Media
BBC UNVEILS INTERACTIVE SERVICE FOR WIMBLEDON
BBC Sport unveiled its plans for interactive coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships starting this June.
GO RACING SNAPS UP REMAINING UK COURSES
The battle to gain media coverage of horseracing events in the UK moved closer to being resolved today after the Go Racing consortium, which is made up of BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, signed up the remaining racecourses it needed to finalise its horseracing media rights deal.
ARU REJECT LIONS SHARE CLAIMS
The head of the Australian Rugby Union has rejected claims by his English counterpart that the British Lions were not getting a big enough slice of revenue from their upcoming tour of Australia.
ARENA LEISURE TO START TRADING AGAIN
Arena Leisure said it expects its shares to start trading again on May 8, when it will also issue a detailed statement, following the news that the Go Racing consortium it is heavily involved in with BSkyB and Channel 4 has won the media rights to horse racing at racecourses that account for more than 70% of off-track betting revenues in the UK.
SPORTS.COM BUYS THE DAILY STAR?S WEBSITE
Sports.com, the website which claims to be Europe?s biggest sports news and data site, has bought the UK's Daily Star?s website Megastar.co.uk from Lord Hollick?s United Business News for about #100,000 ($144,000).
STARK TO BECOME EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF CART
Television producer and five-times Emmy Award winner Charlie Stark is to become the executive producer of the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) where he will focus on developing the broadcast profiles of drivers in the FedEx Championship Series.
VIVENDI, BERTELSMANN TO ACQUIRE ISL FOR ONE SWISS FRANC
French and German media giants Vivendi Universal and Bertelsmann are understood to have agreed a deal with Swiss marketing company ISL whereby they jointly acquire the financially crippled firm for the nominal sum of one Swiss franc.
SPORTBUSINESS 2001 SPECIAL REPORT: NEW GENERATION SPORTS GET NOTICED
Major broadcasters and sponsors are only just recognising the huge value in new generation sports, according to freesports agency Chilli.
GOLFER SIGNS NETWORK SPONSORSHIP DEAL
F2 Broadcast Network has signed an endorsement deal with PGA Tour member Brian Gay.
Sportalasia.com selects new content delivery system
Asian internet sports portal, Sportalasia, has selected Digital Island to provide content delivery and streaming media services to sports fans globally.
COMCAST SPORTSNET SCORES ON DEBUT
Sports fans in the mid-Atlantic region of the US have a new TV station after Comcast SportsNet debuted this week.
NTL CONFIRMS ROLE IN PPV SOCCER CONSORTIUM
Cable operator NTL has confirmed it was part of a consortium of British pay TV groups bidding for the English soccer pay-per-view rights for which the company abandoned an exclusive bid last year.
IT?S ALL HONEY AT SPORTVISION
Sports media technology company Sportvision is to appoint co-founder Stan Honey as president, in addition to his existing position as chief technology officer.
AFL MOTORS TO NEW PARTNERSHIP
Melbourne?s transport operators have teamed up with the Australian Football League to produce AFL Metcards.
FAI AND SKY SIGN NEW DEAL
The Football Association of Ireland has signed a five-year deal with Sky Sports for the broadcast of all the Republic of Ireland?s home internationals.
RIVAL CIRCUIT WOULD HURT F1, GROUP SAYS
Car manufacturers would damage the world of motor racing if they created a rival circuit to Formula One, German media group Kirch said on Tuesday.
ITALY’S SNAI SEES 2001 TURNOVER RISING
Snai, Italy's leading betting shop operator, expects turnover to grow by 20-25 percent in 2001, CEO Maurizio Ughi said on Thursday.
BSKYB IN DIGITAL RADIO TIE-UP
Digital audio company, Radio First, has entered into a five-year agreement with British Sky Broadcasting to broadcast, regionally, Radio First?s network of football club-related digital radio stations on Sky digital.