Events

An international media B2B conference ‘Digital Media Outlook 2006: Is it all about football?’, takes place in Munich on June 27.

Powerboat P1, the World Championship for offshore performance boats, has agreed title sponsorship for its German Grand Prix with Hamburg-based private bank, Hanseatische i-Bank AG.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Wrigley Canada have agreed a multi-year extension of their marketing partnership.

Yello Strom World Bowl XIII, the championship game of the NFL Europe League, will be shown in more than 120 countries and reach a global audience of more than 150 million.

The ATP today has unveiled its 2006 calendar, comprising 64 tournaments in 31 countries.

English clubs can now lay claim to being financial (as well as football) champions of Europe according to the latest Deloitte review of football finance.

Nimbus Communications Ltd, the India-based media, entertainment and sports company has acquired the 50 per cent shareholding of World Sport Group Ltd in World Sport Nimbus Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based sports joint venture.

TG4 will deliver exclusive live television coverage in Ireland for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the next three years.

The ATP today has unveiled its 2006 calendar, comprising 64 tournaments in 31 countries.

Totals Sports Asia Ltd has confirmed that Michael Payne of Formula One Management will be one of the key speakers at their forthcoming Sports Xchange forum at the Hyatt Hotel in Singapore on July 4, 2005.

Top sports executives and broadcasters will debate the multiple screens and platforms for delivering sport and the influence of television on sport’s rules and refereeing at the next SPORTELMonaco.

The US Tennis Association (USTA) and American Express have agreed a new sponsorship and marketing agreement.

The UK Government's Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, has outlined plans for a new National Lottery game to help fund the Olympics should London host the 2012 Games.

Following release of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) evaluation commission report yesterday, candidate cities have been talking up their chances.

The five cities bidding to stage the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will today find out more about their chances when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) releases a key report compiled by its evaluation commission.

BBC Broadcast has won a six-year contract to deliver ESPN Classic Sport across 40 European countries.

Ian Childs has been promoted to a new position at Octagon in a bid to expand its operation to new regions and increase the number of properties and events it represents.

The Nine Network is expected to announce it has secured the 2007 World Cup broadcasting rights, sharing them with Fox Sports in Australia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.