Media
GO RACING?S FUTURE STILL IN DOUBT
The future of Go Racing, the UK broadcasting consortium run by BskyB, Arena Leisure and Channel 4, was still looking fragile today after Dubai horse breeding family the Maktoums voiced concerns over the group?s #307m ($435m) horseracing media deal.
SPORTSWORLD LOOKING TO SNAP UP ISL?S ASIAN CLIENTS
Sportsworld Media, the London-based sports marketing group, has said it would like to recruit some Asian clients from bankrupt marketing group ISL Worldwide.
EXCLUSIVE SPORTS BROADCAST RIGHTS AND FAIR DEALING
Writing exclusively for sportbusiness.com, Tom Simpson, a member of UK law firm Ashurst Morris Crisp's Communications Media and Technology group, explains how legal principles of `fair dealing? operate to safeguard exclusive sports broadcast rights.
NTL DENIES SALE OF BRITISH EUROSPORT STAKE
Eurosport and Premium TV, the sports rights and content subsidiary of NTL, have rebutted an article published in the business section of UK newspaper The Sunday Telegraph (20 May 2001) claiming that NTL is trying to sell its stake in British Eurosport.
RAIDERS LOSE $1.2BN NFL LAW SUIT
Former LA Raiders owner AL Davis has lost his $1.2bn law suit claiming the NFL forced them back to Oakland in 1995.
ZOO STARTLED IN NEW DEAL
ZOO Digital, the UK-based company that helps brands optimise financial returns for their sponsoring rights, has bought digital marketing firm Startle Digital for an undisclosed sum.
NBC TAKES WINTER OLYMPICS TO MADISON AVENUE
NBC has sold ? just under 70 percent of its available commercial air time? for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, according to NBC Olympics chief operating officer Randy Falco.
XFL DEAD AFTER WWFE PULLS THE PLUG
The XFL dream has died after World Wrestling Federation Entertainment said it was pulling the plug on the competition ? just four months after the first game was broadcast.
PRIVATE INVESTORS LOOK TO BUILD MEMPHIS NBA STADIUM
A local group trying to lure a National Basketball Association team to Memphis is asking other business people to contribute money towards the construction of an arena.
LIVERPOOL FC TO MAKE BROADBAND HISTORY
Liverpool soccer club is to launch the first club-owned broadcasting service over a broadband internet network tomorrow, as part of its alliance with media group Granada.
MEMPHIS MAYOR WARNS OF LOSING NBA MOVE
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton has urged fellow elected officials not to do anything that could jeopardise efforts to lure a National Basketball Association team there.
RFU AND ENGLISH RUGBY CLUBS AGREE DEAL
The long-running dispute between English rugby clubs and the Rugby Football Union went some way to being healed on Wednesday when a promotion and relegation system and future funding was agreed.
LADBROKES PROFITS RISE BY 30 PER CENT
UK based bookmakers Ladbroke saw its profits rise by 30 per cent for the three months to March 31, compared with the equivalent period last year.
SPORTBUSINESS 2001 SPECIAL REPORT: UEFA TO SHAKE UP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The Champions League faces a major overhaul because of concern over falling viewing figures.
ISL FACE BANKRUPTCY AFTER JUDGE REJECTS DELAY BID
The ISMM Group ? parent company of ISL ? has failed in its bid to postpone bankruptcy proceedings.
ECCLESTONE SET TO SELL TO STAMP OUT THREAT
Formula One motor racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone has offered to sell 50 percent of his family's stake in the sport to the motor manufacturers in a bid to quash threats of a breakaway, rival circuit, according to a UK newspaper report.
LEAGUES REUNITE UNDER EUROLEAGUE BRAND
The two rival European club basketball leagues have officially reunified ? with the new league to be known as the EuroLeague.
ESSEX BUSINESSMAN PLANS ?NEW AGE? HORSERACING DEVELOPMENT
A new state-of-the-art racecourse has been planed for a 165-acre site at Great Leighs, north of Chelmsford in the UK.