Events
Snowtime gets makeover
Italian sports marketing firm Media Partners has revamped its winter sports portal just ahead of this weekend’s Ski World Cup.
T-Mobile signs up for Euro 2004
Communications firm T-Mobile has become the eighth firm to sign up as a major sponsor for the UEFA 2004 European Football Championship, which takes place in Portugal next summer.
Millennium Stadium takes control
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff has brought the responsibility for promotions and events of the 74,500 seater, multi-facility venue in-house.
Ladbrokes leaps ITC hurdle
Bookmaker Ladbrokes has become the first ever programme sponsor of digital channel Attheraces live racing coverage.
Copy claims over Qatar races
The new series of international sailing events based in and around Qatar have been labelled as "thinly disguised copies" of an existing concept in an angry retort to the series' launch last week.
Economy runs up $6m boost
The IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, staged in the UK earlier this year, resulted in a $6.18m (EUR5.31m) financial boost to the local economy, according to figures released today by UK Sport, the organisation responsible for co-ordinating major events in the UK.
The Week Ahead
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In Demand signs HD deal with NBA
In Demand Networks has signed a multi-year deal with the NBA to transmit both the high-definition and standard-definition signals of NBA TV to carriers of the league's network.
Women’s World Cup final hits TV high
The Women's World Cup soccer final between Germany and Sweden set TV ratings records in both countries.
GEM wins BG Group yacht account
UK agency the GEM Group has won the account handling contract for energy supplier BG Group's yacht sponsorship in the fourth Global Challenge race.
TWI agrees Sky cricket deal
TWI, the TV subsidiary of sports marketing giant IMG, has agreed a five-year deal with UK pay-TV network Sky Sports to produce the coverage of West Indies' international cricket.
Blatter extends term to 2007
Sepp Blatter will remain FIFA president until 2007 after a meeting of the soccer governing body's Extraordinary Congress agreed to extend his term by an extra year.
BSkyB swoops for Heineken Cup
UK pay-TV platform BSkyB has dramatically sealed an exclusive TV deal for the European Rugby Cup properties, including the Heineken Cup, after tabling a last minute bid for the rights package, sportbusiness.com can reveal.
WRC to take Channel 4 to court?
A scheduling feud between the World Rally Championships and UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 looks set to spill over into the courts.
Sportvision renews Fox Sports deal
Interactive sports marketing firm Sportvision has renewed an enhanced agreement with US broadcaster Fox Sports.
Super League final a sell-out
Rugby league in the UK is on a high with the Tetley's Super League Grand Final a sell-out for the first time in the event's history.
Bud teams up with Everton
Budweiser has signed a new sponsorship deal with English Premier League club Everton.
Octagon moves into Portugal
Octagon has announced the opening of a new office in Portugal, which will operate as part of its Spanish operations, Octagon Esedos.