Business Intelligence

Mar 28, 2020 18:03
MUMBAI: The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) sector reached Rs 1.82 trillion ($25.7 billion) in 2019, a growth of 9% over 2018 states the FICCI EY report 'The era of consumer A.R.T. - Acquisition Retention and Transaction', launched Friday. 
Mar 26, 2020 19:03
BEIJING: Wanda Sports Group Company Limited Thursday announced that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with Advance Publications Inc., owner of media company Conde Nast, to sell The IRONMAN Group in an all cash transaction at an enterprise value of $730 million (subject to customary purchase price adjustments).
Mar 25, 2020 19:03
MUMBAI: Social media giant Facebook is reportedly looking at picking up a 10% stake in Reliance Jio Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio in a deal that would be worth ‘multi-billion’ dollars, reports Financial Times.
Mar 25, 2020 18:03
BEAVERTON, Ore.: NIKE, Inc. Tuesday reported fiscal 2020 financial results for its third quarter ended February 29. Revenues rose 5% on a reported basis and 7% on a currency-neutral basis while digital sales were up 36% versus the prior year.
Mar 25, 2020 18:03
HONG KONG: Chinese sportswear major ANTA Sports Products Limited has announced financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. 
Mar 24, 2020 19:03
SINGAPORE: The emergence of a global public health crisis with the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the recent weeks, has proved destructive to the 2020 sports calendar. The pandemic has disproportionately affected life in Europe and North America while Asia slowly recovers after the first wave of infections. 
Mar 24, 2020 18:03
TOKYO: Bowing to the inevitable, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach announced Tuesday that the Tokyo 2020 Games would be postponed; an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 24, 2020 17:03
CHICAGO: The beleaguered US Soccer Federation, still feeling the aftershocks of the furore caused by the "blatant sexism" shown by its erstwhile president in the federation's response to a gender discrimination lawsuit by the US women's team, has named veteran sports executive Will Wilson as chief executive officer, filling a vacancy left open after former CEO Dan Flynn retired in September.
Mar 23, 2020 18:03
THE ASIA PACIFIC pay TV sector is the most vibrant in the world, with subscribers up by 45 million and revenues up by $1.40 billion over the next five years. Pay TV penetration will stay at around 69%.
Mar 23, 2020 18:03
THREE QUARTERS OF Indians think sport is important in their lives but just 36% participate in any kind of sport or physical activity, according to a BBC research study.