Media

Attheraces, the new name for the Go Racing consortium backed by Arena Leisure, BSkyB and Carlton Communications, has appointed three additional members of the senior management team to supplement last month?s recruitment of marketing director Gavin Bisdee.

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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Global sports media company iSport has confirmed to sportbusiness.com it is on the verge of a major merger.

UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5 has picked up the TV rights to the away leg of Liverpool?s Champions League qualifying match against Finnish team SC Haka on Wednesday night.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has bought up all the outdoor advertising space in Beijing ahead of the Olympic Games which will be held there in 2008 in an attempt to limit the commercialisation of the event.

Satellite broadcaster BSkyB has given the British government an undertaking that it will not increase its stake in, or launch a takeover bid for Manchester United.

Dedicated US horse and greyhound racing broadcaster The Racing Network (TRN) has shut down after two years due to a lack of sufficient subscribers to remain financially viable.

UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV has signed a #5 million ($7.1m) deal for the rights to the Tour de France cycling race beginning with next year?s competition.

Satellite channel British Eurosport has secured the live television rights to the US Open tennis tournament held at Flushing Meadow in a new four-year deal.

The importance of sport to almost every revenue stream in British satellite broadcaster BSkyB's digital offering has been highlighted by the release of its annual results for the year ended June 30, 2001.
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The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has hired the chief executive of advertising giant WPP and the chairman of Australian telecommunications company Telesra, to help sell its marketing and media rights following the collapse of its former commercial partner, ISL.

UK mobile internet services company Wap Integrators and Premier League club Derby County have signed an agreement to provide fans with club branded mobile phones offering content from Derby County?s web site.

US broadcaster ESPN has unveiled a new dedicated interactive channel, ESPN Today, available to over 2 million viewers on the DirecTV digital satellite platform.

Fox Sports International has teamed up with Argentine broadcaster TeleRed Imagen to launch a Spanish language sports television network serving both the Latin American and US markets.

FIFA says it will confirm within the coming weeks if it will recruit a new marketing agency to help sell sponsorship for the 2002 World Cup, following the collapse of the ISMM Group.

Over seven million viewers tuned in to UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV?s coverage of Bayern Munich?s penalty shoot-out defeat of Valencia in the Champions League Final on May 23.