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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Olympics'
Beijing Games the Most Watched
May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Sports Media
Tags:broadcasting·CCTV·FS+E·Olympics·Times
Beijing Olympics Made $ 16 Million Profit?
March 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Business, Government
Oh, and that could be more, according to Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Jiang, a newly appointed deputy director of the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of CPPCC, the country’s political advisory body, told press on May 4 that the Beijing Games made a profit [...]
Michael Phelps’ Video Apology to Chinese Fans
February 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps yesterday on Feb. 11 issued a video apology customized to his Chinese fans. The eight gold medals winner at the Beijing Olympic was caught somking marijuana during a student party by a British newspaper. Phelps has already signed endorsement deals with brands including Speedo swimwear, Omega watches, Visa Inc, Subway sandwiches and [...]
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
Top 10 Chinese Sports News in 2008
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Business, Government, Sports Regime
2008 is by all means an extraordinary year for China’s sports. Not merely because this country won so many golds in the Beijing Games, there’re actually so much more interesting things beyond that if we comb back closely, either about its sports administration and regime, or simply the government itself. 1. Juguo Rules the Games [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·gambling·He Kexin·juguo·Liu Xiang·NFL·Olympics
Baijiu Branding, Olympic Style
December 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Business
Shanghaiist guys had for us some ‘swellfun‘ last month. Now the Guizhou-based Kweichow Moutai Co. seems to have come up with a new way of baijiu branding by adding a little Olympic flavor into their drinks. The company, producing probably the most renowned Chinese liquor, or baijiu, collaborated with the Beijing National Aquatics Center Co., [...]
Tags:branding·Olympics·water cube
China’s Women Boxing Going for Golds in London
December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Boxing, Sports Regime
“The only one I need to get now is the Olympic gold medal – I’ve done everything else in amateur boxing,” Katie Taylor, 22, told the Irish Times after returning home from the 5th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Ningbo, China’s Zhejiang Province. “It is my dream to be an Olympic champion so hopefully [...]
CBA Players And Myth About The Ages Of Chinese Women Gymnasts
November 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Sportsmanship
We stumbled upon a fascinating post today on Asia Basket. Arthur Volbert, a US-based basketball writer who’s been closely following Chinese basketball, found that ages of 22 CBA players have been changed at the start of season 2008/2009. Below are some excerpts: For Jiangsu, Tang Zhengdong went from being born in 1984 to 1982, confirming [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·Gymnastics·He Kexin·Olympics
Chinese Women’s Ice Hockey Team Walking On Thin Ice
November 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Ice Hockey, Sports Regime
Chinese Women’s Hockey Team continued their winning streak by beating Japanese Team 2-0 in Shanghai, securing themselves a shot of playing in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics after three straight wins over Norway, Czech Republic and Japan. Ranked 8th in the world, the team consists of 19 players all coming from Harbin, the capital of China’s [...]
Tags:Beijing·China Sharks·CIHA·income·Olympics·Paul Strople·pro league·Shanghai·Torino 2006·Vancouver 2010·women's ice hockey
