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WNBA TV EXTRAGANZA
This year?s WNBA Championship featuring a best-of-three game series between New York Liberty and the Houston Comets, will be broadcast to 154 countries and in 22 different languages.
SYDNEY OPENS BIGGEST MEDIA CENTRE EVER
The organisers of the Sydney Summer Games have already set one record, the largest media centre in Olympic history.
VPN BROADCAST GLOBAL AUDIO OF NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
VPN Communications Corporation broadcast audio of the NFL "Monday Night Football" game on the internet last night.
MANAGER BLAST AT PAY-PER-VIEW DEAL
The manager of the England national soccer side has hit out over a deal to sell domestic TV rights of an upcoming World Cup qualifier to a pay-per-view channel.
SAITAMA STADIUM BID DECLARED VOID
The Saitama prefectural government has decided to repeat invitations for tenders to build the main stadium for the 2004 national athletic meet in Kumagaya, following alleged collusion in the initial bidding process.
UKTV PROPOSES SPORTS CHANNEL LAUNCH.
BBC/Telewest commercial joint-venture UKTV is considering plans to launch a commercial sports channel to compete with the dedicated sports channels on BskyB and its digital platform SKYdigital..
SPONSOR CREATES FREE FUN FOR CRICKET FANS
Holiday firm and co-sponsor of the West Indies cricket tour of the UK, Sandals, in conjunction with Channel 4 Television, are bringing a taste of Caribbean holiday spirit to the UK this summer.
FORMULA1.COM PARTNERS BETZONE.COM
Formula1.com - the most popular web site covering the FIA Formula1 World Championship ? has formed a partnership with Betzone.com to provide a variety of betting propositions to Formula1 fans.
FILA RENEWS TENNIS SPONSORSHIP
Fila USA has renewed its agreement with the USTA as official footwear and tennis apparel sponsor of the 2000 U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
GERMANY & ENGLAND CELEBRATE CART DEALS
In twin announcements in London and Berlin, officials of the CART FedEx Championship Series announced the debut of Champ Cars on ovals in Britain and Germany in September 2001.
JAPANESE TV CO?S EYE 2002 WORLD CUP RIGHTS
Japanese broadcast companies, including pay-TV companies, are ready to pay the highest amount ever committed to a Japanese televised sports event for the right to broadcast the World Cup 2002.
CANAL PLUS POLISH UP NEW RIGHTS DEAL
Canal Plus Polska ? the Polish satellite channel of French pay-television giant Canal Plus ? has signed a new rights deal for domestic soccer.
ENVOY TO DISCUSS TAIWAN, BEIJING CO-HOSTING FOR 2008 GAMES.
A representative of Taiwan?s Olympic Committee is to meet mainland China?s sports officials to discuss the feasibility of Taipei co-sponsoring the 2008 Olympics with Beijing.
CHOICE SPORTS NETWORK RESCINDS CRICMANIA.COM MERGER
Gary Newman, the newly elected president and CEO of Choice Sports Network, has rescinded the company?s agreement to acquire www.cricmania.com and has accepted the resignation of Atul Mehta as president and director of the company.
YES SET TO LAUNCH VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SPORTS CHANNEL
Video-on-demand (VOD) specialist Yes is to launch a new dedicated sports channel in the UK.
SILVERSTONE CREATES COMMERCIAL ARM TO COMPETE IN TRACK WARS
The owners of Silverstone motor racing circuit, current home of the British Formula One Grand Prix, have formed of a new company to promote and run events.
EURO 2000 SET FOR BRITISH BETTING BONANZA
British fans are set to bet more than #100 million pounds ($149m) on Euro 2000, making it the world's biggest single sports betting event, bookmakers Ladbrokes said on Friday.
BASEBALL LOOKS TO DOUBLE ITS TV MONEY
A bidding war for the broadcast rights to Major League Baseball is set to flare into life as existing deals fizzle out at the end of the current season.