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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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DUNDEE CLUBS BID FOR 2008 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Scottish soccer clubs Dundee and Dundee United have jointly submitted a multi-million pound bid to become a Euro 2008 venue should the tournament be awarded to Scotland.
BUBKA SET TO CLEAR NEW HEIGHT IN SPORT’S BOARDROOM
World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.
`NO EUROPEAN OLYMPIC GAMES UNTIL 2016?
Alfredo Goyeneche, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, says the Olympic Games will not return to Europe until 2016.
ATP TURNS TO WPP FOR HELP
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has hired the chief executive of advertising giant WPP and the chairman of Australian telecommunications company Telesra, to help sell its marketing and media rights following the collapse of its former commercial partner, ISL.
LIONSTOUR.COM A HIT WITH RUGBY FANS, SAYS SPORTAL
The official website for the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, Lionstour.com, attracted over 10 million page impressions during the tour.
ESPN TO SELL MULTIMEDIA AD PACKAGES
Sports network ESPN is to sell advertising packages covering a variety of media platforms for eight of its major sports events broadcast next season.
FOX CHOOSE TELEGLOBE TO SCREEEN NFL EUROPE
Teleglobe Broadcast Services have been selected by News Corps units Fox Digital and Fox Sports to provide digital video transmission of National Football League Europe games to North American viewers on Fox Sports, Fox Sports Net and DirectTV.
PROMOTION VITAL TO FINANCES, SAYS SOCCER CLUB
Birmingham City, the UK?s Nationwide League soccer club, said it must secure promotion to the Premier League next season to prevent it from financial ruin.
COLOMBIA GETS COPA AMERICA GREEN LIGHT
South American soccer authorities have said that there had never been any doubt that this year's Copa America would be held in Colombia, one of the world's most violent countries.
GO RACING SNAPS UP REMAINING UK COURSES
The battle to gain media coverage of horseracing events in the UK moved closer to being resolved today after the Go Racing consortium, which is made up of BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, signed up the remaining racecourses it needed to finalise its horseracing media rights deal.
BSKYB GAINS INTERACTIVE ADVANTAGE
The UK government has accepted terms offered by British Sky Broadcasting Plc (BSkyB), which will allow the British satellite TV group to take over the Open interactive TV platform it operates.
ESPN STAR SPORTS EXPANDS ITS ASIAN FEED
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) will develop its broadcast feeds in Asia with the addition of the Philippines.
BRITISH HORSE TRIALS ASSOCIATION LOSING $144,000 A MONTH
The British Horse Trials Association, the promoters and organisers of show jumping, dressage and cross-country events, is losing about #100,000 ($144,000) a month because of the foot and mouth crisis.
EUROPEAN COMPANIES TO BE GOODWILL GAMES TIMERS
European high tech firms WIGE MIC and Swiss Timing will be the official timers at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia.
GOLFER SIGNS NETWORK SPONSORSHIP DEAL
F2 Broadcast Network has signed an endorsement deal with PGA Tour member Brian Gay.
SUPERMARKET CHIEF JOINS SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS
Speedway Motorsports has elected North Carolina businessman Tom E. Smith to the company's Board of Directors.
VTV SPEEDS TO MOTOGP CONTRACT
VTV has been awarded the contract to produce the UK?s Channel 5?s live coverage of the MotoGP World Motorcycle Racing Championships for 2001.