SportBusiness Staff
Business

Online ticketing company ts.com has made two new senior appointments.

Investor hopes for an Olympics dividend from companies likely to prosper from the 2004 Summer Games in Athens have so far come to nothing, hammered by a year-long slide on the local bourse. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
Business

Established figures from the Olympic Television broadcasting establishment asserted their dominance at the IOC Sport and New Media Conference in Lausanne today, but not without some furious objections from television rightsholders who have been frustrated in their own internet ambitions, and others who have succeeded in webcasting other sports.
Media

How can rightsholders control the power of new media to distribute valuable content free on the Internet? This was the question that dominated the second session of the IOC new media conference in Lausanne.
Business

Broadband will replace existing broadcasters once the delivery system is all pervasive in the major markets, delegates were warned at a question and answer session this afternoon at the IOC World Conference on Sport and New Media.
Media

Olympic marketing chief Dick Pound has warned the sports world that the internet is not yet the gold medal winner of money-making as business, sporting and New Media chiefs prepared to begin a special conference on online markets on Monday. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
Media

German media giant Kirch and EM.TV & Merchandising AG , in which Kirch is taking a minority stake, said on Monday they were still open to the participation of carmakers in Formula One holding company SLEC.
Events

Greece's deputy chief for the 2004 Olympics resigned on Monday citing personal reasons after six months in the job, the organising committee (ATHOC) said.
Business

Dick Pound, Chairman of IOC Internet Committee confirmed today that the Internet and TV rights for the Olympics will remain linked through to the 2008 games but also expressed the expectation that the territorial rights issues that currently prevent live video and audio broadcast over the internet could be solved.
Media

Broadband Sports has partnered with adidas America to create a special area of NBA star Kobe Bryant's official website on AthletesDirect, a division of Broadband Sports, that tells the story behind the advertising campaign for Bryant's new shoe The Kobe.