THE WORLD CONGRESS OF SPORTS IS PRESENTED BY:
IMG is the world's premier sports, entertainment and media enterprise.
Operating in 30 countries, IMG's diverse businesses include: consulting services; event ownership and management; fashion events and models representation; licensing; golf course design; and client representation in golf, tennis, broadcasting, speakers, European football, rugby, cricket, motor sports, coaching, Olympic sports and action sports. IMG Academies are the world's largest and most advanced multi-sport training and educational facilities, delivering world-class sports training experiences to more than 12,000 junior, collegiate, adult, and professional athletes each year.
IMG's media and entertainment operations include content production subsidiaries Darlow Smithson Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions. Globally, IMG produces and distributes more than 11,000 hours of sports, documentary, drama, comedy, entertainment, popular factual and children's content annually. IMG also represents the broadcast rights to many of the world's premier sporting events and has the world's largest sports archive with more than 250,000 hours of footage.
Forstmann Little & Co. purchased IMG in 2004. More information about IMG is available at www.imgworld.com.
Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal is the industry’s leading weekly trade publication, providing breaking news and comprehensive reporting and analysis on sports business. With 80 reporters, editors and guest columnists, SBJ keeps its readers up to date on the latest developments in sports marketing, sponsorships, media, facilities, agents and labor, finance and more. For more information, visit www.SportsBusinessJournal.com.
Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily is the leading daily provider of real-time news and information for sports business executives, tracking more than 500 news sources worldwide, including newspapers, television and radio. SBD keeps its readers on top of the day’s events and ahead of the news cycle. For more information, visit www.sportsbusinessdaily.com
Both publications are part of the Street & Smith’s Sports Group, which consists of the Street & Smith’s Conference Group, the Sports Business Resource Guide & Fact Book, NASCAR Scene, NASCAR Illustrated and SceneDaily.com. Street & Smith’s is a division of American City Business Journals (ACBJ), which comprises weekly business journals across the country, BizJournals.com, Hemmings Motor News, Sporting News Magazine, Sporting News Yearbooks, Sporting News Today, Sporting News Radio Network and SportingNews.com. ACBJ is part of the Advance Publications family.
Gold Sponsors:
Sporting News is the destination for "die-hard" sports fans – the most passionate fans to elevate your brand to a different game. Sporting News provides super fans with in-depth, comprehensive sports coverage 24/7, including the new, bi-weekly Sporting News Magazine; SportingNews.com, the most engaged and informed online sports community; the country’s only daily digital sports newspaper, Sporting News Today; the leader in 24/7 sports talk, Sporting News Radio; and the ultimate reference guides for informed fans, Sporting News Yearbooks. Let Sporting News deliver custom advertising solutions to connect your brand with the most engaged sports fan anywhere. To learn more, visit www.sportingnews.com.
Corporate Events, Inc. is a full-service audiovisual management and consulting company for corporate meetings and events, specializing in technical event support. We provide state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, skilled technicians and experienced site managers to handle all the details so your meetings, conferences and events are perfectly planned and executed. Plus, we offer an audience response system for real-time feedback and permanent reports to guide your market research, training initiatives and communication evaluation. Corporate Events oversees the technology and provides the talent to ensure successful, seamless event production that exceeds expectations. For more information go to www.corporateeventsinc.net.
Official Research Partner:
Turnkey Sports & Entertainment is the industry’s trusted name for delivering the best people and the right information.
Turnkey Search is the industry’s leading executive search firm. Turnkey assists, brands, properties and media in identifying and recruiting the very best talent to strengthen management teams.
Turnkey Intelligence is the industry’s leading custom insights company. Turnkey is the expert in monetizing consumer insights in the form of market research, lead generation, sponsor recaps, etc. In 2009, Turnkey is launching Prospector G-2, a new sales automation platform to score and prioritize leads for season tickets, premium seats, suite sales and other inventory. Because you can’t call every lead — and you shouldn’t.
For more information visit www.TurnkeySE.com.
Sponsors Include:
BAT is the official online partner of the IMG World Congress of Sports.
BAT, or Brand Affinity Technologies relieves legacy barriers so national and local advertisers can easily use athlete and celebrity endorsements online.
BAT is a new technology-driven media service that enables advertisers to identify and secure rights managed Athlete and Celebrity talent on a local and national basis. With these tools, advertisers of all sizes can more easily and cost effectively launch, track and optimize online endorsement campaigns that increase consumer awareness and recall, and break through the media clutter. For more information on BAT, please visit: www.brandaffinity.net or contact us at info@brandaffinity.net or 949-242-7980.
Getty Images is the official image provider of the IMG World Congress of Sports. Getty Images is the world’s leading creator and distributor of digital content and the first place creative and marketing professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage imagery. The company’s award-winning photographers, still imagery, footage and music help customers create inspiring work, which appear every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites. Headquartered in Seattle, Wash. and serving customers in more than 100 countries, Getty Images believes in the power of imagery to drive positive change, educate, inform and entertain. Check us out at www.gettyimages.com.
Proskauer has been recognized by Chambers USA as having the "nation's leading sports practice," and is adept at applying the broad interdisciplinary skills needed to resolve business issues and disputes that affect sports clients in a highly competitive marketplace. For more than 45 years, the firm has advised purchasers and prospective purchasers of professional sports teams; handled sports-related financings with respect to teams, leagues and facilities; negotiated stadium and arena leases and development agreements; advised on joint ventures between sports entities and media and technology companies; negotiated collective bargaining agreements with players, referees, umpires and other game officials; and handled litigations on all matters relevant to the sports business. For further information, please visit www.proskauer.com.
Image Impact is a leading provider of brand measurement and valuing for mass media placement. Our web-based delivery platform provides clients with the most comprehensive data available today including the Monetary Value (MV®), Quality Impact (QISM) Score and source valuation for each individual detection. Clients include Major League Baseball, FOX Sports, ESPN, Sprint, MasterCard and more. Get the only complete brand placement evaluation and consulting that takes your brand integration analysis...Beyond the NumbersSM®.
Covington & Burling LLP offers one of the world’s premier sports and media practices, representing the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR, and USTA in the United States, and the FIA (the governing body of Formula 1 racing) and British Horseracing Authority in Europe. Covington lawyers have also advised a host of major league teams and owners in the U.S. and premier league clubs in England. Covington offers a broad range of counsel to sports clients, ranging from industry-shaping litigation to corporate, finance, media and technology transactions to intellectual property disputes and enforcement to government affairs, regulatory and taxation issues. For more information, please visit www.cov.com.
Pluck social media solutions empower leaders in sports and consumer media to integrate community tools and pro-am content directly into their web properties, driving audience engagement and digital revenue. Pluck customers include the NFL, Major League Baseball, Women’s Professional Soccer, the Seattle Sounders FC and the Dallas Cowboys. Pluck is based in Austin, Texas and can be found online at www.pluck.com.
Nixon Peabody is an international law firm with more than 800 attorneys in 17 offices. Whether we are advising on the financing and development of a stadium or negotiating the purchase or sale of a sports club, we deliver value-added solutions to help our clients achieve their goals. Our integrated approach and experience across multiple legal disciplines makes Nixon Peabody an ideal law firm for professional sports teams, leagues, owners, developers, lenders and investment banks, host municipalities, and sports enterprises. For more information, visit www.nixonpeabody.com.
The AVP was established in 1983 and is comprised of the best men's and women's pro beach volleyball players in the U.S. and arguably, the world. The AVP's main goal is to deliver its fans the experience of an amazing athletic contest surrounded by an unforgettable beach party. More than one million people are expected to attend an AVP event this year. For more information, visit www.avp.com.
The leading provider of high-quality, large-format, full-color banner solutions, Britten, Inc. has been a trusted partner of some of the worlds’ best-known and most discerning companies, helping them gain international brand visibility and credibility for more than 20 years. At our 185,000-square-foot facilities in Traverse City and Wyoming, Michigan more than 196 experienced professionals continue to drive the cutting edge in banner design, production and installation. Our unrivaled capabilities, culture of innovation and unmatched commitment to customer satisfaction put us at the forefront of our industry and make Britten the smart choice of businesses of all sizes. To learn more, visit www.brittenbanners.com or call 1-800-426-9496.
Program Exhibitors:
Graduates of St. Thomas University’s School of Business are leaders who add significant value to their organizations and communities. Our pioneering program in Sports Administration has developed leaders in some of the most prestigious sports organizations in the country, continuing our tradition of excellence. Our six degree programs at three different levels- bachelors, masters, and joint degrees with the School of Law- meet the needs of anyone interested in sports administration. For more information, visit www.stu.edu/business.
Delaware North Companies is a global leader in hospitality and food service. As one of the most admired privately held companies in the world, Delaware North has world-class operations with 50,000 employees serving half a billion customers each year on three continents. Visit www.DelawareNorth.com for more information.
SOBeFiT Magazine provides expert advice on the topics of fitness, nutrition, health and sports for the men and women of South Florida. With a readership of over 150,000, our content reflects the entire region’s commitment to a lifestyle that relies on taking care of our bodies and minds in order to achieve a balanced state of well-being. For more information, visit www.sobefitmagazine.com.
Txtstation is a leading mobile marketing company specializing in sports and entertainment. We allow broadcasters, event owners, sponsors and general media to communicate with viewers or fans directly through mobile phones, internet, and landlines phones in real time and in high definition.
Txtstation creates one to one 'real time' dialog with consumers at specific times and places such as events, concerts and live or pre recorded broadcast. Since 2004, we have been at the forefront of mobile interactivity designing 'live' integrated programs that harness the excitement of live events and broadcasts while delivering high consumer response and encouraging brand loyalty. www.txtstation.com.
Vibes Media provides mobile applications and marketing services for clients in every major category including brands, sports, media and entertainment. Since executing the first mobile marketing campaign in the U.S., Vibes has developed several nationally recognized mobile applications – such as iRadio, Text-2-Screen, Text-2-Win and Text Adventure - and won numerous high profile tech and marketing industry awards.
As the mobile partner of record for the nation’s largest wireless carriers,Vibes has delivered more than 50,000 mobile programs to help clients achieve a number of different business objectives. Whether the goal is to generate awareness, drive interaction, create new revenue streams, sell content, activate sponsorships, or drive traffic, Vibes has the technology, knowledge and expertise to drive results.
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Advertising Database delivers 10,000+ top-spending brands across 60+ business categories and 50 states, plus 96,000+ brand / agency decision-makers’ names, titles, addresses, phones, faxes, and emails - perhaps the most complete roster of day-to-day brand-level executives obtainable. Thousands of brands contain media and promotional spending criteria: when they plan, where and how much they spend, and which media and events catch their attention. Amazing search features; available in database software and web formats. For more information, please visit www.addataexpress.com.
Gordon Feinblatt’s Sports and Economic Development Practice Group/Asti Strategic Advisors provides strategic planning, management consulting and facilities development services to major league, minor league and university sports organizations, and city and state economic development authorities, and was principally responsible for all development, construction, financing, leasing and operations at Camden Yards.
The List provides online access to over 110,000 marketing, sponsorship and media contacts for over 50,000 brands. Partnering with Nielsen Media, The List connects you to both sides of the brand with an entire database of Sport Sponsorship decision makers confirmed by phone every 120 days (emails, direct dials, contact locations). Reach the sponsorship dollars you need to start winning new business today.
For sponsorship and exhibit opportunities, please contact Julie Tuttle at 212-500-0711 or jtuttle@sportsbusinessjournal.com.
