Events
Events

Rights fees for the major sports properties are set to keep on rising ? according to a panel of experts at the SportBusiness 2000 conference.
Events

Time differences between the host country of major sporting events and the major TV markets do not impact heavily on broadcaster values, according to panelists at the Sport Business 2000 Conference.
Business

A U.S. federal judge stripped heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis of his World Boxing Association (WBA) title on Wednesday for agreeing to fight Michael Grant instead of the higher-ranked John Ruiz.
Business

Snider Capital has secured an additional investment of $1.22 million in Virtual Spectator, the live internet sports channel based in New Zealand.
Business

ISL have confirmed a sub-licensing agreement with the Portugal?s commercial free-to air broadcaster SIC for live and exclusive television coverage for the Tennis Masters and the Tennis Masters Cup in Portugal.
Events

The NBA Board of Governors have approved new owners for the Dallas Mavericks, Vancouver Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets.
Business

The head of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) has appealed to world football's governing body to let Africa host the 2006 World Cup.
Business

Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers have named Pepsi the `Official Soft Drink of Comerica Park? as part of a new, multiyear agreement.
Events

Sky Sports has launched its new look sports news and information service to subscribers to its UK digital service ? Skysports.comTV.
Business

On the day that News Corps and Vivendi have proposed a joint shareholding of their digital businesses, European media big-hitters Bertelsmann, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert and Pearson (PTV) have agreed to merge CLT-UFA, Europe's leading commercial television and radio broadcaster, with Pearson Television, the independent television production company.
Business

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) has decided upon a new European broadcast strategy for the 2000 FedEx Championships Series season.
Events

Manchester United?s club television channel ? MUTV ? has been launched in Scandinavia, giving fans in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland the ability to subscribe to the digital broadcast.
Business

The China Rally has been removed from the 2000 world championship calendar at an International Automobile Federation (FIA) hearing.
Business

American General, a leading US financial services organisation, and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) have signed a multi-year marketing partnership, making American General a sponsor of the WNBA.
Business

Pepsi will be the soft drink of choice for three Chicago sports franchises. Agreements with the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, and United Center begin September 1, 2000. An agreement with the Chicago White Sox begins November 1, 2000.
Business

Broadband Sports has been selected as the new designer, producer and manager of the official Dallas Cowboys Web site.
Events

Smaller Premier League clubs were ? railroaded? into signing some aspects of yesterday?s broadcast tender agreement, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper.
Events

The battle for one of the world's hottest broadcast deals kicked off on Monday when England's top 20 soccer clubs set terms for the sale of their lucrative Premier League screening rights.