Deals

NEW GATORADE DEAL TO INCLUDE CHINA

March 29, 2007

Sport drink giant Gatorade has expanded its existing marketing partnership with the US's National Basketball Association (NBA) to include a number of countries in the Asia Pacific region,…

PAPA JOHN'S TO RAMP UP CHINA OPERATION

March 29, 2007

US based pizza chain Papa John's has announced aggressive expansion plans for China which will are likely to lead to a number of sponsorship opportunities. The company said…

WOMENS TENNIS TO EXPAND IN CHINA

March 29, 2007

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has announced that as part of its Roadmap 2010 circuit structure plan, Beijing has been awarded a major nine-day mandatory tennis tournament featuring…

SOHU ANNOUNCES OLYMPIC ONLINE MEDIA COLLABORATION PROGRAM

March 28, 2007

Further to this week's call for tenders by International Olympic Committee for the internet and mobile rights for mainland China for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, online media, search…

PROMOTER DROPS BEIJING A1GP

March 25, 2007

Promoters of the Shanghai and Beijing rounds of the A1GP, Haiyi Motors, have cited lack of commercial sponsorship and other financial support as its decision to drop the…

HERBALIFE LICENSE TO TRIGGER CHINA EXPANSION

March 25, 2007

Expect the local marketing efforts by international nutrition company Herbalife to increase following the announcement that it has received its direct selling license from China's Ministry of Commerce.…

TENDER CALLED FOR CHINA INTERNET AND MOBILE RIGHTS

March 25, 2007

A tender for the internet and mobile rights for mainland China for the 2008 Beijing Olympics have been called by the International Olympic Committee with interested parties asked…

ROLLS-ROYCE TO PARTNER ORCHESTRA TOUR OF CHINA

March 25, 2007

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has announced Rolls-Royce plc as the sole sponsor of its 2007 Tour of China. The deal follows Roll-Royce's partnership with the LSO in…

NEW SPONSOR FOR CHINA OPEN SNOOKER

March 22, 2007

World Snooker has announced Honghe Industrial as the new naming rights sponsor of the China Open which starts next week. The agreement has been struck by the Chinese…

TNSSPORT LAUNCHES ASIA SOCCERSCOPE SERVICE

March 22, 2007

Sports marketing researcher, TNSSport has announced the launch of Asia Soccerscope, the first dedicated, syndicated football-tracking product in Asia. The expansion follows successful development of Euro Soccerscope. Asia…