Events
UK HORSERACE MEDIA RIGHTS FIGHT HITS FINAL STRETCH
A race for the media rights to British horse racing has neared the finish as the UK's racecourse body met to pick a winner today to take the spoils of what is expected to be a lucrative interactive TV market.
QUOKKA SPORTS CLOSES ACQUISITION OF TOTAL SPORTS
Quokka Sports has successfully completed the acquisition of Total Sports, the sports internet company, following July?s definitive acquisition agreement.
MALAYSIA AMAZED AT LOSING ASIAN GAMES TO QATAR
Malaysian sports officials were dumbfounded after the country lost its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games to Qatar.
VOTERS TO DECIDE ON LAMBEAU FIELD NAMING RIGHTS
Brown County residents will vote this week on a non-binding naming-rights referendum for the 43-year-old Lambeau Field stadium, home to the Green Bay Packers.
REDSKINS BIDDER LOSES $20 MILLION DEPOSIT
A federal judge has ruled that a New York real estate developer, who put down a deposit of $20million in a bid to own the Washington Redskins, has lost his action to recover the sum.
PAY-PER-VIEW Q3 REVENUES SUFFER
US pay-per-view revenues have shown a 47% decrease in the third quarter of this year.
ASHURSTS BRING SUCCESSFUL JUDICIAL REVIEW AGAINST ITC
Ashursts, acting on behalf of TVDanmark, recently brought judicial review proceedings in the Court of Appeal against the Independent Television Commission (ITC).
MURDOCH SON RISES IN NEWS EMPIRE
Lachlan Murdoch, the 29-year-old son of global media baron, Rupert Murdoch has been appointed deputy chief operating officer of News Corp Ltd, the third most senior position in his father?s empire.
ESPN SIGNS UP GOLF EVENT
ESPN is to broadcast live coverage of a major golf tournament in Argentina later this year.
BSKYB SECURES TENNIS TV DEAL
BSkyB has added to its line-up of tennis by securing the rights to this year?s Davis Cup final.
MSG AND YANKEES EXTEND DEADLINE
Negotiations between the New York Yankees and Madison Square Garden Network (MSG) over a new broadcast contract have been postponed beyond the deadline set by the two parties for the beginning of this week.
GAMES ORGANISERS CONFIDENT OF TICKET RECORD
Sydney Games organisers are putting their money on hitting an Olympic record for ticket sales, even before the opening ceremony on Friday.
NETWORK SETS SAIL WITH RACE DEAL
Commercial network ITV has secured an exclusive broadcast deal for the forthcoming Volvo Ocean Race in the UK.
TYSON RETURNS TO US FOR OCTOBER BOUT
Heavyweight Mike Tyson will return to the United States after two fights this year in Britain to face Poland's Andrew Golota on October 20, the promoters have confirmed.
MARCH IN SYDNEY MAY LEAD TO JOINT KOREAN TEAMS
North and South Korea may march together under the Olympic flag at the Sydney Olympics, and that could lead to powerful joint teams in international sporting arenas.
$50M BUYS STADIUM AUSTRALIA NAMING RIGHTS
The naming rights to Sydney?s Olympic stadium have been sold to the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ).
UNIVISION SCORES EXCLUSIVE FIFA WORLD CUP RIGHTS
Univision Communications, the US-based Spanish-language media company, has acquired the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language television rights to broadcast the final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006.
MICHAEL PAGE TO SPONSOR AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL CUP
Michael Page International, the global executive recruitment company, is to become headline sponsor of this year?s Australian Football Cup at the Foster?s Oval on October 7th.