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24-518: In November 2008, sponsor companies Flash and Capitala announced with IMG their partnership to create a new tennis exhibition for the beginning of the season, to take place in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates (UAE). The event, first named Capitala World Tennis Championship , was conceived to promote the sport in the region, creating another world class tennis event in the Middle East alongside

48-585: A $ 3.25 billion deal, with the transaction expected to close in the first half of 2025. IMG's Media Division produces, develops and executes multi-channel distribution strategies for federations, associations and events working with major global broadcasters, channels and platforms. Each year it delivers 45,000 hours of content originating from over 200 clients. The company's multimedia product offering includes production of Channel 4 's England men's UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers and Super League rugby coverage, CBS ' UEFA Champions League coverage,

72-452: A month and choice during concurrent events. Both channels originate from IMG's production headquarters at Stockley Park , near London's Heathrow Airport. Sport 24 is available on Panasonic 's live television service, which is broadcast via satellite to airlines. Tiger Aspect Productions Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films)

96-783: A result of the acquisition, IMG College retained ISP's former headquarters in Winston-Salem. On December 18, 2013, IMG was acquired by William Morris Endeavor and Silver Lake Partners in a $ 2.4 billion deal to form WME-IMG. WME 's Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell served as co-CEOs. WME-IMG reorganized in October 2017 with the parent company being renamed from WME-IMG to Endeavor , and IMG and WME becoming subsidiaries of Endeavor. Ari Emanuel became Endeavor CEO and Patrick Whitesell became Endeavor executive chairman. In October 2024, IMG agreed to be purchased by another one of Endeavor's subsidiaries, TKO Group Holdings , as part of

120-465: Is a British television and film production company , particularly noted for its situation comedies . Founded by Peter Bennett-Jones , its productions have included popular hits such as Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley . The present-day company was founded in 1993 from the merger of Bennett-Jones' Tiger Television and Paul Sommers' Aspect Film & Television. It has also produced television dramas such as Murphy's Law and Sherlock Holmes and

144-574: Is an independent producer and distributor of sports and entertainment media. IMG was founded in 1960 in Cleveland , Ohio , by Mark McCormack , an American lawyer who spotted the potential for athletes to make large incomes from endorsement in the television age. He signed professional golfers Arnold Palmer , Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus as his first clients who collectively are known as The Big Three. McCormack died in 2003. In 2004, Forstmann Little , led by Theodore J. Forstmann , acquired

168-542: Is an international modelling agency headquartered in New York City and with additional offices in London, Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, and Sydney. It is a subsidiary of the talent management company International Management Group. The company merged with William Morris Endeavor in 2013. In 2015, the agency represented more than half of the highest-paid supermodels. Ivan Bart is the current President, and Lisa Marie Benson

192-591: Is the Vice President. IMG's Consulting division works with rightsholders, and brands on commercial, marketing and sponsorship strategy. IMG's stadium and arena group works with leagues and franchises. In Brazil, IMG worked with local affiliate IMM (former IMX), serving clients involved with the FIFA 2014 World Cup and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. IMG operates joint ventures with key partners across many areas of

216-888: The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Dubai Tennis Championships , already taking place in the UAE, the ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open and the WTA Qatar Total Open , taking place in Doha , Qatar , and the WTA Tour Championships , also set in Doha from 2008 to 2010. The six-player, three-day exhibition, with a winner-takes-all prize money of US$ 250,000, preceded by weeks of tennis-themed activities in

240-614: The DP World Tour and Ryder Cup coverage, and the Premier League 's international broadcast feed. IMG also produces and distributes Sport 24, the live, linear sports channel for the airline and cruise industries, and EDGEsport, the linear action sports channel. In 2012, IMG created IMG ARENA, a sports data and technology company for the betting, media and professional sectors. Endeavor acquired Mailman Group in 2021, and its UK-based Seven League digital marketing agency

264-516: The EuroLeague ( the premier competition for European professional men's basketball clubs ) and its 2nd-tier competition, the EuroCup . In 2018, IMG and influencers Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee founded the joint venture Margravine Management , now known as MVE . IMG owns, produces and commercially represents hundreds of events worldwide. In late 2007, IMG acquired Host Communications and

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288-1302: The Global Esports Federation (GEF) announced IMG as their strategic partners and as a result the Commonwealth Esports Championship was formed. IMG represents tennis athletes worldwide. Sport 24 is a 24/7 live sports television channel owned by IMG, which is available on international airlines including AeroMéxico , Air New Zealand , All Nippon Airways , Emirates , Etihad Airways , Singapore Airlines and Turkish Airlines , as well in international waters on cruise lines including Carnival , Celebrity Cruises , Princess Cruises , Norwegian Cruise Lines , Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and P&O . The channel broadcasts live sport from 40 international federations and competitions. These include Premier League , National Football League , National Basketball Association , UEFA Champions League , ATP World Tour , PGA Tour , European Tour , Euroleague , UEFA Euro , Olympics and Ryder Cup . Sport 24 launched in February 2012. A secondary part-time channel, Sport 24 Extra, launched in 2016, offering an extra 150 live hours

312-456: The 2011 edition of the tournament, Nadal, Federer and Söderling returned with Tomáš Berdych , Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Marcos Baghdatis completing the six-man line-up. Nadal defended the title with a hard-fought victory over Federer after they respectively beat Berdych and Söderling in the semi-finals. The second 2011 edition (held on December 29–31, 2011) featured Nadal, Federer, Ferrer, Tsonga, Novak Djokovic and Gaël Monfils . Djokovic won

336-722: The Case of the Silk Stocking , and in October 2006, its drama series Robin Hood began showing on BBC One . They also produced the American reality television series Damage Control for MTV , and the animated children's series Charlie and Lola , which was based on the books written by Lauren Child . Tiger Aspect has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (BRC), Quainton , on

360-628: The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) to form IMG College , while the association management division was renamed IMG Associations. IMG was originally headquartered in downtown Cleveland in a complex built in 1965 across the street from Erieview Tower . When the IMG Center was built, it originally housed the Cuyahoga Saving Bank, which was acquired by Charter One Bank in 1998. In 1997, IMG renovated

384-936: The Collegiate Licensing Company to form IMG College . In 2010 IMG acquired ISP Sports, which was based in Winston-Salem , North Carolina . Today, IMG represents the multimedia rights for more than 90 universities, conferences, collegiate associations and venues along with the licensing rights to more than 150 colleges and universities as well as the College Football Playoff . Additionally, IMG Seating serves more than 100 universities, and IMG Learfield Ticket Solutions provides outsourced ticketing services to universities. IMG's Licensing Division works in trademark licensing and currently provides its services to more than 100 Licensors of intellectual property. IMG eSports represents commercial rights on behalf of game publishers and tournament operators. In April 2022,

408-693: The Cuyahoga Savings Bank Building and renamed it IMG Center . Following the acquisition of IMG by Forstmann Little , the headquarters remained in Cleveland , Ohio, for several years until officially relocating to its parent company's existing offices in New York, in 2010, though the IMG Center is still located on East Ninth Street in Cleveland. On October 15, 2010, IMG acquired ISP, the multimedia rights holder for more than 50 universities based in Winston-Salem , North Carolina. As

432-445: The business. In Brazil , China , India , and Turkey IMM (Brazil, former IMX), CC-TV IMG (China), IMG Reliance (India) and IMG Dogus (Turkey) develop sports, fashion and entertainment properties in their respective territories. In 2015, IMG and Euroleague Basketball agreed on a ten-year joint venture. Together they will manage the commercial operation, and management of all global rights covering both media and marketing of

456-553: The company; Forstmann served as chairman and CEO until his death in late 2011. On June 1, 2006, IMG Media acquired Tiger Aspect Productions , the producer of the British television series Mr. Bean and the company, along with Darlow Smithson Productions (also acquired in 2006) later sold to Endemol in November 2009. In 2006, IMG Media acquired nunet AG, a provider of mobile TV services to mobile network operators around

480-509: The event, defeating Blake, Federer, and then- World No. 1 Nadal in the final. As of October 2009, Federer, Nadal and Davydenko announced they would return for the 2010 edition, with Stanislas Wawrinka , David Ferrer and Robin Söderling completing the field. Nadal went one further this time, defeating compatriot Ferrer in the semi-finals and Söderling in the final without losing a set. Federer won third place with victory over Ferrer. For

504-665: The region, including an amateur Community Cup tournament in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, was created to take place early in the season, before the start of the actual tour events, as a warm-up exhibition for the top players, similar to the AAMI Classic in Melbourne. The inaugural Capitala World Tennis Championship took place from January 1 to January 3, 2009, with Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer , Andy Murray , Nikolay Davydenko , Andy Roddick and James Blake taking part. Murray won

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528-704: The title by beating Monfils and Federer before defeating Ferrer in the final. In the battle for third place, Nadal triumphed over Federer. On December 30, 2017, Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Serena Williams in the first-ever women's match at the tournament. IMG (company) IMG , originally known as the International Management Group , is a global sports, fashion, events and media company headquartered in New York City . The company manages athletes and fashion celebrities; owns, operates and commercially represents live events; and

552-490: The world. Clients of nunet's mobile TV CMS currently include: Vodafone , Proximus , Vodacom , Mobilkom A1 . Content distributed currently includes MTV , Fashion TV , Eurosport , and Discovery Networks . In November 2007, IMG acquired Kentucky -based Host Communications, which had multiple business units with services ranging from sports marketing and broadcasting to the management of associations and non-profit organizations. The sports-related businesses were combined with

576-838: Was integrated into IMG's Media division. Trans World Sport was one of the first productions created by TWI/IMG when it began weekly production in May 1987. The 49-minute sports magazine programme airs in numerous countries around the world and is owned and distributed by IMG IMG's Archive Services (previously IMG Replay) houses the largest sports archive platform with over 500,000 hours of content dating back over 120 years including event footage, highlights, interviews, ISOs and programming, available in 4K, 3D and HR=D. IMG currently works with over 37 rightsholders helping to digitise, monetise and market their archive content including: IMG also supports brands, agencies and production studios in securing rights and clearance for archive content. IMG Models

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