IMG Studios history

In 1964 IMG opened an office in Asia, followed two years later by a London office.

In 1967 IMG Literary and IMG Broadcasting were founded, the latter the result of signing top sportscaster Chris Schenkel.

In 1968 IMG signed Australian tennis star Rod Laver, a move that not only provided the firm with a foothold in a new sport but also led to IMG representing the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the United States Open--three of tennis's four Grand Slam events.

1971 Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews becomes a client.

Far afield from sports, IMG established its relationship with the Nobel Foundation in 1978.

IMG made additional strides in its tennis business, signing both Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova as clients, and in 1979 the firm staged its first event in China, a tennis exhibition match between Jimmy Conners and Bjorn Borg.

IMG produced its first ice show in 1986, the "Scott Hamilton America Tour," which led to the perennially popular "Stars on Ice" tour.

IMG also bolstered its roster of baseball clients, which only numbered ten, by acquiring Reich, Landman and Berry in 1987.

IMG also bolstered its roster of baseball clients, which only numbered ten, by acquiring Reich, Landman and Berry in 1987. It was IMG that led to the games being spread over three weekends for the benefit of television ratings, starting with the Winter Games in Calgary in 1988.

McCormack told Brandweek in March 1996 that golf was "peaking a little bit.

Kain and Johnston were eased aside and in 2005 George Pyne, former chief operating officer of NASCAR, was installed as president.