Media
RTE WINS RIGHTS TO SIX NATIONS RUGBY
Irish public television broadcaster RTE has seen off a rival bid from satellite giant BSkyB to clinch the television rights to the Six Nations rugby tournament.
WAGES WARNING AS SOCCER FINANCES SPIN OUT OF CONTROL
Mega TV deals will boost the income of England's soccer teams to well over $1bn ($1.5 billion) this season but the windfall must not simply be poured into players' pockets, a report has warned.
NZ’S SKY TV NOT BUYING AUCKLAND WARRIORS
Sky Network Television is not interested in purchasing the Auckland Warriors rugby league team despite a media report saying that it was considering a shareholding, stated chief executive Nate Smith.
BORIS BECKER, PIXELPARK FORM INTERNET PLATFORM
Three-times Wimbledon tennis champion Boris Becker is to act as front man for a new internet sports platform venture being launched by Pixelpark AG, Germany's biggest web designer.
IBM BATTLES APN OVER OLYMPICS FAN EMAIL
IBM Inc is facing an ambush of its Olympic internet rights from APN Digital, the online offshoot of Australian radio and publishing group APN News & Media Limited.
PLAYERS ARRESTED IN MATCH-FIX PROBE
Four foreign soccer players in Singapore have been arrested in connection with a local match-fixing probe, according to a local media report.
ESPN STAR SPORTS SETS UP TAIPEI SALES OFFICE
ESPN STAR Sports, the joint venture between STAR TV and ESPN, has established a sales office in Taiwan led by sales director Simon Huang.
CLEAR CHANNEL EXTENDS NZ CRICKET SPONSORSHIP
New Zealand Cricket has extended its sponsorship agreement with Clear Channel, the Texas-based media company.
THORPEDO TO CUT NUMBER OF SPONSORS POST OLYMPICS
Australian swimming star Ian Thorpe has outlined plans to halve the number of his personal sponsors after the Olympics, although each will be paying a premium for their association.
CARMAKERS SEEKING THIRD OF ECCLESTONE’S F1
Five carmakers, including Ford , Daimler Chrysler and Toyota , are in talks to buy a third of Bernie Ecclestone's SLEC Formula One business, reports the Daily Telegraph.
FIBA FORCED TO REVAMP SUPROLEAGUE DRAW
FIBA, forced to revamp its new flagship SuproLeague basketball tournament after a mass breakaway by clubs, has made the draw for next season.
SUPROLEAGUE DRAW TO GO ONLINE
The draw for basketball?s upcoming season of Suproleague, Saporta Cup and Euroleague Women will be broadcast live via radio and video broadcast on Fiba.com.
ROW ERUPTS AFTER HORSE RACING DEAL STUMBLES
A furious row has blown up after UK commercial station Channel 4?s consortium decided to withdraw its $775m offer for terrestrial TV rights to British horse racing.
MARINERS IN FOX SPORTS NET DEAL
Major League Baseball team the Seattle Mariners are reported to have signed a $200m deal with Fox Sports Net.
FOX SPORTS WORLD ESPANOL TO LAUNCH ON TIME WARNER, EL PASO
FOX Sports World Espanol, the only 24-hour, Spanish-language sports network in the United States, is to distribute its programming to more than 117,000 Time Warner Communications' subscribers in El Paso, Texas.
UEFA FACES WEB-SITE DEFEAT
Euro2000.com has won a lawsuit in France against European soccer?s governing body UEFA.
UNITED SPIN AN IMAGE BOOST
The world?s richest football club, Manchester United, is set to appoint a spin doctor to improve its public image.
PRIME MINISTER `SAD? AFTER BBC TRUMPED BY ITV IN SOCCER RIGHTS DEAL
The BBC licked its wounds on Thursday after losing television rights to England's top-flight soccer but the government said it would not cough up more money for the public broadcaster.