Events
Sportvision teams up with Dartfish
Sports technology group Sportvision has joined forces with its counterpart Dartfish to market, sell and operate Dartfish's broadcast technology in North America.
Verizon new title sponsor of indoor event
Communications firm Verizon has signed up as title sponsor of the world's oldest indoor track meet - the Millrose Games.
Salt Lake: One month away
Salt Lake City is just one month away from hosting a Winter Olympic Games like no other.
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Germany's Krombacher Brewery has become the new title sponsor of international luge event the Challenge Cup.
Eurosport opens Madrid sales office
Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has opened a sales operation in Madrid.
Darts faces an uncertain 2002
The split in darts is no closer to narrowing in 2002 as players continue to make the difficult choice of remaining loyal to the incumbent British Darts Organisation (BDO) or Barry Hearn's Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
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Steve Flanagan has been appointed as vice president of corporate alliances for Clear Channel Entertainment, owners of the SFX Sports Group.
Derby County to launch digital radio station
Next week will see English Premier League club Derby County become the fourth team after Southampton, Chelsea and Aston Villa to launch its first ever regional digital radio station.
Liverpool’s online experiment
English Premier League soccer club Liverpool is set to broadcast its first full game over the internet.
Poll result: Sectors set for new year boom
The new year promises a boom period for stadium naming rights and interactive TV, according to hundreds of industry experts taking part in our online poll.
Disney scores World Cup deal
The Walt Disney Company-owned networks ABC and ESPN have won the US rights to broadcast the next two World Cups and Major League Soccer (MLS) for the next five years, confirming their predicted long-term interest in the sport.
‘Slams need one TV home’
Tennis' four Grand Slams should all be broadcast on one TV network in the US to make it more fan friendly, the man behind the Ericsson Open event has said.
United strikes Budweiser deal
Manchester United has signed up Budweiser, the world's largest selling beer brand, as a 'Platinum Sponsor' and the club's 'Official Beer'.
World Cup ‘will benefit Korea more than Japan’
This summer's FIFA World Cup will have greater economic benefits for South Korea than for Japan, according to a report.
Athens Games suffers new blow
The Athens 2004 cultural Olympics director has resigned, the second cultural Games boss to quit just months after Greece unveiled its $110million (B
Dorna goes Clear with Supercross
Clear Channel Entertainment's motor sports division and Dorna Off-Road have signed an agreement to jointly produce the FIM Supercross World Championship, beginning with the 2002-03 season.
Venues get warning over dangers of beer abuse
Professional sports venues in California have been sent warning letters in a bid to prevent repeats of recent alcohol-fuelled incidents.
Yankees and Mets ‘should share stadium costs’
New York's Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, has suggested building new baseball stadiums for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, with the teams and the city sharing the costs.