The news of the Group

29 January 2009
"Inter" and the Klitschko brothers settled broadcast schedule for 2009

U.A. Inter Media Group and K2 East Promotions Company together with the international brand Nemiroff will continue to promote Ukrainian box. There are 10 top Ukrainian box matches as well as international games scheduled for broadcast in 2009 on "Inter" and "Megasport".

According to Hanna Bezludna, the General Producer of "Inter" TV-channel, this trilateral partnership turned out to be mutually beneficial for all of its participants. In particular, the Klitchkos' fights TV broadcasts in 2008 showed the record indexes. "According to GFK data, the share of the fight of Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov was up to 85%. There is practically nothing higher on the television", - said the General Producer of "Inter" TV-channel.

In his turn, Alexander Glus, the president of Nemiroff Board of directors, confirmed, that his company is also staying in the partnership program and will continue financing sport projects in 2009. "Thanks to our partnership in the format "K2 East Promotions" - "Inter" - Nemiroff we achieved a brand-new level of participation in sports development", - he noticed.

Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko also stated that the recent year had appeared to be one of their most successful years. Among the most significant events Wladimir Klitschko, world IBF, WBO, and IBO champion, mentioned his unifying fight against Sultan Ibragimov and his brother’s return to the ring. "We hope that by the end of the year we will manage to add another belt to the four that we have on hand, and in such a way to become the overall world champions" – Klitschko shared with the journalists. Let us remind you, that the fifth champion belt is now owned by the Russian Nikolay Valuev.

While the promoters are trying to coordinate about the unifying fight between one of the Klitschkos and Valuev, brothers told about the future fights and named the scheduled dates of their holding. According to the expectations, on March, 21, Vitali is going to withstand the Cuban Juan Karlos Gomes in Stuttgart, Germany, and on June, 20, Wladimir is going to fight against the ex-overall champion in heavyweight David Hay in Stamford Bridge London Arena.

In November, 2007, media group "Inter", "K2 East Promotions" Company and the international brand Nemiroff have announced of their collaboration in the sphere of Ukrainian boxing promotion. According to the terms in the contract, all the rights for airing of the fights featuring the Klitschko brothers and other leading Ukrainian boxers are owned by channels of "Inter" group.