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Video-on-demand (VOD) specialist Yes is to launch a new dedicated sports channel in the UK.
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The BBC licked its wounds on Thursday after losing television rights to England's top-flight soccer but the government said it would not cough up more money for the public broadcaster.
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Be Here, a US provider of internet video technology, and FOX Sports Net have teamed up to explore ways of adapting internet technology to live sports television production.
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The Scottish Premier League and BBC Scotland have signed a deal to allow supporters worldwide to hear live internet broadcasts of every league game next season.
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Sydney's Olympic organisers (SOCOG) have rejected a plan to discount unsold tickets to this year's Games, angering Australian community and welfare groups.
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Rights to screen English Premier League football for the next three years have fetched #1.6 billion ( $2.4 billion) according to sources closes to the bidding process. The breakdown will be announced at a press conference in London at 6.30pm ( London) today.
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UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has won the rights to broadcast exclusive coverage of the England cricket tour to the West Indies in 2004.
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British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) is expected to land the main prize in the scramble to televise England's Premier League football.
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Octagon CSI?s international television rights contract with the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) has been extended up until 2004.
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The process of bidding for the Premier League rights taking place today could be prolonged should no clear winner emerge from the sealed bids they submit.
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SportsTALK.com, a US provider of in-depth, inside sports news, has formed a strategic partnership with the multimedia entertainment and marketing company College Broadcast.
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The search for a new naming rights sponsor to replace the defunct Pro Player at the Miami Dolphins? stadium could involve the sale of a stake in the franchise.
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Tele-Cine, the London-based TV post production and broadcast facility, has signed a five-year downlink contract with Fox Sports International.
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Germany's top television channel, RTL has bought the coveted free-to-air rights to Champions League soccer from September for the next three seasons.
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Skybusiness the UK commercial digital TV service for pub and club subscribers has added British Eurosport to its package.
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Bank One has been named the official bank for one of the Women's National Basketball Association's newest franchises - the Indiana Fever.
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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.
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The European Commission has approved Euro 2000's ticket sales policy, just two days before the tournament kicks off in Brussels.