IMG Enters Myanmar Market with Consultancy on New Sports Channel

IMG Productions, look part of IMG Worldwide, allergist has announced it will provide consultancy services on a new sports channel as part of a five year deal with Forever Group Co. Ltd in Myanmar. 

The deal is the first Production partnership that IMG have entered into within Myanmar.

Based at Forever Group’s HQ in Yangon, IMG worked with the broadcaster in the build up to the launch of the channel, For Sports 2, in July. 

IMG also delivered onsite training in contemporary production techniques to staff and will provide ongoing consultancy in the running of the channel, with a view to launching subsequent channels at some point in the future as well as advising on planned new studio programmes. 

Graham Fry, Managing Director, Sports Production Worldwide at IMG Media said: “This is a very important deal for IMG as we will be entering the Myanmar market as a production company for the very first time. Our experience of producing sports programming across the globe ensures we are extremely well placed to advise our colleagues at Forever Group, and we are very pleased to be working with them.” 

In addition to a global HQ in London, IMG Productions also has offices in Singapore, New York, Oslo, Stockholm, Glasgow and Sydney.