Havas Sports & Entertainment, the brand engagement network of the Havas Group, has signed a strategic partnership with eventures, a full-service integrated communications agency.
The organisers of the Tour de France's launch in England this summer have underestimated the potential cost of the event by £2.3m, a report claims. An internal review has looked at the contract to provide barriers, communications, first aid and other aspects of the major public event.
Infiniti, the Title Partner and Vehicle Performance Partner of the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula One team, has become the first F1 team sponsor to pass the US$1 billion AVE TV value in the 2013 season – according to global sports research experts Repucom.
New analysis by professional services firm Deloitte foresees no sign that the premium sports rights "value bubble" is about to burst and predicts that growth in the value of global premium sports broadcast rights will this year accelerate to 14%. Deloitte predicts that the value of these rights will increase to £16 billion in 2014, compared with £14.1 billion last year, propelled chiefly by new deals for top-tier European domestic football leagues and Major League Baseball in the US.
A consortium has stepped in to save beleaguered second-tier rugby union outfit Nottingham Rugby. The 15-strong group, known as Friends of Nottingham Rugby, have committed to investing £750,000 over the next three years after the club had faced the prospect of liquidation.
źródło: The Sport Industry Informer