InsideOut Sports & Entertainment, a live event, talent access, and content creation group and division of Horizon Media, today announced that PowerShares QQQ has extended its title sponsorship of its champions tennis circuit in North America for an additional three years through to 2018.
PowerShares QQQ has been the title sponsor of the Champions Series tennis circuit since 2011.
“We are excited and extremely grateful to the entire Invesco PowerShares team for continuing our partnership for another three years,” said Jon Venison, President of InsideOut Sports & Entertainment and the PowerShares Series. “Sponsorships are an integral part of the success of our events and we feel fortunate to have Invesco PowerShares as an enthusiastic partner in the Series.”
The PowerShares Series is the North American tennis circuit for champion tennis players over the age of 30. Started in 2005, the PowerShares Series features champion tennis players such as John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Andy Roddick, Michael Chang among other players. Matches are broadcast on FS1 and TennisChannel nationally and available regionally via Fox Sports Net affiliates.
“Our sponsorship of the champions’ series tennis provides the opportunity to support the best in tennis while also demonstrating our commitment to hard work and timeless excellence,” said Dan Draper, Managing Director and Head of Invesco PowerShares. “We are proud to extend this sponsorship through 2018.”
The 2015 PowerShares Series will be played in 12 cities throughout 2015, beginning on March 24 in Salt Lake City, Utah and concluding on May 2 in Vancouver, Canada. In 2014, McEnroe won the points title for the first time in the nine-year history of Champions Series tennis by winning events in Kansas City, Indianapolis, Nashville and Charlotte. McEnroe was followed in the points standings by Blake in second place and Roddick in third place. For more information about the PowerShares Series, including tournament dates, player fields and ticket information, please visit www.PowerSharesSeries.com
ABOUT INSIDEOUT SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT
InsideOut Sports + Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based producer of proprietary events and promotions founded in 2004 by former world No. 1 and Hall of Fame tennis player Jim Courier and former SFX and Clear Channel executive Jon Venison. In 2005, InsideOut launched its signature property, the Champions Series, a collection of tournaments featuring the greatest names in tennis over the age of 30. In addition, InsideOut produces many other successful events including “Legendary Night” exhibitions, The World Series of Beach Volleyball and numerous corporate outings. Since inception, InsideOut Sports + Entertainment has have raised over $4 million for charity. In 2014, InsideOut Sports + Entertainment merged with Horizon Media, the largest privately held media services agency in the world. For more information, please log on to www.InsideOutSE.com or www.powersharesseries.com or follow on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
About Horizon Media
Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world. The company was founded in 1989, is headquartered in New York and has offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Chicago. Horizon Media was chosen as 2011 Independent Media Agency of the Year by Mediapost, 2010 U.S. Media Agency of the Year by Adweek, Brandweek, and Mediaweek as well as by Ad Age and as one of the world’s ten most innovative marketing and advertising companies by Fast Company in 2011. In 2012, Bill Koenigsberg, President, CEO and Founder, was honored by Advertising Age as Industry Executive of the Year. Most recently, in 2014, Bill Koenigsberg was named 4As Chair of the Board and is the first person from a media agency to hold this prestigious position in the 100 year history of the 4As, the marketing industry’s leading trade association.
The company’s mission is “To create the most meaningful brand connections within the lives of people everywhere.” By delivering on this mission through a holistic approach to brand marketing, Horizon Media has become one of the largest and fastest-growing media agencies in the industry, with estimated billings of over $4.7 billion and over 1000 employees.
The company is also a founding member of Columbus Media International, a multi-national partnership of independent media agencies. For more information, please visit horizonmedia.com.
About Invesco Ltd and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Invesco Ltd. is a leading independent global investment management firm, dedicated to helping investors worldwide achieve their financial objectives. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, Invesco provides a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. Operating in more than 20 countries, the firm is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IVZ. Additional information is available at www.invesco.com.
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC is leading the Intelligent ETF Revolution® through its family of more than 140 domestic and international exchange-traded funds, which seek to outperform traditional benchmark indexes while providing advisors and investors access to an innovative array of focused investment opportunities. With franchise assets of nearly $100 billion* as of December 31, 2014, PowerShares ETFs trade on both US stock exchanges. For more information, please visit us at invescopowershares.com or follow us on Twitter @PowerShares.
ALPS Distributors, Inc. in the distributor of PowerShares QQQ, BLDRS Fund and PowerShares DB Funds. PowerShares QQQ and BLDRS Funds are unit investment trusts. Invesco PowerShares and Invesco Distributors, Inc. are not affiliated with ALPS Distributors, Inc.
An investor should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. For this and more complete information about the Funds call 800. 983. 0903 or visit invescopowershares.com for a prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
