Baseball
It was revealed that Japan's Seibu Lions paid rewards to 170 managers at amateur teams for their help in acquiring players over a 27-year period from 1978 to 2005. (Daily Yomiuri Online, 4/5/07)
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Basketball
Pearl River Brewery has agreed to become the official beer of Team China Basketball in a deal brokered by Infront Sports & Media, the exclusive marketing partner of the Chinese Basketball Association. (Sportbusiness.com, 4/6/07)
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Other Sports
CBS acquired MaxPreps.com, a high school network that provides scores, schedules, rankings and streaming videos, and will fold it under their CSTV unit. (Wall Street Journal, 4/12/07)
China's National Stadium Co. said the naming rights for the 91,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Beijing will be sold after the 2008 Summer Games with no restriction on foreign companies. (Sports Business Journal, 4/21/07)
ESPN Star Sports announced plans to launch Star Cricket, a dedicated cricket channel in India, in June 2007. ESPN Star Sports acquired the rights for the International Cricket Council (ICC), including the next two World Cups in 2011 and 2015, in a $1.1 billion deal. (Sportbusiness.com, 4/26/07)
The first 40,000 tickets for the New York Giants-Miami Dolphins game at Wembley Stadium in London on 10/28/07 sold out in 90 minutes. Those tickets were sold to European fans who had registered for a drawing to purchase tickets. (Sports Business Journal, 4/28/07)
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China
Ticketmaster is expanding its presence in China by helping to build a ticketing infrastructure for a joint venture formed by the Nederlanders, a major Broadway theatrical family, to present Broadway-style shows in China. (Wall Street Journal, 4/12/07)
Gome Electrical Appliances, China's largest electrical-appliance retailer, said net profit rose 64%, helped by China's booming consumer-electronics retail industry. (Wall Street Journal, 4/20/07)
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India
Hershey Co. agreed to pay about $60 million for a 51% equity stake in Godrej Beverages & Food, an Indian company that will help the US chocolate maker gain access to a fast-growing confectionary market. (Wall Street Journal, 4/13/07)
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Other Business
Marvel Entertainment has reached a deal with Al Ahli Group from United Arab Emirates (UAE) to license its superheroes, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, and the Fantastic Four, to a new theme park in Dubai. (Wall Street Journal, 4/12/07)
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March 2007
Baseball
MLB hosted the Chinese National Baseball Team for Spring Training in the United States and, for the first time, provided an opportunity for China's National Team players to train with various Major League Clubs, alongside professional players as teammates. A delegation of 37 players, coaches and officials trained at Scottsdale Community College under the tutelage of manager Jim Lefebvre, and pitching coach Bruce Hurst. MLB has supplied Lefebvre and Hurst to lead the China National Team program since 2003, and they will lead China into its first Olympic Games baseball tournament in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (MLB Press Release, 3/13/07)
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Basketball
The William Morris Agency and NBA player agent Dan Fegan have signed Yi Jianlian, a 7-foot power forward from China, who is expected to be a top draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Yi led his team, the Guangdong Tigers, to three consecutive Chinese Basketball Association championships and is ranked #7 by NBADraft.net. (Sports Business Journal, 3/18/07)
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Football
The NFL cancelled its planned pre-season exhibition game in China that was scheduled to take place in August 2007 in order to better focus its resources on the October 2007 game in London, the first regular-season game ever played outside the US. (SportBusiness.com, 3/4/07)
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Other Sports
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has agreed to purchase Japan-based Pride Fighting Championships for $65 million. Both the UFC and Pride stage MMA (mixed martial arts) bouts. (Sports Business Journal, 3/25/07)
The Chelsea Football Club has launched a Korean-language website following its five-year partnership with Samsung, which began in 2005. In January 2007, the club unveiled its Mandarin-language website for the Chinese market. (SportBusiness.com, 3/27/07)
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China
Focus Media, which is China's third largest advertising company, has agreed to acquire Chinese online advertising firm Allyes Information Technology for upto $300 million. Focus runs a network of thousand of flat screen TV's that display ads in stores, offices, theatres and apartment buildings, while Allyes is a provider of internet technology which allows advertisers to control creative production, ad tracking, targeting and performance analysis. (VarietyAsiaOnline.com, 3/2/07)
Fearful of soaring internet addiction and juvenile crime, China has banned the opening of new internet cafes in 2007. Currently, there are over 111,300 internet cafes and bars in China. (Reuters, 3/6/07)
Bear Stearns plans to form a $500 million fund to seek investments in China in a partnership with Huang Guangyu, one of China's most successful retailing entrepreneurs and founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holding, the largest Chinese electronics retailer. (Wall Street Journal, 3/20/07)
IDG, Hearst, and News Corp. have invested in the New China Media Fund, which plans to release movies in China in theatres simultaneously with their DVD releases in a bid to stem piracy. (Digital Media Wire, 3/21/07)
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Japan
Matsuzakaya Holdings has agreed to a takeover by Daimaru in a deal valued at over $1.58 billion that would create Japan's biggest department-store chain. (Wall Street Journal, 3/15/07)
MLB hosted the Chinese National Baseball Team for Spring Training in the United States and, for the first time, provided an opportunity for China's National Team players to train with various Major League Clubs, alongside professional players as teammates. A delegation of 37 players, coaches and officials trained at Scottsdale Community College under the tutelage of manager Jim Lefebvre, and pitching coach Bruce Hurst. MLB has supplied Lefebvre and Hurst to lead the China National Team program since 2003, and they will lead China into its first Olympic Games baseball tournament in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (MLB Press Release, 3/13/07)
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Basketball
The William Morris Agency and NBA player agent Dan Fegan have signed Yi Jianlian, a 7-foot power forward from China, who is expected to be a top draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Yi led his team, the Guangdong Tigers, to three consecutive Chinese Basketball Association championships and is ranked #7 by NBADraft.net. (Sports Business Journal, 3/18/07)
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Football
The NFL cancelled its planned pre-season exhibition game in China that was scheduled to take place in August 2007 in order to better focus its resources on the October 2007 game in London, the first regular-season game ever played outside the US. (SportBusiness.com, 3/4/07)
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Other Sports
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has agreed to purchase Japan-based Pride Fighting Championships for $65 million. Both the UFC and Pride stage MMA (mixed martial arts) bouts. (Sports Business Journal, 3/25/07)
The Chelsea Football Club has launched a Korean-language website following its five-year partnership with Samsung, which began in 2005. In January 2007, the club unveiled its Mandarin-language website for the Chinese market. (SportBusiness.com, 3/27/07)
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China
Focus Media, which is China's third largest advertising company, has agreed to acquire Chinese online advertising firm Allyes Information Technology for upto $300 million. Focus runs a network of thousand of flat screen TV's that display ads in stores, offices, theatres and apartment buildings, while Allyes is a provider of internet technology which allows advertisers to control creative production, ad tracking, targeting and performance analysis. (VarietyAsiaOnline.com, 3/2/07)
Fearful of soaring internet addiction and juvenile crime, China has banned the opening of new internet cafes in 2007. Currently, there are over 111,300 internet cafes and bars in China. (Reuters, 3/6/07)
Bear Stearns plans to form a $500 million fund to seek investments in China in a partnership with Huang Guangyu, one of China's most successful retailing entrepreneurs and founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holding, the largest Chinese electronics retailer. (Wall Street Journal, 3/20/07)
IDG, Hearst, and News Corp. have invested in the New China Media Fund, which plans to release movies in China in theatres simultaneously with their DVD releases in a bid to stem piracy. (Digital Media Wire, 3/21/07)
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Japan
Matsuzakaya Holdings has agreed to a takeover by Daimaru in a deal valued at over $1.58 billion that would create Japan's biggest department-store chain. (Wall Street Journal, 3/15/07)
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