- Sportfive
The 2001 founded
Hamburg sports rights marketing agency Sportfive belongs to the French media groupLagardere and markets, the television and marketing rights of more than 30 football clubs and more than 270 otherathletes and sports clubs (mostly from the fields,handball ,volleyball ,boxing ,rugby and rally sport).The company was created in 2001 from a merger of sports marketers of
RTL Group andCanal Plus and was taken over in November 2006 for 865 millioneuros from Lagardere. In 2006, Sportfive reported a turnover of approximately 500 million euros.With the launch of its former
IPTV channel on 1 October 2007, Sportfive entered thepay-tv business. By thesatellite platformEntavio they provide access to different sports.According to media reports the station will bid for the television rights of the German Football Bundesliga season 2009/2010. The Group already holds the television rights for the European Football Championship 2008.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sportfive Group since October 2007 Richard Worth, previously the marketing of theUEFA Champions League Team AG led.Chief Operating Officer (COO) is the former English professional footballTrevor Birch .External links
* [http://www.sportfive.com/ International Homepage]
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