Media

Organisers of next year?s Commonwealth Games in Manchester claim to have already raised more money in sponsorship and commercial income than any other UK sporting event has ever attracted.
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MLB Advanced Media, which manages MLB.com and each of the 30 official Major League Baseball club sites, has reported record traffic to its site.

Susan Eid, an adviser to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has urged industry leaders in the cable market to end their quest for regulation of sports programming in the US.

Sportbusiness.com has learnt that the disappointing financial results of German film rights and media company Kinowelt Medien AG will not jeopardise the future of multi-soccer club owner Sportwelt, in which Kinowelt owns a 10 per cent stake.

Television scheduling for coverage of Brazil?s domestic soccer leagues has been thrown into chaos following the national government?s announcement that no matches in certain regions of the country could be played after 6pm due to an electricity shortage crisis.

The National Soccer League final in Australia next Sunday has been brought forward three hours to allow the Seven Network media company to broadcast the match live.

US-based Fox Cable Networks Group, a division of Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation, has agreed a transfer of programming interests with rival cable firm Comcast. The deal will see Fox sell its stakes in the Golf Channel and the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) to Comcast in exchange for ownership of motor racing network Speedvision in which Fox currently holds a minority stake.

Sri Lankan cricket is in financial limbo after a court issued an order preventing the newly appointed interim administration from operating the cricket board's bank accounts.

Swiss marketing company ISMM, which went officially bankrupt on Thursday, lacked a deep enough understanding of its sporting contracts which ultimately led to its downfall, according to broadcast and media analysts.

English soccer club Leeds United is in talks with Australia's Brisbane Strikers to build closer links with the country that produced star forwards Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell.

Goal celebration antics cost Malaysia's self-styled soccer 'Superman' 2,000 ringgit ($526) after a sponsor complained his display hid its company logo during a TV broadcast.

The Professional Bowlers Association has signed a three-year broadcasting agreement with ESPN, giving the bowling tour its first consistent television presence since its contract with ABC Sports ended in 1997.

Virage, the video streaming applications provider, has unveiled new technology that enables video to be searched, retrieved and streamed in real-time on handheld PDA's.

ESPN Star Sports (ESS) will develop its broadcast feeds in Asia with the addition of the Philippines.

London?s Capital Radio has failed in its bid to gain the rights to broadcast Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham and Chelsea soccer matches on its Capital Gold station for the next three years.

World soccer's governing body will lose 30 million to 40m Swiss francs ($17.4m to $23m) if ISL, the company with marketing rights to the World Cup, goes bankrupt, a top official said Tuesday.