Events

The National Basketball Development League (NBDL) is broadening the reach of its television coverage following a deal with Fox Sports Net South.

SportsMediaRights.com, an online sports rights marketplace, and Iacto AB, an online marketplace for broadcast services, have agreed to a strategic partnership to offer both services to their clients.

SportsMediaRights.com, the online sports rights marketplace powered by sport media specialists Media Content, has signed a strategic partnership deal with Iacto.

Media analysts have described the idea of rival Major League Baseball (MLB) teams following the example of the New York Yankees by setting up their own regional TV networks as ‘a risk’.

FIFA, the soccer world's governing body, has appointed Zenith Media’s new sponsorship research division, Sponsorship Intelligence, to provide a wide ranging research programme for its international events.

Extreme Group's Extreme Sports Channel has launched in France.

Leo Hindery, CEO of the proposed Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network, has recruited several former co-workers from media firms AT&T Broadband and GlobalCenter to form the managment team of the new venture.

Organisers of an auto convention that has complicated plans to change the date of the Super Bowl say they would consider a payoff from the NFL.

The gradual shift of the content of the US network CNN/Sports Illustrated (CNN/SI) from a sports news format towards more live event programming has led to the broadcaster adding over 1 million subscribers to its proposition during the summer.

Great Britain’s chances of hosting the 2005 World Athletics Championships have been dealt another blow according to reports.

Athens 2004 Olympic organisers will propose a new, tougher security plan to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team visiting Greece this week in the wake of the air attacks on the US.

Heather White has been appointed as the new head of sports sales at marketing and media company Sportsworld Media Group.

Emirates Airlines have announced the end of their sponsorship of racing’s World Series.

US satellite TV platform DirecTV will be allowed to air the WWF ‘Unforgiven’ pay-per-view event this Sunday despite contract renewal talks between the two parties for regular delivery of the content remaining unresolved.

YankeeNets LLC, the soon to be launched regional TV network for the New York Yankees, has hired the experienced John Fillippelli as head of production.

The European Commission is seeking further assurances on the proposed merger of RTL Group, Vivendi Universal and Group Jean-Claude Darmon (Darmon, pictured) after concerns the move will stifle competition.