charges.

Soccer authorities imposed a transfer embargo on the team after it failed to submit accounts for 2011.

The Golden State Warriors have named Chip Bowers as the team’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Bowers, hospital who will begin his new duties in mid-July, will oversee all marketing and corporate partnership sales & services efforts for the organization, while reporting to President & Chief Operating Officer Rick Welts. Additionally, his responsibilities will include management of the team’s game operations and various digital media projects. 

“I am extremely honored to be joining the Warriors organization,” said Bowers. “Joe Lacob and Peter Guber have a vision for the Warriors organization that is very compelling and have demonstrated their commitment to building a first-class executive team. The organization is well-positioned to do great things and I am humbled to now be part of what is sure to be an exciting period in team history.” 

Bowers joins the Warriors from the Orlando Magic, where he worked the last four years and served this past season as the team’s senior vice president of corporate partnerships & marketing. With the Magic, Bowers oversaw the marketing, corporate partnerships sales and client services process for the organization, while orchestrating the sale of naming rights and all founding partnerships associated with the Amway Center – the Magic’s new arena that was named 2012 Facility of the Year by the Sports Business Journal. Under his direction, the Magic’s corporate partnership team also won the inaugural Sponsorship Activation Award at the NBA Sponsorship Meetings in 2012. He originally joined the Magic in June of 2008 as vice president of corporate partnerships. 

“We’re ecstatic that Chip is joining our executive staff as we move into this next phase of Warriors basketball,” said Welts. “Chip has established himself as an outstanding, creative and respected NBA executive who has achieved success in each role he has served with various teams, including the Orlando Magic, where he provided the franchise with leadership and vision as they made the recent transition into a new state-of-the-art arena. We will benefit from that experience as we move forward. He’s a terrific addition to our management team as we continue our quest to build a World Class organization for both now and the future.” 

Prior to joining the Magic, Bowers spent eight seasons in various roles within the business development department for the Seattle SuperSonics organization. In May of 2007, Bowers was promoted to vice president of business development, where he oversaw the corporate partnership development, revenue generation and client services for both the Sonics and Seattle Storm of the WNBA. 

A graduate of Appalachian State University, Bowers began his career in professional sports with the San Diego Padres, where, as a senior sales executive, he assisted in fiscally rejuvenating previously unused revenue streams by selling newly developed stadium signage, website advertising and multi-dimensional marketing programs.

SpoBiS 2012: Europas größter Sportbusiness-Kongress

am 13./14. Februar im CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf

 

Prominent besetzt wie nie zuvor: BVB-Geschäftsführer Watzke

trifft auf Schalkes Aufsichtsratschef Tönnies, sickness DFL-Chef Seifert

steht zur Bundesliga-Medienrechtvergabe Rede und Antwort

 

Düsseldorf, order 11. Januar 2012 – In fünf Wochen ist es wieder soweit: Am

13. und 14. Februar trifft sich beim 16. SpoBiS wieder das „Who’s Who“

der Sportbusiness-Branche. Europas größter Sportwirtschafts-Kongress

findet dann zum zweiten Mal im CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf statt.

 

In diesem Jahr präsentiert sich das SpoBIS-Programm facettenreich und

prominent wie nie zuvor. 14 Foren, 130 nationale und internationale Top-

Referenten und eine hochkarätig besetzte Hauptbühne bilden den Rahmen

für den Kongress im CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf. Rund 1500

Teilnehmer werden zu dem bedeutenden Event wieder erwartet.

 

Zentrale Themen werden in diesem Jahr u.a. die Vergabe der nationalen

Medienrechte für die Fußballbundesliga ab 2013/14, das

Aufeinandertreffen der „Pott“-Rivalen Schalke 04 und Borussia Dortmund

und die Strategien von Sportmedien 2012 sein. Zu den Top-Referenten

zählen u.a. DFL-Chef Christian Seifert, BVB-Geschäftsführer Hans-Joachim

Watzke, Schalke 04-Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender Clemens Tönnies,

Fußballmanager Reiner Calmund, Franziska van Almsick (Stv.

Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende Deutsche Sporthilfe) und DOSB-Präsident Dr.

Thomas Bach.

 

1:1-Talk mit DFL-Chef Seifert zur Medienrechte-Vergabe

Im Februar 2012 steht die mit Spannung erwartete Vergabe der

nationalen Medienrechte für die Fußballbundesliga ab 2013/14 bevor. Auf

dem SpoBIS wird der Vorsitzende der DFL-Geschäftsführung, Christian

Seifert, in einem 1:1-Talk auf der Hauptbühne (13. Februar, 18.00 Uhr)

einen exklusiven Einblick in die brisante Thematik geben und die Frage

beantworten, ob die Rechtevergabe neue Player und neues Geld in die

Bundesliga bringen wird.

 

Watzke vs. Tönnies: Der ewige Wettstreit um die Nr. 1 im Pott

Die Rivalität im Ruhgebiet zwischen Borussia Dortmund und Schalke 04 ist

legendär und bildet in diesem Jahr auch ein thematisches Highlight auf

dem SpoBIS. Am 1. Kongresstag (13. Februar, 16.45 Uhr) treffen BVB-

Geschäftsführer Hans-Joachim Watzke und der Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende

von Schalke 04, Clemens Tönnies, auf der Hauptbühne aufeinander, um

die Frage „Wer ist die Nummer 1 im Revier“ intensiv zu diskutieren.

 

Strategien von Sportmedien im Sportjahr 2012

Mit der Fußball-Europameisterschaft in Polen und der Ukraine und den

Olympischen Sommerspielen in London ist 2012 ein Sportjahr der

Extraklasse. In dem Forum „Strategien von Sportmedien 2012“

diskutieren Branchen-Experten das bevorstehende Jahr. Den Höhepunkt

bildet Diskussion zum Thema „Können digitale Medien mit Sport Geld

verdienen und wenn ja, wie?“ sein, an der u.a. Heiko Genzlinger,

Geschäftsführer Yahoo Deutschland (Keynote), Tibor Ridda, Sales Director

Eurosport und Thomas Deissenberger, Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung

Constantin Sport Marketing, teilnehmen werden.

 

Akkreditierung für Journalisten

Für Journalisten besteht beim SpoBiS 2012 wieder die Möglichkeit zur

Akkreditierung. Bitte wenden Sie sich bei Interesse an Sabine Klüner von

SPONSORS: Tel.: 040 / 41 33 008 57, Mail: kluener@sponsors.de.

Veranstalter

SpoBiS GmbH

Theodorstraße 42-90 (Haus 11)

22761 Hamburg

 

Gesellschafter der SpoBiS GmbH und Organisatoren des Kongresses sind

die SPONSORS Verlags GmbH und die ESB Europäische Spnsoring-Börse

 

SPONSORS Verlags GmbH

Die SPONSORS Verlags GmbH veröffentlicht seit 1996 mit dem

Fachmagazin SPONSORS das führende deutschsprachige

Sportwirtschaftsmagazin. SPONSORS bietet über den Print-Titel, Special-

Reports, die Website www.sponsors.de und einen täglichen Newsletter

Informationen, Hintergründe, Fakten, Daten und Serviceleistungen.

Darüber hinaus ist SPONSORS Veranstalter diverser führender

Fachkongresse. Neben Europas größtem Sportwirtschaftsgipfel, dem

SpoBiS in Düsseldorf, gehören dazu unter anderem auch der Sports Media

Summit (Düsseldorf), der Sports Venue Summit (München) und der

Clubmanager Summit (Köln).

 

ESB Europäische Sponsoring-Börse

Die ESB Europäische Sponsoring-Börse betreibt das führende Netzwerk im

Sport- und Event-Business. Das ESB-Netzwerk bringt Unternehmen,

Agenturen, und Dienstleister im Sport-, Sponsoring- und Event-Markt

zusammen. Seit 1994 ist die ESB Veranstalter von Kongressen wie dem

SpoBiS, sport.forum.schweiz und weiteren Branchentreffs.

 

Seit dem Jahr 2004 veranstalten beide Unternehmen gemeinsam jeweils

am Anfang eines Jahres den Sports Business Summit SpoBiS (ehemals

„ISPO Sportsponsoring-Kongress“).

 

Ansprechpartner für die Journalisten

 

Sabine Klüner

SPONSORS

PR und Kommunikation

Tel.: +49 (40) 41 33 00 8-57

E-Mail: kluener@sponsors.de

 

Christiane Alenfeld

hsksports

Tel.: +49 (89) 99 24 96 26

E-Mail: ca@hsksports.com

 

Europe’s basktball governing body, FIBA have announced France’s public broadcaster France Televisions will broadcast the men’s and women’s 2013 and 2015 EuroBasket Championships as well as the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain and the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey.

This agreement guarantees live free-to-air broadcast of all Finals involving the French National Team which adds to the Canal+ Group live broadcasts, who had previously acquired the rights for all games of the above-mentioned championships.

The agreement also gives France Televisions the option of broadcasting all Semi-Finals involving France.

For the current EuroBasket Women 2013 event, if France qualify for the Semi-Finals, the game will be broadcast live on France 4 on Friday 28 June, starting at 20:00 CET as well as live on Sport+.

If the French win and qualify for the Final, the game will be broadcast live on France 3 on Sunday 30 June, from 20:00 CET and also live on Sport+.

Newcastle United fans have revealed their outrage over the prospect of Wonga becoming new shirt sponsors.

According to reports Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has agreed a deal with Wonga to be the Toon’s shirt sponsors.

The controversial company, drugs | already sponsors of Championship club Blackpool and top Scottish side Hearts, see offer short-term loans at an APR of 4, medicine 214 per cent.

Newcastle supporter Michael Martin, editor of the True Faith fanzine, warned he was “close to breaking point”.

He said: “The people who run Newcastle, for the fans, have a social responsibility.

“I would love them to honestly answer one question: Would you, Mike Ashley, seriously recommend borrowing money from Wonga at those interest rates? If you can’t answer yes then they shouldn’t be our shirt sponsors.

“Newcastle is being used to normalise their product. It cheapens and tarnishes the Newcastle United brand. I wouldn’t want my logo next to them, so what do other sponsors think?

“This is close to breaking point for me, the one that breaks the camel’s back.”

Local MP Ian Lavery has pledged to send his season tickets back if, as expected, the sponsorship deal goes through imminently.

Lavery branded Wonga “financial predators who make their money from people suffering from unemployment, low wages and in the greatest financial need.”

To join the debate on the Wonga deal here…

Hugh Thomas, one of the most senior figures in global eventing, has resigned from the committee overseeing the London 2012 equestrian events following a row over public access to pre-Games horse inspections.

Thomas, event director of the Badminton horse trials and a designer of past Olympic courses, told Reuters the decision by organisers not to admit the public was “disgraceful”.

A spokeswoman for organisers LOCOG confirmed he was no longer involved as a technical official.

“We regret his decision to resign but we’ve accepted it,” she said, adding that there were operational reasons why the eventing inspections could not be ticketed.

Thomas said in an email that he had ensured at previous Games that inspections – popular with horse lovers and particularly so in Britain where the tickets for equestrian events have been snapped up – would be open to the public.

“I was horrified to hear from you…that LOCOG does not intend to admit any of the public to the eventing horse inspections,” he wrote.

“I truly think this is a disgraceful decision and it particularly upsets me since I, when course designer, technical delegate and then chairman of the FEI Eventing Committee, personally ensured at previous Games, despite the initial wishes of the organisers, that the great tradition within eventing that the inspections are open and transparent should be upheld.

“The public nature of the proceedings is the guarantee of integrity and for enthusiasts a fascinating and integral part of the competition,” added Thomas, who confirmed the contents of the email to Reuters.

“If this decision is irreversible, I do not wish to be even slightly involved as an official with an organisation that treats the public and indeed the traditions of our sport in this way.”

The inspections are due to take place on July 27, the day of the opening ceremony when the Olympic flame travels to the stadium in east London.

SpoBiS 2012: Europe’s largest Sports Business Summit

on 13th and 14th February at the CCD Congress Center

Düsseldorf

 

The event promises to be prominently attended like never before

with BVB Managing Director Watzke coming together with the

Chairman of Schalke’s Supervisory Board Tönnies and the Chief

Executive of the German Football League Seifert standing up to

questioning on the award of Bundesliga media rights

 

Düsseldorf, 11th January 2012 – In five weeks, the who’s who of the

sports business industry will be upon us, with the 16th SpoBiS taking

place on 13th and 14th February. This will be the second time that

Europe’s largest Sports Business Summit has been held at the CCD

Congress Center Düsseldorf.

 

This year’s SpoBiS will present an outstanding and multi-faceted

programme as never before. The framework of the Summit to be held at

the CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf will be characterised by 14

discussion forums, 130 leading national and international speakers and

highly distinguished contributors taking to the main stage. Approximately

1500 delegates are expected to attend this auspicious event.

 

This year’s key topics will include the award of the national media rights

for the German Football League with effect from 2013/14, the clash

between Ruhrpott rivals Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund, and sports

media strategies in 2012. The Summit’s distinguished speakers include

the Chief Executive of the German Football League Christian Seifert, BVB

Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke, Chairman of Schalke 04’s

Supervisory Board Clemens Tönnies, football managers Reiner Calmund

and Franziska van Almsick (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board for

German Sports Aid), and the President of the German Olympic Sports

Confederation (DOSB) Dr. Thomas Bach.

 

1:1 discussion with the Chief Executive of the German Football

League Seifert on the award of media rights

February 2012 will see the eagerly awaited award of the national media

rights for the German Football League announced with effect from

2013/14. At the SpoBiS, the President of the Executive of the German

Football League, Christian Seifert, will provide an exclusive insight into

this controversial issue in a 1:1 discussion on the main stage (13th

February, 6 pm) and reveal whether the award of media rights is set to

bring new players and new funds into the Bundesliga.

 

Watzke vs. Tönnies: the eternal competition for the top spot in

Germany’s Ruhrpott region

The rivalry in the Ruhr Valley between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04

is legendary and also constitutes a thematic highlight at this year’s

SpoBiS. On the 1st day of the Summit (13th February, 4.45 pm), BVB

Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke and Chairman of Schalke 04’s

Supervisory Board Clemens Tönnies will meet on the main stage for an

intensive debate on “who is no. 1 in the region?”.

 

Sports media strategies in 2012

With the European Football Championships being held in Poland and

Ukraine and the Summer Olympic Games in London, the 2012 sporting

year promises to be first class. Industry experts will deliberate on the

forthcoming year in the “sports media strategies in 2012” discussion

forum. It’s highlight will be a discussion on “can digital media make

money from sport and, if so, how?” with participants including Heiko

Genzlinger, Managing Director Yahoo Deutschland (keynote), Tibor Ridda,

Sales Director Eurosport and Thomas Deissenberger, President of the

Executive Board Constantin Sport Marketing.

 

 

Accreditation for journalists

Accreditation for journalists is once again possible at SpoBiS 2012. To

express an interest, please contact Sabine Klüner at SPONSORS: Tel.: +49

40/ 41 33 008-57, email: kluener@sponsors.de.

 

Event organisers

SpoBiS GmbH

Theodorstraße 42-90 (Haus 11)

22761 Hamburg, Germany

 

SPONSORS Verlags GmbH and the ESB European Sponsoring Exchange are the

SpoBiS GmbH shareholders and Summit organisers

 

SPONSORS Verlags GmbH

SPONSORS Verlags GmbH has been publishing the leading German-language

sports business magazine since 1996 with its trade journal SPONSORS.

SPONSORS is able to provide information, backgrounds, facts, data and services

by means of its printed titles, special reports, the www.sponsors.de website and

a daily newsletter. SPONSORS hosts a number of leading professional

conventions. In addition to Europe’s largest Sports Business Summit, the SpoBiS

in Düsseldorf, these include the Sports Media Summit (Düsseldorf), the Sports

Venue Summit (Munich) and the Club Manager Summit (Cologne).

 

ESB European Sponsoring Exchange

The ESB European Sponsoring Exchange runs the leading network in the sport

and events business. The ESB network brings together companies, agencies and

service providers in the sport, sponsoring and events market. The ESB has been

hosting conventions such as the SpoBiS, sport.forum.schweiz and other industry

gatherings since 1994.

 

The two companies have been jointly hosting the SpoBiS Sports Business

Summit (previously known as the ISPO Sport Sponsoring Congress) at the start

of each year since 2004.

 

Sabine Klüner

SPONSORS

PR and Communications

Tel.: +49 (40) 41 33 00 8-57

Email: kluener@sponsors.de

 

Christiane Alenfeld

hsksports

Tel.: +49 (89) 99 24 96 26

Email: ca@hsksports.com