Friday 19 February 2010
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Bundesliga agrees Africa TV deal
German football's Bundesliga has agreed a television rights deal for sub-Saharan Africa with South Africa-based pay-broadcaster SuperSport.
SuperSport will show up to four matches per matchday, and a magazine highlights programme, in over 40 countries in the region, according to German media news website Kress.de. The deal was brokered by DFL Sports Enterprises, the league's commercial rights selling arm.
Robert Niemann, chief executive of DFL Sports Enterprises, said the deal means German professional football is now shown in all FIFA countries.
SuperSport will show up to four matches per matchday, and a magazine highlights programme, in over 40 countries in the region, according to German media news website Kress.de. The deal was brokered by DFL Sports Enterprises, the league's commercial rights selling arm.
Robert Niemann, chief executive of DFL Sports Enterprises, said the deal means German professional football is now shown in all FIFA countries.
IMG and MP and Silva link on Italian football
Media rights agency MP & Silva has hired the IMG agency to help it sell Italian football's Serie A and Serie B into the UK and Ireland, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, and countries in the Balkan region.
IMG will act as “exclusive consultant and advisor” for MP & Silva on the sale of rights for the properties into those territories. It may not be the only business that the two agencies work together on, said MP & Silva's president Riccardo Silva.
“We are pleased to be using IMG Media’s consultancy services across these territories in Europe, in order to maximise our distribution result for Italian football,” Silva said. “The cooperation with IMG could definitely be extended in other business to be developed together”.
IMG will act as “exclusive consultant and advisor” for MP & Silva on the sale of rights for the properties into those territories. It may not be the only business that the two agencies work together on, said MP & Silva's president Riccardo Silva.
“We are pleased to be using IMG Media’s consultancy services across these territories in Europe, in order to maximise our distribution result for Italian football,” Silva said. “The cooperation with IMG could definitely be extended in other business to be developed together”.
USF1 team's season in doubt
American Formula One team USF1 is beset by financial problems and will struggle to make its planned debut in the 2010 season.
Sponsor money has not come in, and the team has been struggling to pay suppliers and staff, the New York Times has reported. USF1 has also still not built a race car.
The team founders admit that some sponsors have pulled out, but say they will be on the track for the first race in Bahrain in x, The New York Times reports.
“It’s always a struggle for new teams, any new business,” said Ken Anderson, co-founder along with Peter Windsor. Anderson is an engineer who has worked in both the US IndyCar Series and Formula One. “Yeah, a couple sponsors have let us down a little bit, but we’re on track.
Others, including F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, are not so sure.
“I don’t think we will see the Americans,” he said earlier this month in an interview with UK newspaper The Express.
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Sponsor money has not come in, and the team has been struggling to pay suppliers and staff, the New York Times has reported. USF1 has also still not built a race car.
The team founders admit that some sponsors have pulled out, but say they will be on the track for the first race in Bahrain in x, The New York Times reports.
“It’s always a struggle for new teams, any new business,” said Ken Anderson, co-founder along with Peter Windsor. Anderson is an engineer who has worked in both the US IndyCar Series and Formula One. “Yeah, a couple sponsors have let us down a little bit, but we’re on track.
Others, including F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, are not so sure.
“I don’t think we will see the Americans,” he said earlier this month in an interview with UK newspaper The Express.
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Real and Barca top the revenues league
Real Madrid and Barcelona were the top-earning European football clubs in 2008-09 according to a study by Spanish company Prime Time Sport.
Manchester United dropped from second to fourth place in the year, overtaken by Barcelona, which rose to second, and Arsenal.
The study said Real turned over €407 million, up from €366 million the previous season. La Liga and Champions League winner Barcelona earned €385 millio. Arsenal's €357 million revenues were boosted by £88 million from the sale of property on the site of its hold stadium, Highbury. Premier League champions Manchester United earned €317 million.
The study also showed that transfer spending by clubs in the top European leagues in the January transfer window fell 66 per cent to €112 million between 2009 and 2010.
Manchester United dropped from second to fourth place in the year, overtaken by Barcelona, which rose to second, and Arsenal.
The study said Real turned over €407 million, up from €366 million the previous season. La Liga and Champions League winner Barcelona earned €385 millio. Arsenal's €357 million revenues were boosted by £88 million from the sale of property on the site of its hold stadium, Highbury. Premier League champions Manchester United earned €317 million.
The study also showed that transfer spending by clubs in the top European leagues in the January transfer window fell 66 per cent to €112 million between 2009 and 2010.
New IPL teams priced at $225m
The two new franchises that will join the Indian Premier League in 2011 will cost at least $225 million.
The base price has been set by the IPL, which will make tender documents available on February 21, and announce the winning bids on March 8 in Mumbai, Bloomberg reports.
The bidders will be Indian cities, which will host the new franchises. Expected to be interested in bidding are Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Indore, Cuttack, Gwalior, Vishakapatnam, Rajkot, Pune, Baroda and Kochi.
The base price has been set by the IPL, which will make tender documents available on February 21, and announce the winning bids on March 8 in Mumbai, Bloomberg reports.
The bidders will be Indian cities, which will host the new franchises. Expected to be interested in bidding are Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Indore, Cuttack, Gwalior, Vishakapatnam, Rajkot, Pune, Baroda and Kochi.
Woods to publicly apologise and discuss return
Tiger Woods will make a public statement on Friday in which he is expected to apologise for his extra-marital affairs, and discuss his playing future.
His manager Mark Steinberg said the statement will be made at 11am EST (4pm GMT) on Friday, Reuters reports.
"Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he plans to apologise for his behaviour," Steinberg told Reuters.
"While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognises that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him.
"He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends and that's what he's going to discuss."
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said he was pleased that Woods was going to speak about the affair. Woods' disappearance from top golf tournaments was expected to cost the sport millions in lost media interest, audiences, and sponsor revenues.
“We'd like him back as soon as possible but we want him back importantly when he's dealt with the issues he felt like he had to deal with to come back," said Finchem.
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His manager Mark Steinberg said the statement will be made at 11am EST (4pm GMT) on Friday, Reuters reports.
"Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he plans to apologise for his behaviour," Steinberg told Reuters.
"While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognises that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him.
"He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends and that's what he's going to discuss."
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said he was pleased that Woods was going to speak about the affair. Woods' disappearance from top golf tournaments was expected to cost the sport millions in lost media interest, audiences, and sponsor revenues.
“We'd like him back as soon as possible but we want him back importantly when he's dealt with the issues he felt like he had to deal with to come back," said Finchem.
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