Birmingham City FC may not be a well-known team for most people in China, but most should know the name Carson Yeung(楊家誠). The Hong Kong businessman has been in the headlines for the past few years as he attempted to purchase the Midlands club back in 2007 followed by his successful acquisition in 2009. The [...]
Entries Tagged as 'English Premier League'
Carson Yeung’s Legal Troubles Are a Big Problem for Birmingham City’s Future
September 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Business, Football
Tags:Birmingham City FC·Carson Yeung·Chris Houghton·English Premier League·Europa League·Hong Kong Rangers
EPL’s back for free in China (Update3)
August 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Football, Sports Media
So the boycott worked. A few days to the kick-off of this season’s English Premier League, we’ve got some good news for football fans in China. Looks like WinTV, the Guangdong-based pay-sports channel, is looking to sell broadcasting rights to as many local TV stations as possible, as keeping it will neither do no good to [...]
Tags:broadcasting·China Youth Media·English Premier League·media rights·Sina·SMG·Tencent·WinTV
Zheng Zhi to Play in The Premiership?
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Football
According to Gao Qi, Zheng’s agent, the out-of-contract Chinese midfielder is to move to a Premiership club, with details of a new contract to be worked out by the end of June. “My contract with Charlton has already finished, and I should move to another club next season. Hope that I can get back to [...]
Tags:Charlton Athletic·English Premier League·Gao Qi·Shandong Luneng FC·Zheng Zhi
Liverpool FC to Visit Hong Kong in July
March 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Football
Ian Ayre, commercial director of Liverpool FC and a candidate of the club’s next chief executive, told media recently about their Asian tour plan. “If you are going to build a business overseas a key part is to allow people to touch and feel the product on a regular basis,” said Mr.Ayre. The Reds’ Asian tour has been [...]
Tags:Beijing Guo'an FC·Chelsea·English Premier League·International Football Festival·Italian Super Cup·Liverpool·Manchester United
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
