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SPORTECH SHARES RISE AFTER ITV DEAL
Shares in London Stock Market-listed Sportech Plc, owners of betting and gaming firm Littlewoods Leisure, rose yesterday as it announced a deal for Littlewoods to be the exclusive sponsor of ITV's interactive football coverage.
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Sport and Interactive TV: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
WWFE PULLS PPV EVENTS FROM DIRECTV OVER FINANCIAL DISPUTE
A contractual dispute between World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE) and US satellite platform DirecTV over how revenue is collected has seen the former axe its pay-per-view events from the broadcaster?s network.
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BRITISH EUROSPORT HITS ATHLETICS RATINGS HIGH
Satellite channel British Eurosport scored its highest ever TV ratings for its coverage of the World Athletics Championships from Edmonton, Canada.
SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS OFFERS SEARS POINT NAMING RIGHTS
Speedway Motorsports is reportedly talking to potential naming rights sponsors for the company?s Sears Point track, according to the US investment bank Bear Stern?s `Weekly Pit Stop? update on stock market listed companies involved in motorsports.
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SME EXECUTIVES LEAVE SFX SPORTS GROUP
Edward O'Hara and Gregory Economou, the two principals of brand identity development company, SME Power Branding, have separated from the SFX Sports Group, which acquired the company in 1999.
ATP BUYS ADVERTISING SLOTS
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has been buying advertising slots from the media companies that broadcast its tournaments in a move which it hopes will secure advertising space for its major sponsors such as Mercedez-Benz.
ROGGE: GERMAN OLYMPIC BID `HAS EVERYTHING GOING FOR IT?
Germany has a good chance of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, according to newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge.
BRITISH EUROSPORT SIGNS US OPEN TENNIS DEAL
Satellite channel British Eurosport has secured the live television rights to the US Open tennis tournament held at Flushing Meadow in a new four-year deal.
PSN TO BROADCAST LATIN AMERICAN SOCCER CUP COMPETITIONS
Latin American pay-TV sports network PSN is to broadcast more than 100 matches from two of the region?s soccer tournaments ? the Copa Mercosur and the Copa Merconorte.
SKY SPORTS WINS PRODUCTION CONTRACT FOR PREMIERSHIP PPV
The English Premier League has awarded the production contract for its 40 pay-per-view (PPV) soccer matches to satellite broadcaster Sky Sports in a deal reported to be worth around #2.5 million ($3.54m) a year.
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PRESIDENT CLINGS ON TO COPA AMERICA HOPES
A mystery bombing campaign means Colombia could lose South America's biggest soccer tournament and deal a blow to President Andres Pastrana's attempts to show progress in his quest for peace.
IS THERE LIFE FOR BROADBAND AFTER QUOKKA?
Last month, Quokka Sports Inc, which had been broadcasting live sporting events over the internet, joined the ranks of dot-com companies to suspend operations, citing ?circumstances beyond our control.''
WWF SIGNS NEW TV DEALS IN KEY MARKETS
The World Wrestling Federation has secured new television agreements in Europe, Asia and Australia, increasing the number of countries broadcasting WWF programming to 150.
NHL ENCOURAGED BY PLAY-OFF RATINGS
TV broadcaster ABC?s five playoff telecasts have averaged a 1.6 rating, an increase of 14 percent over last season?s first five games.
MAYOR BACKS LONDON?S OLYMPIC BID
The mayor of London Ken Livingstone said he would do everything within his powers to help the British Olympic Association (BOA) win a bid for the capital city to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
BROADCASTERS TO BATTLE IT OUT FOR SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER RIGHTS
Pay-TV and terrestrial broadcasters will soon be battling it out to win the rights show live matches and highlights of Scottish soccer Premier League matches after current contracts run out at the end of next season.
BRITISH HORSERACING BOARD ATTACKS RACECOURSE ASSOCIATION
The British Horseracing Board (BHB) yesterday said it was dissatisfied with negotiations currently going on between the Go-Racing consortium and the country?s 59 racecourses about gaining media rights to broadcast horseracing matches for the next 10 years.
ONLY FOUR WORLD CUP GAMES ON TERRESTRIAL TV WARN MP?s
English soccer fans may only be able to watch four of the 64 World Cup games on terrestrial television next year, according to Labour backbenchers John Grogan and Ivor Caplin.