Media
GO RACING APPOINTS NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR
Go Racing, the media consortium run by UK broadcasters Channel 4 and BSkyB and track owner Arena Leisure, has hired its first marketing director just a few weeks after it agreed a #387m ($545m) ten-year multimedia racing rights deal with the British Horseracing Board and the Racecourse Association.
PSN TOPS SPORTS CABLE RATINGS IN ARGENTINA
Pay-TV sports network PSN, which operates across Latin America, was the highest ranked cable channel for sports in Argentina during June.
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NBA PLAY-OFFS LOSING TV VIEWERS
Viewing figures for the NBA play-offs are continuing to slide with the four games broadcast over the Memorial Day weekend averaging only a 6.3 television rating, down 16 per cent on the previous year.
ARENA FULFILS COMMITMENT TO GO RACING
Racetrack owner Arena Leisure has secured funding for the Go Racing consortium after raising #85.6m ($121.1m) through a placing and open offer of 90 million shares in the company at 95p.
SRI LANKAN LEGAL ROW `WILL NOT AFFECT CRICKET TOURS?
Legal battles that have left Sri Lanka's cricket board in financial limbo will not affect tours by India and New Zealand this summer, a top sports official has said.
MVi SET FOR EUROPEAN EXPANSION
MVi Total Sponsorship, the sponsorship division of global media communications giant CIA, is set for a major expansion programme into Europe.
NHL ENCOURAGED BY PLAY-OFF RATINGS
TV broadcaster ABC?s five playoff telecasts have averaged a 1.6 rating, an increase of 14 percent over last season?s first five games.
PLANS UNVEILED FOR NEW STOCK CAR LEAGUE
Drafting on the surging popularity of NASCAR stock car racing, a New York sports marketing firm unveiled plans on Tuesday for a racing league with up to a dozen teams set to begin competing in 2003.
MORE CASH FOR GOBARKINGMAD
Gobarkingmad, the greyhound racing service owned by UK-based online betting and leisure group Gaming Internet, is to get an additional cash injection of #8m to #12m ($11m to $17m) through an institutional placing and an offer to help fund this month?s launch of its website and next month?s launch of its digital television channel.
KIRCH SELLS BROADCASTING RIGHTS TO TWO GERMAN STATE-OWNED CHANNELS
Kirch, Germany?s second-biggest media company, has agreed to sell some broadcast rights for the 2002 and 2006 soccer World Cups to Germany?s two state-owned channels ARD and ZDF for a reported $115 million.
CROZIER UNDER PRESSURE AS WEMBLEY CRISIS WIDENS
FA chief executive Adam Crozier?s position has come under pressure over the weekend as the fallout from the Wembley stadium fiasco continues to spread.
KIRCH RAISES ITS STAKE IN SLEC
Kirch, the German media group, is to increase its stake in SLEC, a holding company which controls the broadcasting rights for Formula One, to 57.5 per cent from 37.5 per cent.
ENGLISH RUGBY FACES SGM CHALLENGE
A series of proposed amendments to the constitution of the Rugby Football Union will be debated and voted on by members at a special general meeting in London late Friday.
KIRCH ASSUMES CONTROL OF HBS
German media company Kirch has taken full and sole control of HBS, the host broadcasting company for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
AFL IGNITES NEW WEB SITE
The Arena Football League (AFL) has entered into a partnership with Ignite Sports Media for the re-launch of the AFL's and arenafootball2's web site.
INMOTION RE-BRANDS AS DARTFISH
Broadcast technology innovator InMotion Technologies decided to change its name to Dartfish.
NEW SOCCER LEAGUE DEAL FOR NATIONWIDE
The Football League has announced a #12m ($17.3m) three-year extension to its sponsorship deal with Nationwide.
ESPN ACQUIRES SPORTS FISHING GROUP
ESPN may set up a new cable channel dedicated to outdoor fishing and boating, following its acquisition of BASS Inc. (Bass Anglers Sportsman Society).