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Australia?s Ten Network and sports graphics company Pineapplehead Ltd will broadcast a virtual Melbourne Cup race before the officially gets underway next month.
Events

Innovative new audio-visual technology could soon revolutionise coverage of sports events and matches on the internet. So says Steven J. Winston of Cybersports International, which provides full screen, full motion interactive viewing through broadband channels.
Business

Philips Consumer Electronics has become the official partner of the AufSchalke arena in Gelsenkirchen, giving the Dutch electronics giant ?preferred supplier? status and sponsorship, but not naming rights, of the arena.
Business

The Equestrian Federation of Australia and ActiveTV have signed a deal to enhance the sport?s television coverage.
Events

The English Football Association has finally given permission for a foreign broadcaster to set up its own television cameras for coverage of an international match.
Events

Promising a "utopia" for competitors, Toronto Olympic bid organisers have sought to rally athletes behind their campaign for the 2008 Games.
Events

Downtown Columbus will officially welcome the Nationwide Arena tomorrow as the area's newest venue for major league sports and entertainment.
Events

Australia's oldest living Olympic athlete, who competed in the 1928 Amsterdam Games, opened the village for the Sydney Olympics as the first of an eventual 10,000 competitors moved in on Saturday.
Business

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) has launched a new marketing and communications structure intended to channel open-wheel racing more efficiently to its key markets.
Events

The Sydney Olympics has set off a boom in sales of hand-held and big screen television sets to allow people to watch events away from home.
Events

eMarketWorld.com, a producer of industry-specific eBusiness marketplaces, and the Atlanta Sports Council have launched a new sports internet conference and exhibition scheduled for November 28-30, 2000.
Events

InMotion Technologies is to produce VideoFinish/SimulCam broadcast images for ZDF, the main German broadcaster for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Business

Sydney's Olympic authorities have threatened to close an Aboriginal Arts centre immediately outside the main stadium if it was used as a focus for protests to highlight the plight of the country's Aborigines.
Events

Natal Rugby Union has become the first South African venue to select the Talent Arena Sports Management software from UK-based Software4Sport.
Business

Sportasia.com, the Asian internet sports content producer, syndicator and distributor, has appointed Ikuya Tanaka of Dentsu?s Sports Marketing Division as a board director.
Business

ESPN Latin America and ESPN Pacific Rim will broadcast coverage of the ATP Tennis Masters Series at Toronto and Cincinnati in the coming weeks.
Business

The new home of the NBA?s San Antonio Spurs has been secured in a $41m, 20-year deal.
Business

Sports channel Eurosport is setting up a separate sales team to handle advertising and sponsorship sales of events and youth programming, under the YOZ (Youth Only Zone) banner.