Events

The UK government has accepted terms offered by British Sky Broadcasting Plc (BSkyB), which will allow the British satellite TV group to take over the Open interactive TV platform it operates.

US internet company Logictier, which designs and manages internet web sites, has pulled out of its web hosting deal for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

The Professional Bowlers Association has signed a three-year broadcasting agreement with ESPN, giving the bowling tour its first consistent television presence since its contract with ABC Sports ended in 1997.

FA chief executive Adam Crozier?s position has come under pressure over the weekend as the fallout from the Wembley stadium fiasco continues to spread.

Racecourse and media group Arena Leisure Plc said today its Go Racing consortium had signed sufficient UK racecourses to advance with its plans to control TV rights for horse racing in Britain.

The German city of Dusseldorf wants to stage the World Team Cup tennis tournament until 2007, organisers have said.

Global Spectrum, the Philadelphia-based venue management company, has acquired Front Row Marketing Services, which specialises in sales and marketing services for sports and entertainment facilities, including naming rights, premium seating sales, and venue advertising and sponsorship opportunities.

The Australian Olympic Committee members may be getting big pay rises this year to reward them for the ?best ever Olympic games?, but Stadium Australia Group, the builders of the A$690m ($351.7m) Aussie national stadium, has seen its share price tumble since the end of the games to A$0.10 ($0.05) from A$0.5 ($0.3).

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.

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.

Media Content and the Sportel Organisation, owner and organiser of the popular sports broadcasting events in Monaco and Miami are launching an online marketplace.

English soccer club Ipswich Town has signed a club record breaking three-year #4 million ($5.7m) sponsorship deal with Ipswich-based utility TXU Europe.

The television ratings for the NASCAR Winston Cup have risen this year following the switch to new host broadcaster Fox Sports. The first quarter of races in the 2001 series averaged a rating of 6.8, up 39% on the same period the previous year.

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said broadcasters would not have a say in where to base a fourth Super 12 team if a franchise gets approval this year.

Africa?s poor safety record which has seen 50 soccer spectators killed in separate incidents in less than a month could undermine plans to stage the World Cup in the continent for the first time in 2010.

Makati City, the Philippines? chief financial district, will bid to host the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.