Media
SPORTINGLIFE.COM MAKES DOUBLE APPOINTMENT
Sportinglife.com has appointed Simon McKay, as its first head of sponsorship and advertising, and Real Media, as its exclusive advertising sales agency.
GALATASARAY MOVES CLOSER TO LISTING OF COMMERCIAL ASSETS
Turkish soccer club Galatasaray Sport Club AS has clarified the terms of the proposed public listing for its media, merchandising rights and advertising businesses.
SPORTSYA! SIGNS CONTENT DEAL WITH STARMEDIA
SportsYA! has signed a production and content partnership with StarMedia Network ? the internet media company for Spanish and Portugese-speaking audiences.
FORD IN FIRST MAJOR ONLINE CAMPAIGN WITH SPORTAL
Sportal and Ford of Europe have signed a deal to make Ford a key sponsor of the Sportal Network.
CART APPOINTS PR AGENCY
CART has appointed Minneapolis-based public relations agency the Tunheim Group as its public relations agency.
EUROSPORT WINS GOLDEN RING
Eurosport has won a bronze trophy at the `Olympic Golden Ring? Awards, organised by the IOC (International Olympic Committee).
BROADBAND SPORTS MAKES WORKFORCE CUTS
US-based sports media company Broadband Sports has laid off 20 percent of its 250-person workforce.
HORSE RACING DEAL KEEPS BBC IN FRAME
Go Racing, a consortium including Sky TV and Channel Four, said it had agreed a deal that could ensure the BBC continues to cover horseracing.
FOX REVEALS MAJOR LOSSES ON ?SUBWAY SERIES?
Major League Baseball?s ?Subway Series? cost the owners of the Fox network, an incredible $70 million, far more than analysts expected.
TALKSPORT MAKES FESTIVE MOVE INTO E-COMMERCE
UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has made moved into the online merchandise market with an internet Christmas gift store.
PERUGIA DEFY FIFA AND PLAY SUSPENDED ARGENTINE
Serie A club Perugia defied a FIFA ruling and played Argentine Pablo Guinazu, currently the subject of a transfer fee wrangle, in their team against Napoli on Sunday.
IKANO GETS SALT LAKE DATA DEAL
Management service provider IKANO Communications has been named the `official data networking services supplier? for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
EBU AWARDS SPORT CONTRACT TO BT BROADCAST SERVICES
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has awarded a major new contract to BT Broadcast Services to provide transmission services covering a number of Europe's top sporting events.
SPORTINGBET.COM SET TO FLOAT ON AIM
Sportingbet.com, the global online sports betting group, has announced its intention to seek a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (?AIM?).
IN DEMAND STATES SPORTING GOALS
Rob Jacobson, the new executive VP of In Demand, the dominant distributor of pay-per-view movies and events, has set out his objectives for the company.
EUROPE OFFERED FREE NFL HIGHLIGHTS PACKAGES
The NFL is offering European television stations free access to game highlights with a new Sunday-night highlights service.
LEWIS-TUA BOUT SPARKS BETTING FRENZY IN NEW ZEALAND
Sunday's world heavyweight boxing match between New Zealand boxer David Tua and Britain's Lennox Lewis looks set to become the biggest event in New Zealand's sports betting history.
SPORTVISION AND NATIONAL MOBILE TELEVISION SIGN DEAL
National Mobile Television (NMT), the provider of mobile television production equipment, has agreed to permanently install Sportvision?s video insertion technologies on NMT trucks in the U.S.