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BREAKING NEWS: KIRCH ASKS UK AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE SALE OF WORLD CUP TV RIGHTS
The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that it has received a letter from Prisma - the sports rights subsidiary of German media giant KirchGruppe ? demanding an investigation into the sale of television rights for the soccer World Cup.
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PREMIUM TV LAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL SOCCER INITIATIVE
Premium TV, the sports rights and content internet and broadcast subsidiary wholly-owned by UK cable firm NTL, has launched Footee.net ? a soccer-based educational website.
CELTIC BROADBAND PPV `A SUCCESS?
Scottish Premier League soccer champions Celtic have hailed a trial pay-per-view broadband broadcast a success ? despite just 30 percent of broadband subscribers watching the game.
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BIGHORN FAILS TO PRODUCE THE GOODS
US television ratings for the exhibition matchplay golf tournament dubbed the `Battle of Bighorn? were disappointing for host broadcaster ABC.
KIRCH STILL HOPING FOR PAY-TV RIGHTS DEAL
Despite the UK test case ruling in the House of Lords last week that set a precedent that the soccer World Cup in 2002 must be broadcast on terrestrial television if at all, rights holder Kirch has still not given up hope of interest from a pay-TV operator.
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LENNOX SIGNS WITH KING
Boxing promoter Don King said British boxer Lennox Lewis has signed a contract with him to challenge WBC and IBF world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman to a rematch.
90 PERCENT OF BEIJING POPULATION WATCH OLYMPIC VOTE
Ninety percent of the population of Beijing tuned into the broadcast of the Olympic vote on the host city for the 2008 Games which saw the Chinese capital emerge victorious.
PGA TOUR PAID $900M FOR TV RIGHTS, SAYS REPORT
The PGA Tour will receive about $900 million from six US broadcast and a cable networks to show its tournaments from 2003 though 2007, according to The Wall Street Journal.
INDY 500 SCORES RATINGS INCREASE
US broadcaster ABC?s TV audience for last Sunday?s instalment of the Indianapolis 500 was up 18 per cent on the previous year?s rain-delayed race, scoring a 5.3 rating with a 14 per cent market share.
EXCLUSIVE SPORTS BROADCAST RIGHTS AND FAIR DEALING
Writing exclusively for sportbusiness.com, Tom Simpson, a member of UK law firm Ashurst Morris Crisp's Communications Media and Technology group, explains how legal principles of `fair dealing? operate to safeguard exclusive sports broadcast rights.
BEIJING BANKS ON BILLION DOLLAR GAMES BOOST
Beijing expects to receive revenues of $1.625bn from hosting the 2008 Olympic Games if its bid is successful, Jiang Xiaoyu, vice-chairman of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Committee has said.
SETBACK FOR TOBACCO SPONSORS
Tobacco advertising for sports events such as Formula One could be a thing of the past by 2003 if the European Parliament gets its way.
ATHENS SIGNS OLYMPIC BROADCAST SPONSORSHIP DEAL
Athens 2004 Olympic Games organisers (ATHOC) said on Monday Greek state broadcaster ERT had signed a sponsorship deal for the Games worth 5.7bn drachmas ($14.6m).
RAHMAN FAVOURS HBO/LEWIS DEAL, SAYS REPORT
Hasim Rahman could make a surprise first defence of his world title against former champion Lennox Lewis on HBO rather than fight Mike Tyson on Showtime as most media experts had predicted.
MAKATI PREPARES BID FOR SEA GAMES
Makati City, the Philippines? chief financial district, will bid to host the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.
INDIAN CRICKET SPONSORSHIP BIDS "NOT SATISFACTORY"
The four bids so far submitted for the sponsorship of the Indian cricket team are not satisfactory, the treasurer of the country's cricket board (BCCI) has said.
LADBROKES PROFITS RISE BY 30 PER CENT
UK based bookmakers Ladbroke saw its profits rise by 30 per cent for the three months to March 31, compared with the equivalent period last year.
INMOTION RE-BRANDS AS DARTFISH
Broadcast technology innovator InMotion Technologies decided to change its name to Dartfish.