Media
BSKYB & SPORTAL ? SPORTBUSINESS.COM BRINGS THE DEAL INTO FOCUS
For full details of broadcaster BSkyB?s recently announced deal with Internet content provider Sportal, visit the FEATURES section of Sportbusiness.com.
OPEN TO LAUNCH BETTING SERVICE
A deal struck between the UK's interactive television service Open and online betting company Blue Square, the internet-based fixed-odds arm of City Index, will soon allow punters to bet through their television handsets, according to the Financial Times.
COMMERCIAL GIANTS "SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF LEAGUE" SAYS SOCCER BOSS
Glasgow Rangers and Celtic should be booted out of the Scottish soccer Premier League because they are too strong - according to Dundee manager Jocky Stott.
TM3 REPORT HUGE ADVERTISING INCREASE
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch's German TV station TM3 said it had sold some three-quarters of its advertising time for the year largely due to demand for its Champions League soccer broadcasts.
BSKYB AND RYDER CUP CHIEFS REACH COMPROMISE
UK broadcaster BSkyB and organisers of golf's Ryder Cup have resolved a dispute over the television company's plans for coverage of the tournament on non-terrestrial channels.
NFL IN LA COULD COST $1 BILLION
A record $1 billion-plus could be the price of admission to the NFL for its 32nd team.
ITV TAKE POLE WITH NEW F1 DEAL
Britain's commercial network, ITV has struck a deal to continue showing Formula One motor races until 2005.
SOCOG SCRAPE CONTROVERSIAL HOSPITALITY PROGRAMME
Besieged Sydney Olympic organisers have axed a controversial hospitality ticket programme worth A$60 million (US$38 million) to appease angry sponsors concerned their exclusive sponsorships have been eroded by secret ticket sales.
MCCORMACK CONSIDERS LIFE WITHOUT IMG
Head of IMG, Mark McCormack, has discussed the future of his company in an interview with the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.
YAHOO! SPONSORS YOUNG AMERICA CHALLENGE
Yahoo! Inc, the leading global Internet media company, has signed a sponsorship agreement with the New York Yacht Club/Young America Challenge for America's Cup 2000, Young America.
NASCAR AGREES NASHVILLE NETWORK CONTRACT
NASCAR has completed negotiations on a contract that will showcase two Winston Cup Series races and two Busch Grand National Series events at Dover Downs International Speedway on The Nashville Network for the 2000 race season.
TICKET ALLOCATION ANNOUNCED FOR UEFA FINALS
The two clubs who reach the European Cup Final next May will each receive up to 25,000 tickets for the match at the Stade de France in Paris, UEFA has announced.
ASCENT ISSUES DEADLINE ON SALE OF TEAMS, CENTER
Ascent Entertainment Group Inc. said late Monday that Liberty Media Group ended its merger agreement with Ascent, as the deal was conditional on the sale of Ascent's sports-related business, which has not yet gotten Denver City Council approval.
MILLER LITE SPONSORS SUPERBOWL.COM
The NFL has launched its official Super Bowl site, Superbowl.com, with Miller Lite as its presenting sponsor.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX SIGNS INTERNET PARTNER
Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox and Internet venture Ignite Sports Media have agreed a multi-year Internet media rights licensing contract.
HICKS BUYS INTO LATIN AMERICAN PAY-TV
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc has formed a strategic alliance with Spain's Telefonica S.A. in a deal worth about $4billion which should allow Hicks, Muse to further expand its cable television assets in Latin America.
NTL DEAL APPROVED BY UNITED SHAREHOLDERS
Shareholders in English Premier League soccer club Newcastle United have approved its money-spinning partnership with cable company NTL.
MSNBCSPORTS.COM TO ACCESS OLYMPIC COVERAGE
NBC Quokka Ventures and MSNBC.com, America's number one news site, have signed a strategic partnership to distribute nbcolympics.com content to MSNBC.com users during the Olympic Games.