Events
RFU KICKS OFF BID TO HALT RUGBY DECLINE
The Rugby Football Union has launched the first stage of its plan to stop the decline in the adult game, as detailed in its Blackman Report.
CART NAMES NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO
CART has appointed a new president and CEO.
GO RACING TAKES LEAD IN RIGHTS NEGOTIATIONS
The race to secure the terrestrial and interactive media to rights to UK horse racing is close to being won by Go Racing, the consortium made up of Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure.
GREECE PLEDGES TO COMPLETE 2004 VENUES QUICKER
Greece has pledged speed up the completion of key 2004 Olympic venues to please an International Olympic Committee (IOC) team who are in Athens to inspect preparations for the troubled Games.
BLIGH VOLLER NIELD WINS MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL AWARD
Australian architectural practice Bligh Voller Nield, whose designs were integral to the 2000 Olympic Games, has received the International Award in this year?s Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Awards for the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.
HORSE RACING DEAL KEEPS BBC IN FRAME
Go Racing, a consortium including Sky TV and Channel Four, said it had agreed a deal that could ensure the BBC continues to cover horseracing.
LONDON?S WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM UNDER FINANCIAL CLOUD
The financial viability of the Picketts Lock stadium, Britain?s venue for the 2005 World Athletic Championships, has come under scrutiny.
QXL LAUNCHES AUCTION TV SITE
European online auction house QXL.com Plc has launched QXL.tv to deliver live auction programming via television and the internet.
SHARKS EDGE CLOSER TO NAMING RIGHTS DEAL
The $47m naming rights deal between the San Jose Arena and computer giant Compaq, has taken a step closer.
PSA SECURES $1M WORLD OPEN DEAL
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced that the Men's World Open rights and title for the years 2001-2005 have been granted to Procam International.
VOD BROADCASTERS LAUNCH SPORTS CHANNEL
Video-on-demand company Yes Television has launched its first dedicated sports channel.
NASCAR PRODUCTION OPERATIONS TO CEASE AT WORLD SPORT
The president of World Sports, Patti Wheeler, has resigned following the decision of Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks to cease production operations at the World Sports Enterprises unit December 1- the date that World Sports' contract with Nascar expires.
TV AZTECA SCOOPS OLYMPIC AUDIENCE SHARE IN MEXICO
Commercial broadcast coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games in Mexico has been dominated by TV Azteca over it rival company Televisa.
EGYPTIAN FIRM SIGNS VIRTUAL AD DEAL
Al-Ahram, the Egyptian international media group, has signed a deal with EPSIS to introduce virtual advertising to its soccer broadcasts.
OLYMPIC BROADCAST BONANZA
The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games broadcast is expected to shatter the marks set by the Atlanta 1996 Olympic broadcast in nearly all areas. As such, it will be the largest and most watched sports event broadcast in history. See the `FEATURES? section of SportBusiness.com for the full story.
SATELLITE GIANT WINS JAPANESE WORLD CUP 2002 RIGHTS
The protracted broadcast rights negotiations over coverage of World Cup 2002 for the Japanese market have finally been concluded.
EUROSPORT LAUNCHES NEWS CHANNEL
Eurosport, the pan European TV channel, has officially unveiled its new sports news channel Eurosportnews in Paris.
SEVEN SPRINGS TO HOST MOUNTAIN BIKE CONTEST
Pennsylvania's ski and year-round resort, Seven Springs Mountain Resort, is to host the first edition of the Ford 24-hour Champion Challenge mountain bike competition.