Media
SYDNEY PASSES FINAL IOC INSPECTION WITH FLYING COLOURS
Sydney passed its final inspection before this year's Summer Olympics with flying colours, winning rave reviews from the International Olympic Committee for its preparations.
NHL AND PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS CREATE B2B INITIATIVE
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services organisation, has reached an agreed in principle with the National Hockey League to look at implementing the first business-to-business internet initiative in professional sports.
CART SIGNS NEW RADIO PARTNER
CART has signed a deal with a radio station in Detroit to join its radio network for the remainder of the 2000 season.
BBC/BSKYB WIN FA CUP/ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL MATCH RIGHTS
BBC Sport has struck back following the morale-sapping loss of Premier League broadcast highlights to terrestrial rivals ITV.
MASSHYSTERIA TO PRODUCE AOL FANTASY SPORTS LEAGUES
MassHysteria, a developer of new media applications and web solutions, has been selected by America Online (AOL) to produce on line fantasy leagues for each of the four major sports, according to Scott Phillips, MassHysteria's president and chief executive officer.
ZETTERS, 365 LAUNCH EURO 2000 BETTING SITE.
Zetters Group and 365 Corp have jointly created an interactive sports pool betting Website for Euro 2000 on Thursday, just weeks after calling off talks to form an online bookmaker.
FIFA UNVEILS REVOLUTIONARY TICKETING SYSTEM FOR 2002 WORLD CUP
The FIFA Executive Committee has unveiled a new system designed to allocate tickets for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan.
COMMENTATOR MAY TO RECEIVE OLYMPIC ORDER
Norman May, the man who stirred a nation with his radio commentary of Australia winning a swimming relay gold at Moscow in 1980, is to be awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee.
BASEBALL LOOKS TO DOUBLE ITS TV MONEY
A bidding war for the broadcast rights to Major League Baseball is set to flare into life as existing deals fizzle out at the end of the current season.
S-COMM MEASURES UP TO NEW INVESTMENT DEAL
Swedish sport sponsorship evaluation network S-Comm, has gained a British part-owner.
WAKEBOARDING SEALS UK PROGRAMME DEAL
The 2000 Cuervo Wakeboard Pro Tour, which is taking place this summer in five venues across Europe, has secured a series of five TV programmes in the Meridian, Anglia and HTV regions.
NO LIVE OLYMPICS TV COVERAGE FOR US
Americans will see no live television coverage of the Sydney Olympics because of an 18 hour time difference between the two nations, NBC television officials were quoted as telling the Los Angeles Times.
NBC’s NBA RATINGS PICK UP
NBC ratings for the NBA play-off series have shown an improvement on the previous weekend but are still down on last year.
EXTREME HEADS INTO EASTERN EUROPE
The Extreme Group and UPCtv is to make joint venture the Extreme Sports Channel available in Romania and Bulgaria adding a total of potential 120,000 subscribers to its reach.
KIRCH SIGNS BUNDESLIGA DEAL
The German Football Federation (DFB) has signed a lucrative deal with German media group Kirch under which all Bundesliga matches would be shown live on pay-TV or pay-per-view for the first time from next season.
NUGGETS-AVALANCHE DEAL ANGERS FAILED SUITORS
One day after a Missouri real estate tycoon bought basketball's Denver Nuggets, hockey's Colorado Avalanche and their arena, an angry member of a competing investor group told a local paper they were denied a "fair shot" at the deal.
BERNIE?S PIT-LANE BROADCASTS DENIED
The Formula One racing teams have denied Bernie Ecclestone his wish that conversations between drivers in the pits should be broadcast live on the sport?s digital TV channel.
KIRCH GRUPPE DENIES BUNDESLIGA RIGHTS REPORT
Germany's Kirch Gruppe has dismissed reports it had an agreement to purchase the rights to Bundesliga soccer.