Media
ITALIAN SPORT BROADCASTERS IN TV COURT SUCCESS
A regional court has overturned a 1998 ruling by Italy's Antitrust watchdog that a sports rights accord
UNITED & ARROWS SIGN WITH NEW BETTING SERVICE
Bookmaker Coral has announced the launch of its new UK-based online sports betting service ? and signed up an exclusive deal with soccer club Manchester United and the Formula 1 team Arrows.
NFL APPOINTS NEW VP OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Alan Gold has been named NFL vice president of international media, following the departure from the post of long term incumbent Anne Murray.
FORMER NTL EXEC HEADS FIRSTSTAKE.COM
UK betting shop operator, Firststake Plc, has appointed Simon Grieve, previously NTL?s marketing director of online and interactive services, to head the group?s new Internet betting service.
EC DISMISS F1 THREAT
The European Commission has shrugged off a threat that Formula One motor racing could leave Europe if the European Union demands changes to the organisation and commercial agreements governing the sport.
BBC SIGNS THREE-YEAR DEAL FOR US MASTERS
BBC Sport has won a new three-year deal for exclusive live broadcast rights to the US Masters from Augusta.
RIDGEON BECOMES DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AT FAST TRACK
John Ridgeon has been promoted to Director of Athletics at Fast Track, the UK sports agency set up by Alan Pascoe following the sale of his API operation to the Interpublic advertising group.
SONY EXTEND UEFA SPONSORSHIP
Japanese electronics giant Sony has said its PlayStation division has extended its sponsoring of high-profile UEFA Champions League soccer for the next three years.
BBC WIN EUROPEAN RUGBY RIGHTS
The BBC has secured the UK television rights for the European Cup and the European Shield in a four-year deal worth #24m ($45m).
ADIDAS ‘WILL NOT RENEW’ AFL DEAL
Adidas will not renew its contract with the Australian Football League when it expires in October.
PVI LURE TOP ESPN EXEC AS NEW VP, SALES & MARKETING
Virtual advertising giant PVI has appointed Paul Slagle its new vice president of sales and marketing.
ISM RACING SETS UP SECOND IRL TEAM
ISM Racing intends to expand its present racing operations from a one-car team to a two-car effort in the Pep Boys Indy Racing League (IRL) for the year 2000.
SGB SETS UP E-COMMERCE NEWSLETTER.
The Miller Freeman Sports Group, publishers of SGB, the sports retail sector newsletter, has set-up the first web magazine covering the emerging world of sports e-commerce.
SKY SHARE DECIDER TIE WITH TERRESTRIAL
Sky Sports has said it will allow the crunch England v Scotland Euro 200 soccer play-off second-leg to be shown live on terrestrial television, despite holding exclusive broadcast rights.
BID TEAM PRAISE GERMANS
A six-man delegation from soccer's world governing body FIFA rounded off a five-day visit to Germany full of praise for the country's bid to host the 2006 World Cup.
NIKE ANNOUNCES WORLD GOLF SPONSORSHIP
The International Federation of PGA Tours and Nike Golf have announced an agreement whereby Nike Golf becomes an "Official Sponsor" of the World Golf Championships.
TV RIGHTS ROW OVER EURO PLAY-OFF
Irish state broadcaster RTE has accused a Turkish television company of excessive demands for the rights to broadcast next week's Euro 2000 play-off.
TV RIGHTS SEEN AS THE KEY
BSkyB has used its Premier League rights as its launchpad for growth in the 1990s.