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PATRIOTS STADIUM NAMED CMGI FIELD
The New England Patriots have sold the naming rights to their new stadium to internet conglomorate CMGI in exchange for at least $114 million over 15 years. The stadium will be called CMGI Field.
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.
OCTAGON SIGNS UP WORLD CUP CITIES FOR NEW OFFICE
Octagon Marketing ? a division of sports marketing giant Octagon ? is opening an office in Seoul, Korea.
GLOBAL INTERNET TV CHANNEL TO LAUNCH THIS AUTUMN.
A new 24-hour free-to-view Internet television channel will launch later this year.
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.
INMOTION GETS INTERACTIVE FOR X-GAMES
InMotion Technologies has created an interactive web page for the X-Games 2000.
BIDS IN FOR ATHENS OLYMPIC VILLAGE
Five bids have been submitted in the tender for the appointment of a technical consultant for the construction of the Olympic Village, the Athens 2004 Organising Committee have said.
OCTAGON MOVES IN ON CIS
Sports marketing giant Octagon, has taken a substantial equity position in Consultants In Sport (CIS), a leading sports marketing company in Belgium and Holland.
CELTIC TO WEBCAST UEFA CUP MATCH
Celtic?s UEFA Cup match against AS La Jeunesse D?Esch from Luxembourg will be webcast live on Celtic?s official site, www.celticfc.co.uk.
HAND-HELD, BIG SCREEN TV SALES SOAR AHEAD OF GAMES
The Sydney Olympics has set off a boom in sales of hand-held and big screen television sets to allow people to watch events away from home.
FUTBOL DE PRIMERA SIGNS WORLD CUP DEAL
Futbol de Primera has been awarded the exclusive US Spanish language radio broadcast rights for the next two FIFA World Cups.
IEC SERVES UP NEW TV DEAL
IEC in Sports has signed a three year deal with the International Table Tennis Federation.
UK GETS CROWN JEWEL SPORTS PROTECTION
The European Commission has backed a UK government pledge forcing broadcasters to screen the UK?s major sports events on free-to-air television.
AEVC SIGNS JOCKEY CLUB DEAL
American Environmental Corporation (AEVC) has completed a contract with the Jockey Club de Pernambuco RS in Brazil for the exclusive operation of simulcast transmission of international sports/racing events.
KUALA LUMPAR 2006 BID TEAM VISITS IRAN.
A delegation of the Kuala Lumpur 2006 Asian Games bidding committee has arrived in Iran for a three-day campaigning visit.
NICKELODEON AND NFL TEAM UP FOR KIDS SHOW
Nickelodeon GAS (Games and Sports for Kids) is presenting a new NFL show aimed at children.
RTE WINS RIGHTS TO SIX NATIONS RUGBY
Irish public television broadcaster RTE has seen off a rival bid from satellite giant BSkyB to clinch the television rights to the Six Nations rugby tournament.
$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).