CARLTON SIGN MEDIPLAN TO SHORTS AND BALL Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 The Carlton AFL club has signed Victorian health insurance company Mediplan as its shorts and ball sponsor. The shorts deal . . . Read more
TROUBLE IN THE V8 BRUTES RANKS Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Further to our reports in Issue 119 that suggested there was some dissent in the ranks of the V8 BRute motorsport category, category owner PROCAR has now released a statement that asks competitors in the series to make a decision about their future. The statement includes . . . Read more
SPONSORSHIP ON AGENDA FOR KRISPY KREME? Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 While back in December 2003 (issue 37) the company indicated that it does not provide financial sponsorship of any type in Australia, expanding donut chain Krispy Kreme looks to have changed its tune, with the company now sporting a sponsorship manager. While it is . . . Read more
RUGBY DECISION NEARS Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Having submitted their official bids on November 19, both the Victorian Rugby Union and Rugby WA have this week put their case to the Australian Rugby Union for hosting the new team in the expanded Super 12 Rugby competition. Both parties made . . . Read more
LATEST SPORTSPEOPLE SURVEY SHOWS GROWTH Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 The amount of job advertisements in the Australian sport sector continued to grow in 2004, according to the latest Jobs Index by specialist sport industry recruiter Sportspeople. The 2004 Sportspeople . . . Read more
NO SPORT FOR NOKIA IN AUSTRALIA, THOUGH Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Despite the company's massive new deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA) covering the China market featured this issue, mobile phone company Nokia has no plans for similar major sport sponsorship spending in this country, according to the Nokia's local head of marketing, Antony Wilson. He told pando . . . Read more
AUSSIE GRAND PRIX ADVERTISING OVERSEAS Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 On the subject of the Australian Grand Prix (AGP), a new international advertising campaign created by agency Mojo Partners has recently kicked off with print ... Read more