SPORT?S STREAMING FUTURE
The potential of sport in the streaming media and broadband content industry will be just one of the issues discussed at a conference in London next week.
SPORT FIRST ATTRACTS #3M INVESTMENT
UK?based venture capitalists 3i have invested #3millon in Sport First - the UK?s only national sports newspaper.
RUGBY GAMES SELL OUT IN RECORD TIME
Tickets for England?s forthcoming tests against Australia and South Africa have sold out faster than for any previous autumn internationals at Twickenham Stadium.
SILVERSTONE GETS SUMMER GRAND PRIX DATE
Formula One?s governing body the FIA has returned the British Grand Prix to July ? following a string of protests and problems when it was staged earlier in the year.
HONDA TO STAY IN F1 NEXT SEASON?
Mugen-Honda, the Formula One engine suppliers, may stay in the sport next season contrary to widespread speculation that they were pulling out, team boss Hirotoshi Honda has said.
GLOBAL SPORTS ATTRACTS $41M INVESTMENT
Technology Holdings, a joint venture company formed by Comcast Corporation and QVC, has closed a $40.8 million strategic investment in Global Sports.
COMMISSIONER TO TAKE STEPS AFTER EU OVERTURNS TOBACCO ADVERTISING BAN
The European Union's Health Commissioner David Byrne has said he planned fresh proposals to crack down on smoking in the wake of a court ruling which overturned EU legislation banning tobacco advertising.
TOTAL SPORTS EXPANDS COLLEGIATE NETWORK
Online sports media company Total Sports, has teamed up with multimedia sports marketing company International Sports Properties (ISP Sports) to expand the Total College Sports Network (TCSN) with seven new collegiate properties.
SPONSORSHIP RESOURCE GOES LIVE ONLINE
Sponsorshiponline, the UK-based online sponsorship resource, has gone live.
SPORTVISION PRODUCES IRONMAN WEBCAST
World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and sports media technology company Sportvision will provide live webcast coverage of the 2000 Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii October 14.