Media
INSIDE LINE AND SPORTSWORLD CO-PRODUCE F1 SHOW
UK-based sports marketing firm specialising in F1 motor racing, Inside Line Media, has reached an agreement with Formula One Administration Limited to produce a behind the scenes programme for the 2001 Formula 1 motor racing season.
GREEK BASKETBALL BOSS SLAMS OLYMPIC ORGANISERS
President of the Greek Basketball Federation George Vassilakopoulos has warned that his country is heading for a national disaster because of the inadequacy of Athens 2004 Olympic Games organisers.
PLAY-SPORT NEW MEDIA TO LAUNCH CRICKET COMMUNITY PORTAL
UK-based Play-Sport New Media has created a nation-wide e-community of cricket organisations from clubs and junior teams right through to national championship. .
LIQUOR MARKETER TAKES LOCAL ROUTE TO ?THE SHOW?
Diageo PLC, the London-based marketer of alcoholic beverage brands such as Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Smirnoff and Tanqueray, have formulated a Super Bowl strategy to circumvent CBS's ban on hard-liquor ads.
RACING FESTIVAL CANCELLED IN STCC DISPUTE
The second annual Oslo Racing Festival will not be held this year after a dispute between festival organisers and the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) over costs failed to be resolved.
ATHENS GAMES SUBURB FINANCE BOOST
The Commercial Bank of Greece has said it has reached a preliminary agreement with the Athens suburb hosting much of the 2004 Olympic Games to finance up to 1.5 billion euros in real estate development.
VIRTUAL SUPERBOWL TECHNOLOGY TAKES STEP FURTHER
Following on from our news story yesterday, we take a closer look at plans to insert virtual advertising in this year?s Super Bowl.
TURNER SELLS WCW TO ESPN CLASSIC
Turner Broadcasting Systems is to sell its poorly performing World Championship Wrestling operation to the founders of the Classic Sports Network, now ESPN Classic.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICISM OF OLYMPIC CENTRE PLANS
The Worldwide Fund for Nature has said plans to build an Olympic rowing and canoeing centre for the 2004 Athens Games would threaten the environment and break European Union nature conservation laws.
WALKER STARTS FURTHER ROUND OF TALKS OVER WEMBLEY
Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL) chairman Rodney Walker has started a new round of talks to discuss his plans for an athletics track in the new national stadium.
PREMIER WARNS OF OLYMPIC PARK ?WHITE ELEPHANT?
New South Wales Premier has warned that Sydney's main Olympic venues will remain a drain on taxpayers for years, with public funds being used to subsidise some big events.
PVI PRODUCE BRANDED FIRST-DOWN LINE FOR SUPERBOWL
Virtual imaging firm Princeton Video Image, Inc. (PVI) is to produce a branded first-down line for the first time in the international live television feeds of Super Bowl XXXV.
EXPOS SIGN $3M LOCAL TV DEAL
Canadian French-language broadcaster RDS has signed a one year local TV contract with the Montreal Expos for a reported $3 million.
MEDIA FIRM TAKES OVER ARGENTINIAN SOCCER CLUB
Argentinian First Division club Racing, which has been bankrupt for two years, has become the second Argentinian club to be taken over by media company Blanquiceleste S.A.
SPECIAL FEATURE: LATEST WEMBLEY PLANS PRESENTED TO MINISTER
United Kingdom Sports head Rodney Walker presented proposals for an athletics track at Wembley stadium to Culture, Media and Sports Minister Chris Smith today.
LEVI’S JEANS MAKES SUPER BOWL AD DEBUT
The Levi's jeans brand is to make its Super Bowl advertising debut with a new multi-part television commercial, online activities and a retail programme.
ATHENS SET FOR FINANCIAL BOOST
The Athens Olympics will give a 2.5 percent fillip to Greece's gross national product in 2004, the year the games return to their ancestral roots, organising committee (ATHOC) head Gianna Angelopoulou said.
SKIER FINED OVER BEER COMMERCIAL
Norwegian alpine skier, Lasse Kjuus has been fined 10,000 kroner ($1,140) by the Norwegian Ski Association for breaching Norway's rules against mixing sports and alcohol for commercial purposes.