Events
FOX REVEALS MAJOR LOSSES ON ?SUBWAY SERIES?
Major League Baseball?s ?Subway Series? cost the owners of the Fox network, an incredible $70 million, far more than analysts expected.
TWIN TOWERS TO BE DEMOLISHED AS PLAN REJECTED
There will be no last hour reprieve for Wembley's famous Twin Towers, which will now be demolished with the rest of the stadium.
SRi REPORTS ON YEAR?S MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS
Research agency, Sponsorship Research International (SRi), has reproduced figures suggesting that this summer?s Euro 2000 soccer tournament was rated only marginally less important by respondents than the Olympic Games.
ARU SIGNS $13m SPONSOR DEAL
The Australian Rugby Union has signed a new three-year deal with Vodafone.
SKY AND CISCO TEAM UP FOR GRAPHICS PACKAGE
Sky Sports and CISCO Systems have joined forced for the sponsorship and development of Sky Sports? on-screen graphics.
EUROSPORTNEWS NO TURKEY AS LATEST VERSION LAUNCHED
Eurosport has launched the Turkish language version of its news service, Eurosportnews.
VIVENDI WANTS DEAL WITH MURDOCH, BUT NOT DIRECTV
The head of utilities, telecoms and media giant Vivendi has ruled out bidding for U.S. broadcaster DirecTV, but reiterated he would welcome a partnership with media magnate Rupert Murdoch -- seen as one of DirecTV's suitors.
ITV COMMISSIONS RED PEPPER SPORTS STINGS
UK commercial television network ITV has commissioned Red Pepper Film Company to produce a new package of sport "stings" to run before all of ITV Sport?s presentations.
COMPAQ SEEKS SAN JOSE NAMING RIGHTS
Compaq Computer Corp is looking to put its name on the San Jose Arena, home to the San Jose Sharks.
EAST TIMOR GETS OLYMPICS COVERAGE
The people of East Timor will get to see the Olympics after all thanks to the help of an Australian broadcaster.
PANAMSAT SET FOR SYDNEY SHOWCASE
Satellite firm PanAmSat will be kept busy during this month?s Olympic Games after signing a number of major deals with key broadcasters and rights holders.
IEC SIGNS TENNIS TOURNAMENT
IEC in Sports has acquired all international television rights to the JVC Ladies Open in Vienna next month.
ATHENS OLYMPICS – `A MARATHON IN SPRINT MODE?
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that Greece must run a marathon at sprinting speed to make up for delays in organising the 2004 Games in Athens.
KUALA LUMPAR 2006 BID TEAM VISITS IRAN.
A delegation of the Kuala Lumpur 2006 Asian Games bidding committee has arrived in Iran for a three-day campaigning visit.
MICROCAST TO PROVIDE LIVE STREAMING OF GOLF EVENT
Microcast will showcase its live streaming video technology when it powers the upcoming internet broadcast of the 1st and 18th holes from the World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational.
GERMANY AIMING TO MAKE 2006 WORLD CUP THE BEST EVER.
German soccer chief Horst R. Schmidt has said that no money would be spared in his country's efforts to make the 2006 World Cup the best of all time.
JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA URGED TO HOST CONFEDERATIONS’ CUP
FIFA will urge South Korea and Japan to co-host the 2001 Confederations' Cup as a test run for the 2002 World Cup.
ACTORS UNION SETS HEARING FOR TIGER WOODS OVER CAR AD
Golf champion Tiger Woods has been summoned to appear before a Screen Actors Guild trial board to explain why he shot a car commercial during the union's strike against the advertising industry.