Media
NEW YORK TIMES SUED BY NBA
The National Basketball Association has sued newspaper publisher New York Times Co. for selling a collection of five photographs from the 1999 N.B.A. playoffs, reports the New York Times newspaper
SFX SPORTS GROUP PARTNERS CART FOR TV NEGOTIATIONS
CART has teamed up with the SFX Sports Group for the negotiation of television rights to its FedEx Championship Series.
NBC SEES NEARLY $1 BILLION IN OLYMPIC AD SALES
NBC expects to sell nearly $1 billion in advertising for the Sydney 2000 Olympics this summer, and has already sold more advertising than the record sum from the Atlanta Games in 1996.
LDV SIGN SOCCER SPONSORSHIP DEAL
European van firm LDV has signed as the main sponsor of Scottish Premier League soccer team St Mirren.
PSN ADDS LATIN FLAVOUR TO WIMBLEDON COVERAGE
The Pan-american Sports Network (PSN) will broadcast approximately 100 hours of live coverage of The Championships at Wimbledon which begins next week.
SUPER BOWL MVP?S ANGER ACTORS? UNION
Super Bowl MVPs Kurt Warner and Terrell Davis have angered actors? union members by crossing a picket line to film a non-union Campbell's Soup commercial during the unions' ongoing strike against the advertising industry.
BRITISH EUROSPORT MOVES INTO PUBS AND CLUBS
Skybusiness the UK commercial digital TV service for pub and club subscribers has added British Eurosport to its package.
BROADBAND INTERACTIVE ACQUIRES CHICKSTICKS.COM.
In a move designed to strengthen its commitment to the growing girls' action sports market, Broadband Interactive Group (BIG) has acquired Chicksticks.com, the action sports Web site designed exclusively for girl surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding enthusiasts.
CHARLEROI SWITCH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SAYS BLATTER
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said a venue switch for the Euro 2000 match between England and Germany from the small Belgian stadium of Charleroi should be considered to minimise the risk of crowd trouble.
CORAL EUROBET UNVEILS WAP SPORTS BETTING SERVICE
Eurobet, the online business division of Coral Eurobet, has unveiled what it believes to be the world's first WAP based sports betting capability.
LAW SET TO SPEED UP ATHENS OLYMPIC PLANS
Greece's government plans to pass a new law next month aimed at speeding up preparations for the 2004 Olympic Games.
TELECOM FIRM BIDS FOR DUTCH SOCCER BROADCAST RIGHTS
Dutch KPN Telecom NV has said it had bid to buy the broadcast rights of all Dutch first division soccer matches for five years in an effort to boost the content of its internet division.
SEVEN IN PPV OLYMPICS DEAL
Australia?s Seven Network has signed a new pay-per-view deal to provide coverage of this summer?s Olympic Games in Sydney.
FIRST ENTERTAINMENT SPONSORS TEAM USA ROWING
FirstEntertainment, the multimedia internet entertainment company, has signed a sponsorship agreement with Team USA for the Trans-Atlantic Rowing Race to be held in October 2001.
RESSLER TAKES OVER AT JAGUAR RACING
Neil Ressler is to take over as the new chief executive officer of Jaguar Racing. Currently chairman of the board of Jaguar Racing, Ressler will have full direct responsibility for all team activities.
INTERNETSOCCER.COM LAUNCHES NEW BUSINESS SECTION
Internetsoccer.com has introduced a new soccer business information channel.
ONLINE SPORTS MARKET `NOT AS FAR ALONG AS WE LIKE TO BELIEVE?
Dr. Richard Luker, founder of the ESPN Sports Poll presented new research at the Interactive Sports 2000 conference in Los Angeles that suggests the internet sports market is "a market place still waiting for people to come through its doors".
SPORTING ?OSCARS? DUE FOR MAY LAUNCH
A new annual international sports awards ceremony will be inaugurated in Monaco on May 25. The Laureus Sports Awards, will be hosted by stars of the entertainment world such as Jeff Bridges, Ashley Judd and Dylan McDermott and will broadcast to a hoped-for global audience of 1 billion viewers.