The exclusive partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) will include the launch of the Live@Wimbledon service, which will blend live tennis with off-court news. The AELTC is using Dailymotion’s technology platform to deliver this content on wimbledon.com and the championships’ official mobile apps, as well as on Dailymotion.
Live@Wimbledon will be on air every day for the two weeks of the championships, and will be available live in the UK and the Americas. It will drop into matches at crucial points in play and provide pre-packaged content such as behind-the-scenes interviews, previews and reviews, match highlights and archive footage.
Daniel Adams, vice-president of international content at Dailymotion, said: “Dailymotion is incredibly proud to be partnering with Wimbledon to deliver exciting new digital content for tennis fans around the world. This will be a mix of live action, exclusive background and behind the scenes material to compliment the live broadcast. This builds on our heritage of showing exciting and exclusive live sports action to our global audience of 115 million monthly unique visitors.”
Mick Desmond, commercial director of the AELTC, added: “We’re happy to have Dailymotion on board as our official live streaming partner for our new Live @ Wimbledon service. We’re looking forward to seeing the results of our partnership.”
Source: www.sportbusiness.com
George at Asda Launches the Ultimate Illusion Swimsuit to Boost Women's Confidence This Summer - Marketwatch
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Asda Launches Exclusive Ladies T-Shirt Fit for a Royal Lunch - Yahoo Finance
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire -05/16/12)- Ladies, you may be ready to wave your flag and hang up your bunting, but do you look the part for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations? Asda, the retail partner for The Big Jubilee Lunch, is offering shoppers an official, limited edition Big Jubilee Lunch t-shirt, designed by George and made in Britain as part of the supermarket's range of womens clothing.
This fitted white t-shirt, with a fun and bold Union Jack heart design, is great for so many occasions and perfect to wear at your jubilee celebrations this summer.
GBP 2.50 from the sale of each t-shirt will be split between two charities; the Eden Project founders of The Big Lunch and also Fields in Trust, a charity the Duke of Cambridge patrons, which protects playing fields and outdoor recreational spaces, providing a place for future generations to enjoy.
Peter Stewart, Campaign and Communications Director for The Eden Project commented: "The Big Jubilee Lunch t-shirt is a fantastic way to show support and help get into the spirit of lunching with neighbours to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. By buying a t-shirt shoppers will not only look the part, but they're also raising invaluable funds for two amazing charities. It's great to have Asda on board as our retail partner; support from one of the nation's favourite supermarkets and its shoppers is hugely important in making our Jubilee celebrations go off with a bang."
Make sure you look royally festive this summer by adding this t-shirt to your shopping list, in Asda stores from 14th May. Women's t-shirts: GBP 8 (GBP 2.50 of which will be split between two charities; the Eden Project founders of The Big Lunch and also Fields in Trust).
Notes to Editors
About The Big Jubilee Lunch
The Big Lunch is an annual event led by the Eden Project. In 2012, the event is part of the programme of events celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The aim is to get millions of people across the UK to have lunch with their neighbours in a simple act of community, friendship and fun over The Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend of celebration.
About Fields in Trust
From sports pitches to children's playgrounds, bicycle trails to country parks Fields in Trust makes sure all kinds of outdoor spaces are safeguarded forever. To mark the Diamond Jubilee Asda have teamed up with Fields in Trust to protect over 2,012 outdoor recreational spaces in communities across the UK as a legacy from the great events of 2012 - The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge.
About George
As the pioneer of supermarket fashion, the George brand provides stylish clothes that offer both quality and value. George is sold in over 380 Asda stores nationwide as well as online with George.com with free delivery any of Asda's 542 stores. Over 237 million garments are made a year for George and the company operates a permanent 100 day 'no quibble' quality guarantee on all of its clothing.
About Asda Stores Ltd.
Founded in the 1960s, Asda today is one of Britain's leading retailers. It has over 180,000 dedicated Asda colleagues serving customers from 542 stores, including 32 Supercentres, 309 Superstores, 27 Asda Living stores, 174 Supermarkets, 25 depots and seven recycling centres across the UK. It has its main home office in Leeds, Yorkshire and its George clothing division based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Asda serves over 18 million shoppers a week in store and its growing home shopping business at www.asda.com serves 98 per cent of UK homes. Asda joined Walmart, the world's number one retailer, in 1999.
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Essex Police/Fire: School bus fuel leak brings response - Gloucester Daily Times
ESSEX — Firefighters and police responded to Main Street at 3 p.m. Wednesday after a school bus driver reported the vehicle was leaking fuel.
The bus driver let the students off on the sidewalk in front of The White Elephant shop until police and firefighters arrived. A school district mechanic found that the fuel was leaking because the tank cap was missing. The mechanic improvised a cap , the children reboarded the bus, which continued its route.
Police responded to a report of gunshots fired around County Road on Wednesday at 11:18 p.m.
Police searched the area, found no one, and heard no gunshots.
Officers had a car towed for revoked registration after finding it in the lot behind the police station Thursday at 12:30 a.m.
Steven Fletcher may be contacted at 1-978-283-7000 x3455, or sfletcher@gloucestertimes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @stevengdt.
Source: www.gloucestertimes.com
Asda launches fitness drive - Marketing Week
Asda is launching a health initiative designed to get local communities more active and involved in sport as part of its partnership with the Government’s anti-obesity initiative Change4Life.
The supermarket has partnered with the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) in a bid to take advantage of the increased interest in sport around this summer’s Olympic Games.
Asda will host 20 large-scale community-sporting events in playing fields or green spaces close to Asda stores around the UK, where its shoppers can try out new sports.
It hopes to help families find cheap activities they can do in their local communities that fit into their busy lives.
The supermarket will work with local charities, County Sports Partnerships and FIA members to showcase sports events including Kwik Cricket, football, martial arts, volleyball and Zumba classes.
Asda Active: Getting Britain Moving will be funded by Sport England’s Sportsmatch which awarded funds to the FIA. It will also be supported by Change4life’s sub-brand Games4Life and will leverage the Department of Health’s Chage4Life programme.
The initiative will be promoted by an online marketing campaign led by Asda, plus a digital and social media drive. It will also be promoted through local marketing channels and local stores.
Asda and the FIA will also use the events, which they hope will attract 50,000 people, as a data capture opportunity to build up a consumer panel. The organisations hope to use the data gleaned from the panel to gain insight onto the barriers and motivations to getting more people, more active, more often.
The events will run this summer, starting during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend.
Asda previously worked with the FIA as part of Change4Life’s ‘Great Swapathon” initiative which saw the supermarket distribute vouchers for discounted swimming and gym sessions.
Source: www.marketingweek.co.uk
Former Wimbledon champion Sharapova full of confidence heading into her French Open campaign - Daily Mail
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Maria Sharapova may not be the queen of clay just yet but she is certainly far from the cow on ice she once famously described herself as, and she goes into the French Open more confident that ever.
The Russian, whose best performances at Roland Garros have been semi-final appearances in 2007 and 2011, has won two titles on clay already this year, in Stuttgart and last week in Rome.
And even more significant have been the players she has beaten, including world No 1 Victoria Azarenka, Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and last year's French Open winner Li Na.
Full of confidence: Maria Sharapova speaks to reporters on Friday
Sharapova said: 'I'm much more comfortable on this surface. Even though I don't play too many tournaments on it throughout the year, I feel like with every year that has come and the clay court season arrives, I feel physically stronger.
'I'm enjoying it a bit more. Before I felt like in matches I was saving myself a little bit because I didn't always believe that physically I could play seven matches in difficult, heavy conditions in Europe when it's raining.
'My body just wouldn't recover that well. But I've certainly improved that. I'm moving a lot better, which has helped me. It's always nice coming to the French Open with a couple of titles on clay and having a few more days to prepare.'
Delight: Sharapova celebrates her Rome Masters success last weekend
Sharapova's impressive season, which also includes a final appearance at the Australian Open, has lifted her to within touching distance of the world number one spot she last held four years ago before shoulder problems struck.
She will begin the tournament, which starts on Sunday, 630 points behind Azarenka, and it is a goal that would bring huge satisfaction to the 25-year-old.
Sharapova said: 'I would love to have that again because after I came back from my injury, I thought to myself, 'Well, when I was young I had the goal of being number one.
'I'm kind of in a position right now where I don't have a ranking. I'm just starting from scratch. If I did it once, maybe I can try to do it again.
'So to be in a position where I'm close, I'm really happy. I'm happy with the way that I fought through the tough moments in the days when things weren't going exactly the way I had imagined them to go.
And it's obviously always nice to be in that position to try to get that (number one). It's a position that every player wants.'
The second seed will meet Romania's Alexandra Cadantu in the first round and faces a potential quarter-final clash with Williams, who is looking for her second French Open title a decade after her first.
The women's draw again looks pretty open, with the prospect of a sixth different champion in as many grand slams dating back to Kim Clijsters' Australian Open win last January.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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