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Business

S:COMM, the Stockholm-based market research compnay, has agreed a partnership with Lynne Anderson Consulting Group in Sydney, Australia. The group will add S:Comm?s Spindex monitoring service to its value-added services for brand exposure evaluation during spring 2000.
Business

ISL Worldwide has signed Orad Hi-Tec Systems to provide Orad's IMadGINE virtual advertising for the Tennis Masters Series TV coverage. This is the first time that Orad will be providing virtual advertising to an ISL premium event.
Events

Soccer club Manchester United is understood to be considering hiving off its multi-media division, focused around its manutd.com website, according to a report in the UK?s Guardian newspaper.
Business

John Krimsky, former deputy secretary general and managing director business affairs of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), has been named president of YankeeNets Properties and chief marketing officer of YankeeNets, the completed merger between the Yankees, New Jersey Nets and the recently affiliated New Jersey Devils.
Events

Athletics chiefs plan to hand out gold bars to the winners of their Golden League series this year although the value of the jackpot has been halved.
Events

Broadband television portal Yes Television has signed an exclusive sports video on demand content agreement with Trans World International (TWI).
Events

Hal Whiteford has been appointed to the newly created post of President of Racing at CART Inc., sanctioning body for the FedEx Championship Series.
Business

UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has signed a one-year deal worth #4m with StepStone, the European online recruitment agency, giving StepStone broadcast sponsorship of all sport coverage on Channel 4.
Events

Sportsco International, the new owner of the Toronto SkyDome, has signed Usherpro to provide their internet ticketing system for luxury suite and club seat holders.
Business

ESPN has announced its X Games franchise is to undergo a major expansion ? which include staging several events annually around the globe.
Events

South Africa has invited African soccer greats Abedi Pele of Ghana and Cameroon's Roger Milla to be ambassadors for their 2006 World Cup bid.
Events

The European Commission is today expected to approve the DM2.9bn tie-up between UK and German pay-TV groups, BSkyB and Premiere World, reports The Financial Times.
Business

Last Wednesday?s Champions League match between Manchester United and Fiorentina attracted 10 million viewers - or 43% of the national audience - for the UK?s commercial terrestrial channel, ITV.
Events

Galaxy Latin America has signed a deal to broadcast the Ultimate Fighting Championship to Latin America and the Caribbean on its satellite service DirecTV
Events

Thousands of ordinary Australians have the chance to go to the Sydney Olympics after missing out on tickets when organisers secretly siphoned off the best seats to the wealthy.
Business

NFL International managing director Doug Quinn is the latest high-profile sports sector executive to confirm his participation at Sport Business 2000, the prestige conference organised by Sport Business International and Dow Jones.
Events

Emergency repairs are needed at the Sydney Olympics swimming venue after engineers discovered at least six structural faults which threatened the safety of construction workers.
Business

Newsweek has signed with ISL Worldwide as an inaugural presenting partner for the Tennis Masters Series, the elite series on the ATP Tour.