Media

Princeton Video Imaging (PVI) chairman Brown Williams has acclaimed the debut of EyeVison action replay technology on CBS? coverage of the 35th Super Bowl.

Online sports media company SportsLine.com has bought some assets of MVP.com, the online retailer with ties to basketball star Michael Jordan and hockey star Wayne Gretzky, and tapped a USA Networks unit to operate its flagship internet sports service's online store.

Shares in debt-ridden media firm EM.TV & Merchandising rose 10 percent on Monday after rival Kirch said talks on its rescue offer could be extended and the field of potential suitors appeared to widen.

The official website of the ATP has been relaunched with a new name ? atptennis.com - and a new design.

Super Bowl XXXV was a ratings winner for CBS but a relative dud compared with past games as the Baltimore Ravens killer defence dazzled the New York Giants but failed to draw record numbers of viewers.

Less than three weeks before tickets for the 2002 World Cup go on sale, Japan's organisers were locked in a dispute with co-host South Korea over whose name appears first.

German media giant Kirch Group said today it assumes exclusive talks with EM.TV & Merchandising on its proposed rescue bid will continue if no deal is reached by January 31.

The new sports channel that the BBC and cable broadcasters NTL plan to launch this year will be free to existing subscribers of BSkyB, ONdigital or NTL.

Despite crackdowns and steep penalties, illegal betting on horse racing in Singapore is still a bustling S$10 million (US$5.72 million) a month business.

More than 60% of XFL advertising spots in advance of the league?s debut on February 3, 2001.

German media giant Kirch Group said today it assumes exclusive talks with EM.TV & Merchandising on its proposed rescue bid will continue if no deal is reached by January 31.

The English Football Association (FA) is planning to cut ticket prices for this year's FA Cup final, according to media reports.

Hungarian Grand Prix chief Ferenc Studniczky has resigned, according to local media reports.

Former England soccer coach Kevin Keegan has won #150,000 ($220,000) in damages and an apology from a tabloid Sunday newspaper on Friday over allegations of widespread betting in his squad.

The World Health Organization has put forward a proposal document that would phase out tobacco sponsorship deals and advertising in newspapers, magazines and on the internet.

CBS will earn more than $360 million from its advertising spots during its television broadcast of the Super Bowl. The US National Football League finals match will be held on 28 January 2001, and the list of advertisers will be notable for the absence of most of the dotcom companies which advertised in 2000, many of which crashed in the April 2000 "tech-wreck" stock price crash.