Media

Financial services brand Discover Card has expanded its marketing tie-up with broadcaster ESPN for coverage of US college football.
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In recent years, the meteoric rise of technology, telecom and media (TMT) shares on the world's stock markets has changed the face of Formula One sponsorship. The recent downfall in the sector is now hurting the sport as it struggles keep sponsors.

Betting operations will have to pay a percentage of their revenues to the UK?s Football Data Company, the commercial and licensing division of England?s Premier League and Football Leagues, for the privilege of offering soccer bets, sportbusiness.com has learned.
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Canal Plus, the pay-TV unit of media giant Vivendi Universal and Dutch cable network United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) have confirmed that a merger of their Polish satellite television platforms has taken place.

London soccer club Arsenal has become the first club to charge visitors to its website to view highlights of its matches.

Britain's leading cable companies NTL and Telewest Communications Plc have held debt restructuring talks with international banking group JP Morgan Chase, according to the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.

UK broadband TV company Video Networks has become the exclusive video-on-demand partner for England?s Premier League soccer league.
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A new online soccer gaming site, TotoPools.com, has launched in the UK to coincide with the new soccer season.
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US satellite television platform DirecTV has announced that it is currently in negotiations to renew its pay-per-view distribution agreement with the World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE).
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ukbetting, the online bookmaker that made its debut on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) last week, has signed a deal with troubled sports internet company Sportal for an undisclosed sum.
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Germany's state broadcaster ARD and media group Kirch have ended their row over German soccer broadcasting rights by reaching a joint agreement.

US sports broadcaster ESPN is launching an Asian version of its flagship news show SportsCenter on its network in the region, ESPN Star Sports (ESS).

Sergio Cragnotti, president of Italian soccer team Lazio is looking for a partner to invest in the Serie A club and says he would prefer a media company.

The Irish Horseracing Authority (IHA) wants to alter its media and betting operations to a system similar to the one used in the UK.

A Colombian soccer director is demanding sanctions against Argentina for missing last month's Copa America, which went ahead in the Andean nation at six days' notice after earlier being postponed until 2002.

US virtual imaging company Princeton Video Image (PVI) has signed a two-year deal with NFL team Philadelphia Eagles to provide virtual advertising in all Eagles pre-season games.