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Australian and South African rugby union will benefit from extra broadcasting revenue if a plan for the two countries? teams to clash offshore in Asia goes ahead.
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KirchMedia has reached agreement with a group of Korean broadcasters for the domestic broadcasting rights to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups in a deal believed to be in the region of $55-60million (?60.63-66.14m).
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Multi-media company 365 Corporation has reported pre-tax first quarter losses of #7million ($10.2/?11.2m), but has slashed operating costs from #5.8m ($8.4/?9.3m) to #3.8m ($5.5m/?6m) in its bid for profitability.
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Brisbane viewers were the only people in the world to have the Goodwill Games? Opening Gala beamed into their homes on Tuesday night as the importance of the 12-day event continued to be questioned.
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UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 is considering plans for its commercial arm to link-up with an interactive betting firm to exploit its exclusive coverage of England Test matches.
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UK bookmaker William Hill has appointed Julian Graham Rock as its head of business development for its e-commerce division.
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European soccer has expanded its reach even further after the UEFA Champions League signed a joint TV rights deal with two Middle Eastern broadcasters to show simultaneous coverage of the competition in Arabic and English every Wednesday night.
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Australia?s National Rugby League (NRL) plans to hold a live telecast of judiciary hearings, if clubs support the idea.
Business

Sportsworld Media Group, the London-based sports marketing group, has made a string of announcements today including the launch of a new independent production company, Zeal Television and an agreement with television production company The Chatterbox Partnership.
Business

Telewest Communications, the UK?s second largest cable company after NTL, is to launch a virtual interactive horse racing application called iRace which will compete with Go Racing?s (now renamed attheraces) own interactive television channel for genuine horse races.
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TV network Cable & Wireless Optus is offering 300 Australian Rugby fans the chance to use their television remote controls to order pizza, download player statistics and get weather updates during Seven Network?s coverage of the Bledisloe Cup this weekend.
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English rugby union team the Leicester Tigers have appointed sports public relations agency Vision Sports PR to boost their profile at both a national and international level.
Business

US sports network ESPN2 is set to become the fastest cable broadcaster to reach 80 million households in September, according to predictions made by Nielsen Media Research.
Business

Sportsworld Media Group, the London-based sports marketing group, has confirmed that it is in talks with Australian-based Southern Cross Broadcasting about selling its Aussie TV advertising sales business.
Media

British race track owner Arena Leisure said it had enough cash in the bank to fund its share of new horse racing media rights consortium, attheraces, for four years.
Business

Those working behind the scenes for sports events and teams are to be recognised by a new awards ceremony next April.
Events

Turner Network Television will still broadcast a significant amount of live Goodwill Games action in the US despite an unfavourable time difference to Australia.
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Sports.com has signed a deal making it the official betting partner of UK commercial television network ITV?s soccer and Formula One websites.
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