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China makes its mark on AFC club programme following Guangzhou victory
This month’s Sports Sponsorship Insider leads on the first two Chinese companies to sponsor the Asian Football Confederation’s club competitions where exposure is cheap compared to the high-price deals at UEFA level. Chinese companies are riding on the recent success of Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League.
The skinny on igaming sponsorships stateside
The first sponsorship deal between a major US professional sports team with an online gambling company took place last month.
Serie A jumps through more hoops
Italy has more laws on its statute books than any other European country but Italians are famous for considering them to be mere suggestions, polite recommendations, even paternalistic forms of advice, rather than binding rules...
Agencies on the rise
This month’s Sports Sponsorship Insider looks at the work of the biggest agency in winter sports, Infront Sports and Media, as they create a new combined commercial programme for the Vierschanzentournee (Four Hills Tournament) and the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) annual Ski Jumping World Cup.
British Rowing seeking £1m-per-year sponsor boost in general deals
British Rowing, the UK rowing federation, is seeking to raise over £1m ($1.61m/€1.17m) per year by selling a top-tier Prinicipal Partner and up to four second-tier sponsors for the 2014 to 2016 period.
Green light for Formula E
This month’s issue of Sport Sponsorship Insider takes a long look at the sponsorship opportunities contained within the FIA Formula E Championship – the new electronic car racing series with a nine-figure central sponsorship target in its sights.
Boards ain’t stupid
United’s hit or miss?
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Following La Liga?
Seven Summer Deals
Archive | A Shot Across the Bow?
Do live online sports broadcasts now pose a threat to market-leading sports broadcasters? Kevin McCullagh put the question to Perform‘s Oliver Slipper.
Sponsorship’s $10m questions
Demolishing 6 Myths About Sports Sponsorship
Sports sponsorship has never been more powerful or more effective. At a time when many traditional ways of communicating with consumers are reaching fewer people, or failing to cut through, sport and entertainment has become increasingly central to all our lives.
Making sense of big spending
The power of not yet…
Matthew Glendinning, editor of Sports Sponsorship Insider, provides a round-up of articles found in the May issue of our monthly newsletter.