Media

Turkey's soccer authorities will hold a tender for broadcasting rights next week in a bid to resolve a quarrel which has prevented the restart of the domestic season.

Seven Network Limited has advised the Australian Football League that it would not accept its offer to match the News Limited led consortium bid for broadcast television rights for seasons 2002-2006.

Comedian Dennis Miller, who has drawn mixed reviews for his first season of televised gridiron commentary, apparently will be back next fall for more ranting on ABC's "Monday Night Football" broadcast.

The troubled Millennium Cup soccer tournament has suffered a fresh setback with officials canceling a third-place playoff to cut losses.

130 million viewers will witness the debut of a new sport broadcast technology during the 2001 Super Bowl.

France's soccer team may still be world champions, but the country's accountants have issued a red card to the French state for lavishly funding the 1998 World Cup and a new space-age stadium at taxpayers' expense.

ESPN - in conjunction with several of its affiliates and advertisers and the National Hockey League - will conduct a single-screen interactive television test during NHL All-Star Saturday and the Winter X Games on February 3.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has recruited Ezra Kucharz into the new position of managing director, advanced media.

Premier League soccer club Leeds United is to translate its website into seven languages across Asia and webcast the site via CrazyEsoccer.com, an established Asian football site.

Sportbusiness.com has obtained the full report by US stockbrokers AG Edwards, which downgraded CART shares last week ?due to uncertainty in regards to our ISL sponsorship guarantee?.

Turkish soccer clubs have rejected a proposal from state television to help end a dispute over broadcast rights that has prevented the re-start of the Turkish first division programme.

Sports and Outdoor Media (SOMI) is rebranding following its acquisition by Sportsworld Media Group last March.

German media giant Kirch , which is engaged in a bid to rescue ailing EM.TV & Merchandising, has said that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp had bought a 2.48 percent stake in KirchMedia KGaA.

British Eurosport has formed a partnership with FIA-GT and FIA-ETCC to launch a new concept in motorsports ? the ?Super Racing Weekend.?

Turkish state television has offered to step in to resolve a dispute over soccer broadcast rights that has led to the suspension of all first division matches.

ISL is ?no Titanic? according to its spokesman ? despite mounting industry speculation that it is in financial dire straits and one industry figure?s claim that it is the ?beginning of the end? for the Swiss marketing giant.