Media
RFU PLANS COMMERCIAL RE-ORGANISATION
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 SIGN WITH ROAD RUNNER
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.
FORMULA OFF ROAD SPEEDS TO UK CHANNEL
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has won the rights to the Icelandic Formula Off Road Motorsport Championships.
SPORTSLINE EUROPE AND MAN UNITED PARTNER INTERNET SITE
SportsLine Europe Limited have become the exclusive Internet sports media partner for the official Manchester United web site.
CASTRO BACKS CUBA OLYMPIC BID
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 FADE FOR NEW ARSENAL STADIUM
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 SIGN MULTI-YEAR ALLIANCE WITH DALLAS MAVERICKS
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.
UMBRO APPOINTS MONAGHAN AS CFO
Mark Monaghan has been appointed Chief Financial officer at Umbro Holdings.
LEEDS SHARES SURGE ON BID SPECULATION
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.
TV SPORTS COSTS REDUCE FOX ENT PROFITABILITY
The Fox Entertainment Group has reported full year operating income before
WESTWOOD ONE AND SPORTSLINE USA SIGN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
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.
NO 20 PER CENT INVESTOR FOR TAB FLOAT
The Queensland, Australia, TAB betting agency has welcomed the state government's decision to dump plans to sell 20 percent of its proposed A$300 million float to a major investor.
BSKYB LINKED TO VILLA STAKE
Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB has opened negotiations with Aston Villa about buying a 9.9% stake in the Premier League football club, according to a report in the Mail On Sunday.
HIGH FLYING MEN IN ALL BLACK
Pressure is building for Air New Zealand to spend millions of dollars to fly the All Blacks to the rugby union World Cup in their own black jet, the company said on Sunday.
UK RACE COURSE OWNERS TO TAKE BETTING ON-LINE
The owners of Britain's 59 race courses are planning to launch their own online, tax-free bookmaking business, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
TALK RADIO PLAN 24 HOUR SPORTS STATION
Talk Radio plan to invest #6m to start up the UK's first 24-hour all-sports radio station.
CBS AND NCAA IN POST 2002 CONTRACT TALKS
CBS and the NCAA are in talks to extend their broadcast rights agreement to the Division I basketball tournament.
EVERTON SHARES GO TO AUCTION
The control of Everton Football Club will be determined by auction following the decision of majority shareholder and former chairman Peter Johnson to rebuff a #30m offer from board director Bill Kenwright.