At the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, short track speed skater Wang Meng became the talk of the sports world after claiming her third gold medal in the women’s 1,000 meter event. Like fellow gold medalists Yang Yang, who was the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal at the 2002 winter games [...]
Entries Tagged as 'CCTV'
Wang Meng’s Expulsion Puts the Short Track Speed Skating Team in a Spotlight They Would Prefer not be In
August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Government, Ice Skating
Tags:CCTV·General Administration of Sport·Li Yan·Lijiang·Qingdao·Speed Skating·Wang Chunlu·Wang Meng·Winter Olympics·Winter Sports Administrative Center·Yang Yang
Lu You v. Huang Jianxiang: A Libel Case
December 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports Media
It’s my third time meeting Lu You this Monday at the gate of Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court. The result of her second trial against Huang Jianxiang, her former colleague at CCTV, a football commentator, was to be announced that day. As the last two meetings with her, she seemed upbeat and spirited, like on [...]
Tags:CCTV·defamation·Fu Minrong·Huang Jianxiang·law·libel·Lu You·Pu Zhiqiang·QQ·Ratomir Dujković·rule of law·Sina·sports journalists·Tencent
Purge Exposes Rotten Underbelly of Chinese Sport
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports
The article is published in today’s Global Times. When Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger visited Beijing last summer, there was one question in his mind. At a press conference, he asked the moderator, Huang Jianxiang, a well-known local football commentator, why China, with so many people, lacked a first-rate football team. The question was laughed off [...]
Tags:Arsene Wenger·bribery·CCTV·CFA·coaching·corruption·CSL·gambling·GASC·He Wenna·Huang Jianxiang·Ma Yanping·match-fixing·Nan Yong·National Games·Xiao Tian·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang·Zhou Jihong
What’s with China’s National Games?
October 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Diving, Government
For those of you not familiar, China’s National Games is held every four years in the country since 1975, when the Cultural Revolution was coming to an end. This year the 11th National Games will be held in Shandong Province, from October 16th to 28th. Every four years, the best players in national teams go [...]
Tags:age scandal·CCTV·corruption·diving·He Chong·match-fixing·National Games·scandal·Shandong·Wu Minxia·Zhou Jihong
Beijing Games the Most Watched
May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Sports Media
The Times reports that the Beijing Olympics set a world TV record as the most watched live event in human history by attracting more than 1 bln TV audience: The opening ceremony at last year’s Olympic Games in China was the most watched live event in human history, outstripping the moon landings, the funeral of Princess Diana [...]
Tags:broadcasting·CCTV·FS+E·Olympics·Times
Pirelli Signs Three-year Sponsorship Deal with Chinese Super League
March 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Football
Italian tyre maker Pirelli becomes the new CSL title sponsor this Friday after signing a three-year sponsorship deal with Chinese Football Association. “We’re satisfied with Pirelli’s offer and their brand will help boost CSL’s image,” said Zhang Lu, vice president of Beijing Guo’an club, who helped facilitate the deal. The deal was reportedly worth 5 [...]
Tags:CCTV·CFA·CSL·Inter Milan·Pirelli·sponsorship
Chinese Super League Unbanned by CCTV
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports Regime, Sportswear
China’s FA told media on Feb. 13 that CCTV, the country’s main TV broadcaster, will continue to air Chinese Super League (CSL) in 2009, after a 3-match ban since the 28 round of the 2008 Season. In an interview with Titan Sports (体坛周报) last November , Jiang Heping, the head of CCTV’s sports channel accused [...]
Tags:Adidas·Beijing Guo'an FC·broadcasting·CCTV·CFA·CSL·GASC·juguo·Mark Milligan·Nike·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·sponsorship·Titan Sports·Zhou Haibin
Chinese to Enjoy English Premier League for Free? (Update)
January 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Baseball, Basketball, Business, Football, Sports Media
Update – EPL is now back for free to Chinese in 2009-2010 season That might be possible from 2010. According to a latest Bloomberg article, some non-media companies may bid for the next 3-year Chinese television broadcasting rights to EPL after the contract runs out with WinTV, a pay-per-view channel run by state-owned Guangdong Provincial [...]
Tags:CCTV·English Premier League·media rights·MLB·NBA·p2p·piracy·Titan Sports·WinTV
Lip-syncing Girl out of CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala (Update 1)
January 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Government
According to West China Metropolitan News (华西都市报), a Chengdu-based newspaper, Lin Miaoke, the lip-syncing girl in the Olympic opening ceremony, was deprived of her chance to perform on CCTV New Year’s Gala or chunwan, a TV program hosted by China’s main television broadcaster, reaching hundreds of millions Chinese families on each and every eve of [...]
Tags:CCTV·chunwan·Lin Miaoke·Olympics
NFL Cancels China Bowl, Again
December 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments · American Football, Business
The New York Times noted early this week that NFL will cut 150 jobs after the superbowl. Below are some excerpts: The N.F.L., widely considered the most successful sports league in North America, will reduce its staff by about 150 employees after theSuper Bowl in response to the slumping economy, Commissioner Roger Goodell told staff [...]
