Evolution of Sports and Entertainment Marketing

By sisig4

  • National Collegiate Athletic Association

    This association was formed to govern collegiate athetics

  • Motion Picture Advancements

    Development of recording of sound on a motion picture.

  • Commercial Radio

    First commercial radio stations with regularly schedualed broadcasting.

  • Closing Amusement Parks

    The stock market crash leads to the Great Depression causeing 3/4th of amusement parks to close.

  • Lou Gehrig

    He appeared on a Wheaties box

  • Television

    Color television is introduced

  • Blue Ribbon Sports

    Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon sports, which is later renamed Nike.

  • Buffalo Bills' Football Field

    Rich Foods pays 60,000 per year to have the naming rights of the Buffalo Bills' football field.

  • U.S. Boycott

    The U.S. boycotts the Summer Olypmics in Moscow

  • CNN

    CNN, the first all news network, is launched by Turner Cable Network.

  • Prince Charles and Princess Diana

    Prince Charles and Diana are married on international television.

  • MTV

    MTV debuts

  • CD

    The first compact disc is released.

  • First Television on Internet

    The first television program is delivered on the Internet(aka webcast)

  • Atlanta, Georgia

    Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia is bombed.

  • Nintendo GameCube

    The Nintendo GameCube is relased to the public.

  • GameBoy Advance

    The GameBoy Advance is introduced.

  • Six Degrees

    The first modern social networking site, Six Degrees, is shut down.

  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is created.

  • iPod

    The first iPod is released.