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Published on: 9/5/2008
Last Visited: 10/14/2008
IBU President Anders Besseberg, the Vice-President for Finances Klaus Leistner, First Vice President Alexander Tikhonov as well as Vice-Präsident Klaus Hörmann (Marketing) reported from their departments.
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Besseberg reported that the development in the past two years has been once more has been positive for Biathlon.TV ratings have risen further, just as the overall amount of coverage of different types of IBU events.
The ,Partner und Supplier"-Marketing-Concept also proved to be very effective, now generating revenues worth more than 900.000 ,. The revenues go straight into supporting the so-called ,developing member federations".The IBU has also established a ,coach group" that serves these the same federations at seminars and trainings camps.
Doping one of the biggest threats for BiathlonBesseberg stressed that the IBU has to intensify and further improve ist anti-doping strategy.
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Besseberg added that the main sources of the IBU's income were: