here . it is not to be confused with out front disambiguation . infront sports & media type sports & media headquarters zug switzerland number of locations 25 key people beno t bassi chairman of the board philippe blatter president and ceo number of employees 600 parent dalian wanda group 68 % others 32 % website infrontsports.com infront sports & media is a sports marketing company based in zug switzerland . the company handles the media and marketing rights for international sports events and federations and also provides sports services such as advertising sponsorship and hospitality . it represents all seven olympic winter sport federations 1 several summer sport organizations and manages media rights for the fis world cup events . infront was created in late 2002 through the integration of cwl prisma and kirchsportag . it has 25 offices which belong to different subsidiaries for geographic regions . contents 1 history 2 services 3 notable work 4 references 5 external links history edit infront sports & media was founded in october 2002 in order to create the television and radio broadcasts for the 2002 fifa world cup . 2 the company originated from a merger of two existing swiss based marketing companies cwl and prisma sports & media . infront s origins are in the football business but in 2005 the company lost a majority of its fifa business and subsequently diversified . today the company is divided into summer and winter sports properties in line with the olympic differentiation and also has dedicated football endurance and media production units . until 2011 it was owned by a consortium of shareholders . citation needed in september 2011 european private equity firm bridgepoint reached an agreement to acquire the company . 3 4 5 in february 2015 chinese conglomerate dalian wanda won an auction to purchase infront from bridgepoint for more than 1 billion . 6 7 in november 2015 it was announced that infront will be renamed wanda sports and will absorb the world triathlon corporation . services edit infront sports & media has 25 offices which are operated by several subsidiaries specializing in a geographic region as well as in specialized services . 8 infront sports & media supports media rights distribution marketing concepts and sponsorship sales for sporting events as well as media production 9 host broadcasting post production and archive management . an infront subsidiary host broadcast services produces television and radio signals for the fifa world cup . 10 hbs provides a stereo 5.1 and satellite broadcast feed to organizations that own the rights to the media typically with 40 minutes of pre game and 20 minutes of post game content . 2 infront also provides hospitality and catering 11 stadium advertising 12 event management and other related services . 13 notable work edit infront sports & media represents all seven olympic winter sport federations 14 including the iihf for ice hockey 15 and the ibu for biathlon . it also manages media and or marketing rights to most of the fis world cup events . 16 in summer sports infront started supporting mass participation and endurance sports in 2011 including ironman events 17 and the uci world championships in cycling . 18 it is also a partner for the ehf euro in handball 19 and the cev european championships in volleyball . in china infront represents the chinese basketball association tournament and the national team team china basketball . 20 21 infront s hbs subsidiary was awarded the judge s award at the 2010 international broadcasting convention for its work helping fifa broadcast the world cup in stereoscopic 3d . 22 23 in football infront has supported the fifa world cup since 2002 . it distributes the asian media rights and manages the host broadcast production . 24 in 2011 transparency international asked fifa to be more open about possible conflicts of interest when it was discovered that the president of infront was philippe blatter nephew to the president of fifa sepp blatter . fifa said blatter was not involved in awarding the deal to infront . 25 infront also works with the german football association dfb 26 27 the italian lega serie a 28 29 and the indonesian indonesia super league . 30 references edit david owen . infront to acquire dutch agency specialising in speed skating . www.insidethegames.biz . retrieved 2015 02 07 . a b http www.prosoundnetwork.com article fifa drives audio innovation in brazil 17786 sthash.idtn1tx3.dpuf helia ebrahimi . bridgepoint buys swiss sports rights company . telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 2010 09 02 . bridgepoint reaches agreement to acquire infront sports & media ag . bridgepoint.eu . retrieved 2011 09 05 . mergers commission approves acquisition of sports marketing group infront by bridgepoint . europa.eu . retrieved 2011 12 20 . cotterill joseph ; massoudi arash ; blitz roger . dalian wanda buys sepp blatter nephew s sports rights agency . financial times . retrieved 10 february 2015 . chinas wanda buys sports group infront for 1.05 billion euros . businessinsider.com . retrieved 2015 02 09 . fifa appoints infront as exclusive sales representative for asian broadcast rights . liveproduction.tv . retrieved 2010 10 30 . wtc to offer magazine programming to ironman series . isportconnect.com . retrieved 2012 06 14 . with hbs towards the start of the 2010 fifa world cup . liveproduction.tv . retrieved 2010 05 03 . kofler and infront hospitality in hospitality business alliance . stadia magazine.com . sv sandhausen names infront as exclusive marketing partner . stadia magazine.com . retrieved 2012 07 19 . four hills tournament introduces single brand identity . liveproduction.tv . retrieved 2010 11 19 . david cushnan . eurosport renews major winter sports package . sportspromedia.com . retrieved 2012 02 16 . adam fraser . infront signs skoda to record breaking iihf deal . sportspromedia.com . retrieved 2011 05 16 . david cushnan . infront re ups with finnish ski association . sportspromedia.com . retrieved 2013 01 11 . world triathlon corporation partner with infront to attract sponsors . isportconnect.com . retrieved 2011 10 07 . james emmett . uci set for commercial growth after infront landmark deal . sportspromedia.com . retrieved 2012 09 20 . adam fraser . handball is big business across europe . sportspromedia.com . retrieved 2009 12 11 . matt cutler . infront to continue forward momentum of chinese basketball . sportsbusiness.com . retrieved 2012 09 06 . sun xiaochen . sponsors confident in future of basketball league . chinadaily.com.cn . retrieved 2014 09 16 . 3d production fifa world cup 2010 . liveproduction.tv . retrieved 2010 05 07 . 2010 judges prize . www.ibc.org . retrieved 2010 . check date values in access date help fifa appoints infront as exclusive sales representative for asian broadcast rights . liveproduction.tv . retrieved 2010 10 30 . david bond . fifa criticised after tv rights handed to sepp blatter s nephew . bbc.co.uk . retrieved 2011 10 28 . matt cutler . dfb expands infront media rights partnership . sportsbusiness.com . retrieved 2011 12 22 . paul nicholson . infront secures four more years to their package of german sales rights . insideworldfootball.com . retrieved 2014 08 18 . football made in italy . sportelmonaco.com . retrieved 2009 10 12 . italy football clubs pick adviser for tv rights negotiations . uk.reuters.com . retrieved 2013 11 18 . isl musim 2015 tak bisa lagi disaksikan melalui antena uhf in indonesian . retrieved 18 january 2015 . external links edit official website host broadcast services v t e wanda group film amc theatres kerasotes theatres open road films co owned with regal entertainment group odeon cinemas star theatres starplex cinemas uci cinemas legendary entertainment legendary pictures legendary east legendary digital networks geek & sundry nerdist industries amy poehler s smart girls asylum entertainment legendary comics oriental movie metropolis wanda cinemas hoyts wanda media wuzhou film distribution sports atl tico madrid 20 % infront sports & media world triathlon corporation other sunseeker retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title infront sports % 26 media & oldid 744400611 categories companies based in zugcompanies established in 2002sports management companiesmedia companies of switzerlandprivately held companies of switzerlandmedia in zug2002 establishments in switzerlandsports marketingdalian wanda grouphidden categories cs1 errors datescs1 indonesian language sources id all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015use dmy dates from february 2011articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitalianolietuvi edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 23 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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