Events

Australia?s Ten Network and sports graphics company Pineapplehead Ltd will broadcast a virtual Melbourne Cup race before the officially gets underway next month.

Inspired by the success of the Lifetime women's cable channel, the USA Network has begun screening TV movies and mini-series on Saturday afternoons as an alternative to the sports programming on broadcast networks.

Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis has sacked a senior 2004 Athens Games organiser for publicly squabbling with a minister a day after the premier had called for restraint.

NTL has pulled out of a multi-million dollar deal to broadcast English Premier League soccer matches on a pay-per-view basis.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced that the Men's World Open rights and title for the years 2001-2005 have been granted to Procam International.

Sky Sports and CISCO Systems have joined forced for the sponsorship and development of Sky Sports? on-screen graphics.

Sky and talkSPORT have signed the inaugural total broadcast sponsorship deal, allowing online and digital betting in the UK.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. (WWFE) has signed distribution deals with Bulgarian, Japanese and Russian TV companies in an effort to expand its Asian and Eastern European audiences.

Ashursts, acting on behalf of TVDanmark, recently brought judicial review proceedings in the Court of Appeal against the Independent Television Commission (ITC).

Following a starring role at the Sydney Olympics, Goodyear is parting company with its famous blimp.

U>DIRECT, the UK-based independent pay-per-view broadcaster, has hailed last night?s coverage of the Finland versus England soccer World Cup qualifier as a ?very successful evening?.

A French TV crew was ejected from the Swisscom Challenge on Wednesday, after harassing Anna Kournikova.

Forbes.com has estimated that Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was already the leading earner in sport ? even before his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix last Sunday.

The Sydney Olympic Games represented the largest peacetime communications project in Australia?s history, according to the communications network that handled the traffic.

Auckland Warriors, the cash-strapped New Zealand rugby league team, is to be snapped up by Auckland-based entrepreneur Eric Watson.

Rising appearance fees and a declining local economy could mean fewer professional golf tournaments in Australia, according to The Australian Golf Union (AGU).