Events

The National Football League (NFL) releases its schedule for the upcoming season today having failed to agree on more flexible programming for its flagship Monday Night Football show.

MLB International and its business partners in Japan will highlight MLB's Japanese-born players on television and with promotional activities in Japan to mark the opening week of the 2002 season.

Nasdaq-listed virtual imaging company Princeton Video Image has closed its acquisition of the assets of the Israel-based SciDel Technologies.

The Football League and the clubs it represents seem to believe they have a God given right to TV revenues, says Joe Cogan, executive editor of internet sports content publisher Sportev.

Bundesliga players are overpaid and salaries will have to fall by up to a fifth, Bayer Leverkusen manager Reiner Calmund has said.

Cablevision Systems Corp has made its own pitch to solve a six-month dispute over the fees being asked to carry Yankees baseball games, but fans would have to pay a premium price set by the cable network that is controlled by the team's owners.

US internet and cable TV company Oxygen Media, which was set up in 1998 to target the women's market, is to cut 20 jobs and reduce its sports programming.

Building society Nationwide has renewed its sponsorship with the English Football Association - signing up to become the latest member of the FA's elite new partner programme.

UK sports investment firm Online Sports & Leisure plc has agreed to buy a 22 percent stake in Sports Network - the boxing promotion and management business of Frank Warren - for an initial £2.8million ($4m/EUR4.5m) payment.

Australian Rugby Union (ARU) managing director John O'Neill has flown back to Britain for another meeting with World Cup officials to further discuss the ongoing issue of joint hosting the event with New Zealand.

CART has completed the restructuring of its communications division.

Atlanta-based company, Immersion Entertainment, LLC, has developed a portable action replay system for fans of the Atlanta Braves baseball team.

UK sports marketing agency, Fast Track, has won the rights to sell national commercial partnerships for two major athletics meetings next year.

Mercedes-Benz and the ATP have renewed their marketing partnership.

The Scotland and Ireland Euro 2008 bid team have appointed Craigie Taylor International and their Scotland based associates RiversGani Communications to manage their International media relations campaign.

Many of the key challenges facing sports sponsors and broadcasters will be brought into sharp focus during a seminar session during this week’s SportelAmerica sports television market in Miami.