Events
KINGSTON MEDIASTREAM WINS PRE-SPORTEL CONTRACTS
Sportel exhibitors, Kingston MediaSTream, the international satellite and broadcast arm of the Kingston Communications Group, has won two major international contracts.
SKY SIGNS SPEEDWAY TV DEAL
The UK?s Sky Sports channel has signed a five-year deal with the British Speedway Promoters? Association for the broadcast rights to all British Speedway.
HORSE RACING GETS GO-AHEAD
Michigan Racing commissioner Annette M. Bacola has signed orders authorizing 606 days of live horse racing for 2001.
WELLINGTON APPLAUDS WETSPACTRUST STADIUM
Wellington Rugby Football Union in New Zealand has reported an outstanding year for the new WestpacTrust Stadium constructed on Wellington's waterfront.
SQUASH SIGNS $10m SPONSORSHIP DEAL
The Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA) has entered into an eight-year deal with Fablon Investments which is worth more than $10m to the women's game.
MILE HIGH NAMING RIGHTS HOPES DASHED
The sale of naming rights to the Denver Broncos? new stadium has hit a snag amid growing opposition at plans to drop its existing name.
AUSTRALIA COLLECTS $1.4BN FROM SYDNEY OLYMPICS
Australia has benefited to the tune of $1.4billion from Olympic-based income during September, pushing the trade balance into surplus for the first time in three years.
NBA SIGNS BROADCASTING DEALS IN JAPAN AND TURKEY
The NBA has reached a television agreement with Digiturk (Turkey) to launch a 24-hour basketball channel and has renewed its agreement with NHK (Japan) to include a 60-minute programme on NHK?s terrestrial channel.
BETTING ON CRICKET HAS BECOME MAJOR RACKET, SAYS REPORT
Betting on cricket has become one of India's biggest organised rackets both in terms of money and volume of deals, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report into match-fixing.
SWEDISH PROBE INTO `BRIBE? CLAIMS OVER OLYMPIC BID
The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.
QXL LAUNCHES AUCTION TV SITE
European online auction house QXL.com Plc has launched QXL.tv to deliver live auction programming via television and the internet.
SRi REPORTS ON YEAR?S MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS
Research agency, Sponsorship Research International (SRi), has reproduced figures suggesting that this summer?s Euro 2000 soccer tournament was rated only marginally less important by respondents than the Olympic Games.
BARCELONA FC BUYS WEMBLEY MEMORABILIA
Barcelona FC bought up chunks of Wembley history in a memorabilia auction which raised more than #25,000 ($36,300), organisers said.
IAAF REVEALS TV EXPOSURE INCREASES
IAAF president Lamine Diack has revealed the extent of athletics? growth as a television property - and announced the dates of the major events of the international athletics calendar 2001.
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.
SUBWAY SERIES FAILS TO DELIVER RATINGS PROMISE
Television ratings for the ?Subway Series? between the Mets and New York Yankees have ended up being the lowest in World Series history.
?SUBWAY SERIES? FAILS TO BUCK RATINGS DECLINE
New Yorkers tuned in to the ?Subway Series? in their millions - generating 25 percent higher ratings in the nation's biggest market than last year- but the Yankees 4-1 defeat of the Mets has not pulled in viewers from other large cities.
MCDONALD?S TO QUIT AFL
The Australian Football League (AFL) is creating a new sponsorship structure, which could result in the exit of McDonald?s as a sponsorship partner.