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The Portland Trail Blazers have received criticism from basketball fans for showing Game 2 of the playoff series against Utah on pay-per-view at a cost $24.95. The game was broadcast nationally by the TNT cable channel, and blacked out within a 35-mile radius of downtown Portland. Responding to the criticism Harry Hut, the Blazers Senior vice-president for marketing said: ``People get the idea there's an obligation on the part of the team to televise a game, but there isn't.? The team, he said, wants ``to protect the home gate ... to provide a sold-out crowd atmosphere'' at the Rose Garden. However, Sunday's Game 1 of the series against the Jazz, shown on NBC, attracted a capacity crowd of 20,351.
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TVNZ Satellite Services has reached agreement with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) to provide a concurrent 8-channel service delivering live coverage of events for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.
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A united North-South Korean soccer team for the 2002 World Cup finals is one proposal South Korea plans to make to the North at an unprecedented meeting of their leaders in June, a South Korean official has said.
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The campaign team behind South Africa's bid to host the 2006 World Cup will end its global charm offensive in the coming week with visits to Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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ISL have confirmed a sub-licensing agreement with the Portugal?s commercial free-to air broadcaster SIC for live and exclusive television coverage for the Tennis Masters and the Tennis Masters Cup in Portugal.
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Tel Aviv may bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, officials have said.
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The chairman of soccer?s richest club ? English and European champions Manchester United ? has delayed his retirement so that he can be involved in the next round of bidding for the Premier League broadcasting rights.
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ESPN has announced its X Games franchise is to undergo a major expansion ? which include staging several events annually around the globe.
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UK all-sport radio station talkSPORT says it is being `robbed? of ratings after a survey revealed many listeners mistook its broadcasts for that of its rival the BBC.
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A FIFA inspection team has arrived in Morocco for a five-day visit, saying the country's bid file to host the 2006 World Cup was outstanding.
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Multi-million dollar sponsors signing up for the Olympics now have a "morals" opt-out clause in their contracts allowing them to walk away from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if it goes off the rails.
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Prima Television International has been appointed exclusive international media rights representative for the Lincoln Financial Group Rugby League World Cup 2000.
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Michael Weisman, the Emmy Award winning executive and sports producer, has joined the sports-based entertainment and e-commerce Internet company, SportsPrize Entertainment Inc?s, Board of Directors.
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The BBC has held preliminary talks with Don King with the aim of securing the television rights to the Evander Holyfield/ Lennox Lewis fight on November 13.
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The world athletics federation has accused cash-strapped Sydney Olympic organisers of selling unauthorised Games tickets to "make cash".
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A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official has said he expected the Games to be held in Africa in the next 10 years.
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Promoter SFX Entertainment Inc has acquired Tellem & Associates, in a deal that creates a powerhouse sports agency that will represent some 700 professional sports figures including Nomar Garciaparra, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
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A clash between football and athletics bosses over London's Wembley Stadium is compromising Britain's hopes of staging future Olympic Games, the British Olympic Association's chief executive has said.