Photo by Tsutomu Takasu (tpower1978) used under Creative Commons 2.0 FC Barcelona, the club who plays the most beautiful football in the world, is building its success in China, and they’re approaching the market in a way that no other club has done before. Last month, Sandro Rosell, Barça’s new president, was traveling in China with his colleagues. Unlike [...]
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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
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
