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Liverpool soccer club is to launch the first club-owned broadcasting service over a broadband internet network tomorrow, as part of its alliance with media group Granada.
Business

Television producer and five-times Emmy Award winner Charlie Stark is to become the executive producer of the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) where he will focus on developing the broadcast profiles of drivers in the FedEx Championship Series.
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German media company Kirch has taken full and sole control of HBS, the host broadcasting company for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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UK commercial television company ITV is still interested in securing television rights for the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup despite claims that the broadcaster has pulled out of the bidding according to the International Rugby Board.
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Asian internet sports portal, Sportalasia, has selected Digital Island to provide content delivery and streaming media services to sports fans globally.
Business

South Korean Kim Un-yong has pledged to allow International Olympic Committee (IOC) members to visit cities bidding for the Games if he wins the race for world sport's most powerful job.
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The Badminton Association of Indonesia has denied that it is bidding to host the 2002 Thomas and Uber Cups, pointing to its own financial straits and the current uncertainty in Indonesia.
Business

Media company Pulitzer Inc, owners of the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, and chairman Michael Pulitzer, have agreed to buy a nearly 4 per cent stake in the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
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Italian football fans will be able to watch match highlights on third-generation (3G) mobile phones from the summer of 2002, according to Hutchison 3G Italia.
Business

The Nasdaq Stock Market has signed on as the North American presenting sponsor for the Sanex WTA Tour.
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Irish soccer fixtures have been wiped out for a second successive weekend because of Britain's foot-and-mouth crisis, football authorities said on Tuesday.
Business

Alan Sugar's 10-year reign as the owner of Tottenham Hotspur ended on Wednesday when media group ENIC completed its purchase of his 26.9 percent holding, worth around 22 million pounds ($31.84 million).
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Liverpool?s UEFA Cup success is winning the BBC some strong viewing figures but it is also seeing them depart with large sums of money.
Business

Cable company NTL is to become title sponsor of Ref!Link, the device that allows international rugby fans in the stadium to hear a live link of what the referee is saying during a match.
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Eurosport is renegotiating its key rights agreements with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) under the channel's new owner, French broadcaster TF1.
Business

Virtual advertising used for first-down line sponsors FedEx and Kodak during the International broadcast of Super Bowl XXXV did not ?realise the benefits of the technology?s potential?, according to a new report.
Business

Sarajevo, which staged the 1984 Winter Olympics and was besieged a decade later during the Bosnian war, is considering another bid to secure the Winter Games in 2010.
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Sir Rodney Walker, chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) has admitted that the new Wembley stadium will not be ready until the end of 2004.