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A leading German politician has spoken out against Rupert Murdoch's plans to buy outright and then close down the Munich-based analogue channel tm3, which currently holds the broadcast rights to Champions League football.
Business

Predict It Inc., an Internet service which measures, identifies, ranks and rewards users based on their prediction performance in event categories such as sports, finance, politics, and entertainment, has signed a distribution agreement with the Meadowlands Racetrack.
Business

Sponsors of horse racing events at the UK's top racecourses have warned the so-called "Super 12" not to sell their broadcasting rights to BSkyB, reports The Guardian newspaper.
Media

BSkyB has acquired a 5.4 per cent stake in Sportal?with an agreement to increase its total stake over time to 12.5 per cent.
Business

Italian soccer club Lazio matched a cup winning performance on the pitch with a dazzling debut on the Milan bourse on 6 May as investors and fans scrambled for shares.
Business

The 13th Asian Games have currently earned a total of 5,022 million baht inrevenue.
Business

The Fleet Financial Group in Boston has announced that it will supply a $405m credit line to Major League Baseball.
Events

Scotland's top football clubs are close to signing a #30m deal with broadcasters BSkyB and Scottish Media.
Events

Total spectator attendance at the Nagano Winter Olympic sports events was 1,275,929, according to figures issued by the International Olympic Committee. A further 167,200 attended victory ceremonies.
Media

Eighteen Australian National Rugby League teams have their own Internet web sites.
Business

Malaysia's Sports Ministry will market the main stadium, indoor stadium and other facilities built for the Commonwealth Games to those wishing to use them after September, the New Stratits Times reported.
Business

The Swiss government has unveiled plans to invest up to SwFr 80m in sporting facilities of national importance between 2000 to 2005.
Media

Extending viewer choice is the key to enhancing the value of Olympic Games television contracts according to IOC vice-president Dick Pound.
Business

Arena Leisure, which owns Lingfield, Britain's busiest racecourse, has agreed to buy the course at Folkestone in Kent for #3.25m.
Events

Sports fans will not be able to access moving pictures on the Internet during the Sydney 2000 Games, with International Olympic Committee members seeking to protect the rights of their broadcast sponsors.
Events

An IOC report says preliminary results indicate that the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, were broadcast in more countries than ever before and that the global cumulative audience is likely to equal Lillehammer's record??.
Business

Sponsorship Research International have been appointed the official market research agency for the ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 by tournament organisers England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Media

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's Fox Group on has announced a news conference amid speculation it was set to expand its sports holdings from baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers to basketball's L.A. Lakers.