Media
WEMBLEY SIGNS TRACKS FOR 24DOGS.COM
Wembley plc?s wholly owned subsidiary 24dogs.com, the greyhound racing information and betting site, has signed exclusive partnership agreements with greyhound tracks at Poole, Milton Keynes and Swindon.
HICKS MUSE SLOWS LATIN AMERICAN SPREE
Dallas-based investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst is to slow down its Latin American acquisitions programme, according to US press reports.
CHINA TOUTS INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD-UP FOR GAMES BID
China's capital Beijing has spent billions of dollars this year widening and extending roads to pave the way for its bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, the Xinhua news agency has reported.
IOC NEW MEDIA CONFERENCE: SESSION 4 – THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND
Broadband will replace existing broadcasters once the delivery system is all pervasive in the major markets, delegates were warned at a question and answer session this afternoon at the IOC World Conference on Sport and New Media.
CBS STARTS COUNTDOWN TO SUPER BOWL XXXV
MTV gets to play at Super Bowl XXXV under an ambitious programming schedule announced by CBS, which gets to show television's most watched sporting event for the first time since 1992.
TALKSPORT SECURES PREMIER LEAGUE DEAL
UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has, for the first time, negotiated Premier League soccer rights.
ASIA CHIEFS URGE RE-THINK ON INDIA TOUR OF PAKISTAN
Cricket chiefs of three Asian nations have sought a meeting with the Indian government to request reversing its decision to cancel a tour of Pakistan.
STEPHEN PEARSON LAUNCHES EUROPEAN NAMING RIGHTS CO
A new sports marketing company, headed by Stephen Pearson, formerly marketing director of TEAM AG and commercial director of the English Premier League, has been launched to develop the market for sports venue naming rights in Europe.
NTL TO JOIN GO RACING CONSORTIUM
UK cable company NTL has exclusively associated itself with the consortium bidding for the broadcast rights to Britain's 59 racecourses.
SPORT CHIEF PROMOTED AT RADIO STATION
UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has promoted its existing head of sport.
EBU AWARDS SPORT CONTRACT TO BT BROADCAST SERVICES
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has awarded a major new contract to BT Broadcast Services to provide transmission services covering a number of Europe's top sporting events.
IOC UNVEILS NEW WEB SITE: WWW.IOCNEWMEDIA.COM
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is today launching a new web site devoted to its groundbreaking new media conference in December.
AUSTRALIA COLLECTS $1.4BN FROM SYDNEY OLYMPICS
Australia has benefited to the tune of $1.4billion from Olympic-based income during September, pushing the trade balance into surplus for the first time in three years.
MILAN FACE UEFA PROBE IN FAKE PASSPORT ROW
Italian soccer giants AC Milan face a UEFA probe over claims they fielded an illegal immigrant in their Champions League clash against English side Leeds United.
EX-LE MANS CHIEF JOINS EUROSPORT
The former managing director of the Le Mans 24 Hours car and motorcycle race, has joined pan-European broadcaster Eurosport.
SUPER BOWL JOB ADS WAR HOTS UP
Leading US job-search websites, Monster.com and HotJobs.com, have bucked the dot-com trend by again viewing the Super Bowl as a worthy vehicle for their promotion.
EC VERDICT FORCES MARKETING RETHINK
The decision of the European Court of Justice to overrule a European Union (EU) directive banning tobacco advertising and sponsorship may cause a rethink throughout professional sport.
COMMISSIONERS PREPARE FOR SUPROLEAGUE LAUNCH
The 32 Commissioners of basketball?s FIBA SuproLeague Office (FSO) have met in Munich to prepare for the launch of the FIBA SuproLeague on October 18.