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Bulgarian businessman to set up sports channel
Bulgarian businessman, Grisha Ganchev, has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the Plovdiv-based cable television channel Evrokom and aims to transform it into a sports-based channel.
Samsung and EOC team up to combat youth obesity
The European Olympic Committees and Samsung launched “Get up & Go” - an anti-obesity campaign for European youth - at the CONI Olympic Park.
SERIE A DEALS AGREED IN SLOVENIA, BOSNIA AND CROATIA
The Media Partners & Silva agency announced an agreement with the Sport Add agency for the distribution of Italian Serie A rights in Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia.
BIDDERS READY FOR EURO 2012 FINAL RUN
Representatives from the three bids of Ukraine-Poland, Hungary-Croatia and Italy for UEFA’s Euro 2012 tournament handed over the final part of their bid documents.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND CUP FINALS ANNOUNCED
The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the Stadio Olimpico in Rome have been selected to host the 2008 and 2009 UEFA Champions League finals respectively by UEFA's executive committee.
ITALY COULD LOSE OUT WITH EURO 2012 BID
Italy is in danger of losing its bid to host the 2012 European Championships as a result of the Serie A match-fixing scandal.
ESPN CLASSIC EXTENDS REACH TO SPANISH MARKET
The 24-hour sports channel ESPN Classic agreed a deal with Spanish telecoms company TelefC3nica for carriage on its IPTV platform Imagenio. The deal marks the channel’s first move into the Spanish IPTV market.
THREE 2014 CANDIDATE CITIES ANNOUNCED
Sochi (Russia), Salzburg (Austria) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea) were today accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board in Lausanne as Candidate Cities to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014. The cities were accepted unanimously from a total of seven Applicant Cities, which also included Jaca (Spain), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Sofia (Bulgaria), and Borjomi (Georgia).
IOC SET FOR 2014 GAMES SHORT-LIST
The IOC will confirm the final short-list of cities in the running to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday.
NIKE UNVEIL LATEST TV SOCCER AD
Nike may have scored an own goal with its latest TV ad airing in the UK – celebrating the skills of Brazilian star Ronaldo.
EURO 2012 BIDDER’S STEEL SPONSOR
The world’s biggest steel company Mittal Steel has agreed a deal to support the Ukrainian Football Association as lead sponsor in its bid to host soccer’s Euro 2012.
RECORD ENTRIES FOR ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The IAAF says a record number of countries have declared an interest to host the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
MITTAL STEEL SUPPORTS POLISH FOOTBALL
Mittal Steel, the world’s largest global steel company, will become the Polish Football Association’s lead sponsor in its bid to host the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012.
ESPN CLASSIC LAUNCHES IN TURKEY
Turkey is the latest country to sign up sports TV network ESPN Classic, following a carriage deal inked with Turkey’s leading digital platform, Digiturk.
T-MOBILE SCORE WORLD CUP RIGHTS
Mobile phone operator T-Mobile International has tied up mobile broadcast rights covering all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup across seven European territories.
SOCHI UP IN 2014 OLYMPICS RATING
Sochi’s bid for the 2014 Olympics has moved up in the latest Bids Power Index, with Salzburg still the leading candidate.
IEC SERVES UP CARLSBERG CUP
Football's national team competition, the Carlsberg Cup, will again be distributed via television worldwide by IEC in Sports.
EURO 2012 SHORTLIST DOWN TO THREE
Uefa has named a shortlist of three candidates to host the European Championship in 2012.