Events
WWF SIGNS ASIAN BROADCAST DEALS
The World Wrestling Federation has signed three new distribution agreements in Asia as part of its strategy to expand programming within the region.
WORLD CUP BUDGET SLICED AS JAPANESE ECONOMY BITES
The World Cup became the latest casualty of Japan's economic slump when organisers said they were slicing $22 million off the budget for the 2002 event.
PREMIER LEAGUE IN $258m TV DEAL
English football?s Premier League has sold its pay-per-view rights for #181m ($258m) to a media consortium made up of British Sky Broadcasting, Ondigital, Telewest and NTL, the Premier League confirmed to sportbusiness.com
IEC RENEWS TV DEAL WITH AMATEUR ATHLETICS
IEC in Sports has renewed its television distribution deal with the European Amateur Athletics Association.
I-CABLE STRENGTHENED BY WORLD CUP/FA CUP RIGHTS
i-Cable, Hong Kong?s dominant cable operator, expect its subscribers to grow from 520,000 to 548,000 by the end of 2001 on the back of its acquisition of World Cup 2002 and the recently secured English FA Cup soccer.
GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS REPRESENT TEXACO HAVOLINE GRAND PRIX
The Houston-based sport-marketing agency Global Productions has been selected as sponsorship agency for the Texaco Havoline Grand Prix of Houston for 2001.
TVNZ SATELLITE SERVICES TO BID FOR PREMIER LEAGUE CARRIAGE DEAL
TVNZ Satellite Services is hopeful it will retain the Premier League global satellite carriage contract when the current three-year contract concludes at the end of the 2000-2001 season.
BEIJING UPBEAT AS OLYMPIC GAMES INSPECTORS END TOUR
China bid farewell to Olympic Games inspectors on Sunday, brushing off human rights concerns and vowing to make Beijing the clean, green and modern city it promised in its bid to host the 2008 Games.
MADRID SET TO LAUNCH 2012 BID
Madrid mayor Jose Maria Alvarez del Manzano is due to make a formal proposal to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games at a meeting with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) today.
LEWIS PROMOTER DISMISSES JULY DATE FOR TYSON FIGHT
Lennox Lewis promoter Panos Eliades has dismissed a suggestion from one of his own associates that the world heavyweight champion will fight Mike Tyson on July 21.
KIRCH PINS PAY-TV WORLD CUP HOPES ON UK LAW
Kirch Group are looking to circumvent laws on listed events in the UK in order to sell 2002 World Cup broadcast rights to British pay-TV operators.
ARENA FOOTBALL SIGNS WTA TOUR EXEC
The Arena Football League's sales and marketing entity Arena Football League Properties (AFLP) has named Marc Lowitz as vice president of Broadcast, New Media and Business Affairs.
AZORIE RECRUITS NEW EVENTS BOSS
Sports sponsorship and marketing agency Azorie Consulting Ltd has appointed Debbie Jarrold as its new events manager.
INVESCO CLOSE TO MILE HIGH DEAL
The Denver Metropolitan Football Stadium District board is expected to approve an offer by Invesco Funds Group to name the new Mile High Stadium Invesco Field at Mile High.
GREEKS YEARN FOR TENDER
Greece is to launch a tender in early February for the construction of the Olympic village for the 2004 Games in Athens.
ROMANIAN SPORTS MARKETER CALLS FOR PRO GYMNASTICS
The head of a leading sport marketing company in Romania has slammed the International Gymnastics Federation (GIF) for failing to allow payment at GIF sanctioned events.
NEWS CORP RETURNS FOXPORTS.COM TO FOX TV
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is to consolidate its digital media unit in the United States with Fox television, leading to ``significant cost savings''.
BEIJING AIMS TO BE CLEAN FOR 2008 OLYMPIC BID
Beijing plans to spend 100 billion yuan ($12.08 billion) cleaning up its heavily polluted air to improve its bid to host the 2008 Olympics, a government minister said on Friday.