Press Release 15 February 2012
SpoBiS 2012: Organisers report positive response
The 16th SpoBiS has now come to an end, and the organisers report a thoroughly positive response to Europe’s largest sports business conference in Düsseldorf. This year’s event was attended by more high-profile industry players than ever before, with personalities from both the fields of sport and business coming together in the CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf. SpoBiS 2012 offered a total of 14 forums, around 130 leading national and international speakers, and a whole host of Main Stage events involving top industry players.
Press Release 14 February 2012
SpoBiS 2012: DFL boss Christian Seifert announces further opportunities for special advertising forms in the ongoing media rights tender
Chairman of the DFL Management Board, Christian Seifert, announced at SpoBiS 2012 that the German Football League wished to create further opportunities for special advertising forms in the ongoing tender for audiovisual media rights.
Press Release 13 February 2012
Hans-Joachim Watzke at SpoBiS 2012: “Borussia Dortmund has the winning gene”
Hans-Joachim Watzke (Chairman of the Board, Borussia Dortmund) declared at the SpoBiS in Düsseldorf: “Borussia Dortmund has the winning gene. There are clubs that never make it, and there are clubs that make it.” Watzke continued: “I still believe that Bayern Munich has the best chances of winning the championship. But should they not want to win again, then perhaps the club with the winning gene will have their chance.”
Press Release 13 February 2012
DOSB President Thomas Bach at the SpoBiS 2012: Cautious response to 2022 Olympics in Munich
At SpoBiS 2012, DOSB President and IOC Vice President Thomas Bach emphasised that a cautious approach would be taken to a renewed bid by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) for Munich to host the 2022 Winter Games. “If we had to decide today, it would be with a lack of basic information. Hence we cannot reach a decision on this today,” the DOSB President stated at the sports business conference in Düsseldorf. Anything else would be “idle speculation”.
Press Release 13 February 2012
SpoBiS 2012: MAN and the Juniper Group scoop 2012 Sports Marketing Award
“Die Fußballbundesliga fährt MAN” [“The football Bundesliga drives a MAN”]. This is the slogan of the campaign conferred the 2012 Sports Marketing Award. MAN and the Juniper Group successfully saw off competition from the 25 rivals also battling for the highly coveted award with a total of 248 points. The second and third places went to Goldene Generation and Signal Iduna for their “Wir sind Deutscher Meister” [“We’re the German champions”] campaign (240 points) and Imtech Germany’s “Imtech Arena – Naming rights and unique reference” campaign (234 points).
Press Release 9 February 2012
SpoBiS 2012: Düsseldorf once again the sports business capital on February 13-14
This year, Europe’s largest sports business conference boasts even more high-profile participants than ever before: among those attending count DOSB President Bach, DFL Chairman Seifert, DTB President Altenburg and SAP founder Hopp.
Press Release 7 February 2012
SpoBiS 2012: Christian Seifert in 1:1 chat on allocation of the media rights for the football Bundesliga
Exclusive discussion on the first conference day with the DFL boss, who will answer questions such as “Are new players bringing new money to the Bundesliga?”
Download whole press release
Press Release 3rd February 2012
SpoBiS 2012: DTB President Dr. Karl Georg-Altenburg to present federation’s new sponsor concept
Main Stage appearance on the second conference day: “Tennis, a sleeping giant: The new DTB president’s plans for Germany’s third largest sports association”
Download whole press release
Press Release 26 January 2012
SpoBiS 2012: Thomas Bach in 1:1 chat on his expectations of the London Olympics and other current sports policy issues in Germany
Exclusive discussion with the DOSB President on the first day of the SpoBiS
Download whole press release
Press Release 11 January 2012
SpoBiS 2012: Europe's largest Sports Business Summit on 13th and 14th February at the CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf
The event promises to be prominently attended like never before with BVB Managing Director Watzke coming together with the Chairman of Schalke's Supervisory Board Tönnies and the Chief Executive of the German Football League Seifert standing up to questioning on the award of Bundesliga media rights
