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 [...]
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EPL’s back for free in China (Update3)
August 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Football, Sports Media
Tags:broadcasting·China Youth Media·English Premier League·media rights·Sina·SMG·Tencent·WinTV
What Can Yao Get from the Sharks?
July 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Basketball, Business
The Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is buying his former CBA team, the Shanghai Sharks. The team finished the second last in the 08-09 season, the worst ever result in club’s history. “As a Shanghainese, I’m emotionally attached to the team,” Yao was quoted as saying by a state-owned television station. “The club is now [...]
Tags:CBA·Shanghai Sharks·Shanghai Sports Bureau·SMG·Xiyang Group·Yao Ming
KIA X Games Asia 2009 to Hit Shanghai Again
March 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Extreme Sports
Good news for extreme sports lovers in Shanghai! The KIA X Games Asia 2009 will come back to Shanghai for the third consecutive year. The games will hosted from April 30th to May 3rd at Jiangwan Sports Center. Tickets are now available at 400-666-6699. This year the event will showcase more than 200 of the [...]
Tags:BMX·ESPN·in-line skating·Jiangwan Sports Center·KIA X Games Asia·Shanghai·Shanghai Sports Federation·SMG·sport climbing
