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The Week in Multicultural Sports Marketing

A summary of the most exciting recent news in multicultural sports marketing in the U.S., U.S.-Hispanic and Latin American markets. If you're trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.

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A summary of the most exciting recent news in multicultural sports marketing in the U.S., U.S.-Hispanic and Latin American markets. If you’re trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.

Image result for corona extraConstellation Brands reported strong performance of its beer portfolio with net sales increasing 7.8% in Q3 2018 as its Mexican import brands have claimed four of the top share gainer positions in the total US beer category. Modelo Especial, Corona, Modelo Chelada Picante Tamarindo, and Pacifico have had the best results. Part of it due to the brand’s sports marketing deals. Corona Extra is the official imported beer sponsor of four US National Football League Teams, and Modelo Especial showed the Fighting Spirit campaign on TV plus promotional activities during the NFL schedule.

OTT VIVA Entertainment Group, which broadcasts content for Latinos, including sports, announced it finished debugging the Flixfling media library interface and conducted beta testing. The company expects that this content, which includes over 15,000 movies and live television streaming, will be available on Viva Live as soon as next week. Viva is also launching a DVR feature for Viva Live TV, targeted to be up and running the first week of February.

PepsiCo signed with former NFL stars Greg Jennings, Nick Mangold, and Rashad Jennings for its Game Day Grub Match. Vox Creative launched the promotion and it features the three players challenged to prepare game day dishes using PepsiCo food and beverage products as ingredients. All three episodes are now on YouTube.

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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic signed a global footwear deal with Asics, ending his association with Adidas.

Dan Lovinger, NBCU Exec VP/Sales & Marketing, said that the channel expects to take in $500M in ad revenue on Super Bowl Sunday. This is a similar amount to what it earned last year.

Image result for Shaquille O'Neal Carnival Cruise LineShaquille O’Neal has become Carnival Cruise Line brand ambassador in its new “Choose Fun” advertising campaign as CFO (chief fun officer).

Snickers is about to sign a deal to become the “official chocolate” of FlyQuest, an esports organization that fields teams in the League of Legends Championship Series and Rocket League. This will be Snickers’ first team-level deal in esports.

Yahoo Sports started streaming NFL playoff games during the past weekend as part of the company’s new streaming deal with Verizon. The first game streamed on mobile via the Yahoo Sports app was the Falcons/Eagles, on Saturday.

NASCAR has given Monster Energy an extension to decide whether it wants to remain the Cup series sponsor or not. The two companies are in the midst of a two-year deal with a two-year option. Monster’s deadline to determine the extension of the partnership was Dec. 31.

 

 

 

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