Media

International Management Group have added to their portfolio of rugby union clients by entering into a five-year agreement with South African side Natal Sharks. IMG will represent the Super 12 club in future commercial deals.

Virtual technology firm Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd, is to launch a 3D on- air graphics system named CyberGraphics.

Sportvision, Inc., the US-based sports media technology, has appointed Steven F. Roberts to executive vice president, Product Management, and promoted Russell Quy to executive producer and vice president, Media Production.

German sports media firm Wige Media made a cautious stock market debut on Tuesday with the stock failing to draw much interest from institutional investors, traders said.

European Union (EU) sports ministers have reached broad agreement on a declaration on sport's distinctive status to be adopted by EU leaders at their December summit.

Paul Vaughan, executive vice president of Octagon Marketing is set to become the next commercial director of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

Media company Digital Sport, which features onefootball.com as its flagship web site, is raising at least #4m ($6m) for future development.

The IOC has announced a roster of over 40 industry leaders from sport and new media to speak at ?The IOC World Conference on Sport and New Media? taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 4 and 5.

German sports media firm Wige Media made its debut in the official trade segment of the German bourse at its issue price of five euros, valuing the company at 30 million euros ($26 million).

eSynch Corporation, a supplier of technological services for the streaming media and video-on-demand markets, has partnered SurfingSports.com to broadcast extreme sports videos to broadband internet users.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is today launching a new web site devoted to its groundbreaking new media conference in December.

Organisers of the Rugby League World Cup 2000 (RLWC) have struck back at complaints from Sportal, the online sports content company, that that they have unfairly denied Sportal journalistic access to tournament matches.

Host Communications is to collaborate with the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics to launch a unique, three-year UK Sports Marketing certification programme in 2001.

IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and 150 of Europe's Gold medal winners from Sydney attended the new Eurosport 'SportStar Awards' in Monaco last week.

Sportel exhibitors, Kingston MediaSTream, the international satellite and broadcast arm of the Kingston Communications Group, has won two major international contracts.

Sportal, the European sports content portal, has clashed with Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) organisers over journalistic access at one of the tournament?s matches.