Media
NTL MOVE IN ON NEWCASTLE UNITED
The UK's third biggest cable operator, NTL, has bought a 6.3% stake in the Premier League soccer club Newcastle United with an option to take control of the company in a deal which would value it at #160m.
ATP TO SEEK TWO-YEAR DRUG BAN
The Association of Tennis Proessionals will seek to double the sport's current penalty for doping to two years, bringing them into line with International Olympic Committee guidelines.
FIA CONFIRM ARGENTINA OFF CALENDAR
The Argentine Grand Prix has been scrapped from the 1999 Formula One calendar, the InternationalAutomobile Federation (FIA) has announced.
ECB CLINCH NEW DEAL WITH SOMI
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a major new contract with Sports and Outdoor Media International (SOMI).
ATLANTA CHIEF TELLS SYDNEY TO FORGE AHEAD
The man who ran the ill-fated 1996 Atlanta Games offered some advice to Sydney 2000 Games organisers on Friday: ignore an Olympic corruption scandal and trust that everything will come out right.
MEDIA HEADS BLAST SYDNEY ALLEGATIONS
Leading Australian media figures have denied they had agreed to keep quiet about Sydney's tactics in wooing International Olympic Committee (IOC) votes for the city's bid to host the 2000 Games.
T.ITALIA AGREES TO SELL 65 PCT OF STREAM
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is set to join forces with four top soccer clubs and media group Cecchi Gori to buy 65% of Telecom Italia's digital tv operation, Stream.
VIRTUAL ADVERTISING GIANTS NEW APPOINTMENT
Princeton Video Image Inc (PVI), a global leader in virtual advertising, has appointed a new chief technology officer.
SEGA TO SIGN EUROPEAN SOCCER CLUBS
SEGA, the computer Games manufacturer, is set to follow its sponsorship deal with London based soccer club Arsenal by signing with a leading French club in the next seven days.
BROADCOM AND GOTCHA LAUNCH INTERACTIVE GROUP
Broadcom Corporation, an enabler of broadband communications to homes and businesses, and Gotcha International, the surfwear and media company, have launched Broadband Interactive Group Inc. (BIG) to create interactive content aimed at the 10-24 year-old age group.
TALKS RESUME FOR LEWIS-HOLYFIELD RE-MATCH
American cable network Home Box Office have withdrawn their threat of non co-operation with Evander Holyfield's promoter Don King.
FILA DEAL WITH ATP TOUR
Italian sportswear company FILA has signed a $12 million three year deal as technical sponsor/official supplier for the ATP Tour Super Nine series and world championship.
WILLIAMS SIGN NEW DEAL WITH BMW
German car giant BMW is to step into the shoes of tobacco firm Rothmans as one of the major sponsors of the Williams Formula One Grand Prix team.
STREAM SETS OUT TO BEAT SOCCER RIVAL TELEPIU
Italian pay-TV broadcaster Stream has launched its plans for coverage of the next soccer season saying it would offer a better and cheaper product than its sole rival Telepiu.
WORLDWIDE ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS TO LAUNCH SPORTS WEB-SITE
Worldwide Entertainment & Sports Corp., the US-based management, marketing and commercial endorsement agency, have formed an Internet subsidiary, Sportcut.com, Inc. and put in place a senior management team to lead the business.
GRANDA LOOK TO BUY STAKE IN PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB
British leisure and media company Granada Group Plc is considering buying a 9.9 percent stake in the owner of Leeds soccer club, according to UK press reports.
CASTRO BACKS CUBA OLYMPIC BID
President Fidel Castro has thrown his weight behind Cuba's ambitious bid to host the 2008 Olympics, saying it was merited both because of the island's athletic record and as a right for the Third World in general.
SPORTSLINE USA IS MOST VISITED OF INTERNET SPORTS SITES IN JULY
SportsLine USA, the global Internet sports media company, has announced that its combined reach among Internet users at home and at work exceeded all other sports Web sites for the month of July.