Events

Video-on-demand (VOD) firm Yes Television ? which hopes to become one of the leaders in on-demand sport ? has formed a joint venture with Sky Vision Corporation.

Athletics Australia has appointed ActiveTV as its agent in selling international television rights of Athletics Australia events including the forthcoming Telstra Athletics Trials and next year's Grand Prix Series.

TearDrop Professional Golf Tour, a wholly owned subsidiary of TearDrop Golf Company, and the American Senior Golf Association (ASGA) have teamed-up to present the $100,000 Two Tour Challenge.

Golf champion Tiger Woods has been summoned to appear before a Screen Actors Guild trial board to explain why he shot a car commercial during the union's strike against the advertising industry.

Ticket Plus, an affiliate of Tickets.com, and the University of Hawaii Athletic Department have confirmed that tickets for Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine sports, as well as special events, will soon be available via the internet under a new agreement.

The 2001 British Speedway Grand Prix will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

A new 24-hour soccer channel will be launched this year for the Asian market with the content initially available to audiences in Greater China, Hong Kong and Bejing.

International Olympic Committee's top marketers on have predicted record television viewing levels for next month's Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, insisting the movement has recovered from the Salt Lake City scandal.

PayForView.com, integrated on-line and off-line entertainment company, has acquired the internet broadcast rights to two international soccer games: The USA woman's championship team versus. Norway on July 30th and the Benfica versus Liverpool game on August 5th.

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..

InMotion Technologies has just announced a partnership with NBC Quokka Ventures to produce VideoFinish/ SimulCam broadcast images for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has awarded full broadcast rights for radio and television to the home World Cup qualifiers involving Angola, Cameroon and Libya to Indicom Sports and Events management through Winners World Wide Sports International Zambia Limited.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in conjunction with Lisbon-based Regino Cruz Arquitectos e Consultores (RCAC) has been awarded first prize in a design competition for the new Algarve Stadium in Faro, Portugal, amongst eight short-listed proposals. The winning team also includes Sport Concepts, the UK-based specialists in stadium design.

Video-on-demand company Yes Television ? which boasts a range of sporting events ? has appointed two senior executives to lead the development of its Asian operation.

Sportasia.com, the Asian internet sports content producer, syndicator and distributor, has appointed Ikuya Tanaka of Dentsu?s Sports Marketing Division as a board director.

Greece's building sector may have to consolidate if profit margins shrink when the wealth of projects related to the Athens 2004 Olympics dries up.