Media

Britain?s biggest Internet service provider, Freeserve, is considering plans to bid for the online broadcast rights for live soccer.

The on-going legal wrangle between the English Premier League and two former executives of BSkyB looks set to kick off in the High Court this month ? unless last gasp talks can avert proceedings.

Trakus, Inc., a leader in Digital Sports Information (DSI) technology , has named Gary Jacobus, senior vice president of IMG, as company President and Mike Golub, the former director of Nike Sports Entertainment, as vice-president of marketing and sports development.

Scottish Media Group Plc said it is investing #8milion($12.86m) in Edinburgh soccer club Hearts in a deal which could ultimately give it a stake of up to 37.4 percent.

The beleaguered organisers of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games have suffered a second blow in two days when the official broadcaster suspended its advertising contract.

London Stock Exchange-listed Premier League club, Newcastle United Plc, has become the first club in football to securitise its commercial revenue streams by issuing a #55m bond.

Billionaire oilman Marvin Davis has pulled out of his bid to set up an NFL expansion franchise based at Hollywood Park, Inglewood.

ISM Holding Corp, owners of ISM Marketing and ISM Motorsports, is to launch an interactive sports betting and gaming site, the first of several interactive web sites to be owned by the company.

Don Garber, the recently named commissioner of Major League Soccer has been nominated to serve on the board of directors for Princton Video Image ? the virtual advertising specialists.

SportsLine USA, the leading global Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine, has announced record revenue and site traffic for the third quarter ended September 30, 1999.

The WTA Tour is close to completing a five-year title sponsorship contract worth more than $40 million with Sanex, a subsidiary of the Sara Lee Corp, according to a report in the US advertising and media magazine Brandweek.

Total Sports Inc., a provider of online coverage of sporting events, has filed with regulators to raise as much as $57.5 million in an initial public offering.

BT are reported to be set to enter the English soccer TV rights battle.

British broadcaster BSkyB has appointed Simon Green as general manager of Sky Sports Ventures.

HotJobs.com's second ad campaign focussed on the Super Bowl will culminate in two 30-second spots airing during ABC's Super Bowl XXXIV telecast.

Sportal has announced it has signed a landmark deal with the UK?s Cable & Wireless Communications to provide sports-related content to its digital television platform.