Media

Guinness announced a 15 per cent sales increase in the UK for the September/October period during which they sponsored the Rugby World Cup.

Media Works, the publicity evaluation and presentation company is relocating its offices in the UK.

The beleaguered organisers of the Rugby World Cup have criticised ITV's coverage of the event as a "disgrace" according to a report in the UK?s Guardian newspaper.

Guinness announced a 15 per cent sales increase in the UK for the September/October period during which they sponsored the Rugby World Cup.

There have been yet more problems at the troubled Southeast Asian Games in Brunei after the roof of the main press centre collapsed, just a week after the tiles on a nearby convention centre fell down and injured a policeman and damaged two parked cars underneath.

England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) is looking to reorganise itself along commercial lines in a move which could see it launch its own entertainment division, according to UK press reports.

Quokka Sports have signed a programming distribution and promotion agreement with Road Runner, a leading high-speed online service jointly owned by Time Warner Inc., MediaOne Group, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Corp. and Advance/ Newhouse.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has won the rights to the Icelandic Formula Off Road Motorsport Championships.

SportsLine Europe Limited have become the exclusive Internet sports media partner for the official Manchester United web site.

President Fidel Castro has thrown his weight behind Cuba's ambitious bid to host the 2008 Olympics, saying it was merited both because of the island's athletic record and as a right for the Third World in general.

Hopes that English Premier League soccer club Arsenal would build a new stadium on derelict land in central London were fading, as no building work could begin on the site until at least 2005, the Times reported on Monday.

USA Broadcasting, the eighth largest television broadcast group in the US, has signed a broad, multi-year alliance with the Dallas Mavericks, the first local sports partnership for USAB Dallas Channel 49, set to launch this November.

Mark Monaghan has been appointed Chief Financial officer at Umbro Holdings.

Shares in Leeds Sporting Plc posted fresh gains in active trade on Tuesday as speculation mounted that the soccer club owner would shortly unveil a partnership with a media company.

The Fox Entertainment Group has reported full year operating income before

Westwood One, America's largest radio network, and SportsLine USA, the leading global Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine, have signed a three-year, $9 million promotional and programming agreement.