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

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.
Business

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.
Business

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.
Business

Great Britain’s chances of hosting the 2005 World Athletics Championships have been dealt another blow according to reports.
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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.
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Heather White has been appointed as the new head of sports sales at marketing and media company Sportsworld Media Group.
Business

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

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.
Events

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.
Business

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.
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Octagon Esedos, the Spanish agency of the sports marketing giant has appointed the son-in-law of King Juan Carlos I of Spain as its new business development manager.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) will try to secure a record TV rights deal with its incumbent broadcast partners, NBC and Turner, when it opens renewal talks at a league meeting on Saturday.
Business

The Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) has signed a major new ten-year sponsorship deal with Carlton & United Breweries (CUB).
Events

The chairman of English Premier League soccer club Ipswich Town, David Sheepshanks, has joined the board of World Snooker as a non-executive director.
Events

Bob Merriman has been named as chairman of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB).
Business

Insurance brand Norwich Union has renewed its title sponsorship of domestic athletics events in the UK in a new deal worth £20million ($29.29m/B
Business

Two of the prime backers in YankeesNet - the soon-to-be-launched regional TV network for the New York baseball franchise - have reportedly pulled their combined $170million (B