NBA SIGNS MARKETING PACT WITH GERMAN PHONE CO
The National Basketball Association has signed a new marketing partnership with T-Mobil, the wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
FOX LAUNCHES MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BID
Fox has offered Major League Baseball about $2.5 billion in a bid to land the sport's entire post-season package from 2001-06.
INTERNET TEXT SEARCH CO IN DEMAND DOWN UNDER
Swedish internet archive and search system provider TietoEnator has delivered additional licences for its service to Australia's largest newspaper Group, John Fairfax.
NBCOLYMPICS.COM OUTPACES INTERNET COMPETITION
NBCOlympics.com has been ranked as the leading Olympic web site in the United States through the first six days of the Olympic Games, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
UK CO WINS WINTER OLYMPICS POWER CONTRACT.
British power hire group Aggreko Plc has been awarded a multi-million pound contract for temporary power to the 2002 Winter Olympics.
X MARKS THE SPOT FOR ESPN?S WINTER EXTRAVAGANZA
The Mount Snow resort is to host the ESPN Winter X Games, the world's largest winter alternative sports championship. The fifth annual Winter X Games is scheduled for February 1-4, 2001.
EUROSPORT EXTENDS REACH OF NEW CHANNEL
Fifteen days after its official launch, the new sports information channel, Eurosportnews, has reached a distribution agreement with two leading CATV operators, Kosmos TV in Moscow, Russia and Alma TV in Kazakhstan.
CLUBS TAKE LEGAL STEPS OVER THREAT TO TRANSFER SYSTEM
A group of English soccer Premier and Nationwide League soccer clubs have taken legal advice on the way forward in the controversy surrounding European plans to scrap football transfer fees.
HBS EXEC TO SPEAK AT SPORTEL
Francis Tellier, CEO of Host Broadcasting Services (HBS), the company with exclusive responsibility for the host broadcast of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, will be addressing attendees on World Cup preparations at Sportel in November.
CHINA NOT READY FOR WAP CHARGES
China's largest mobile phone company has postponed plans to begin charging customers for wireless internet service, citing slack demand.