Media

BSkyB has added to its line-up of tennis by securing the rights to this year?s Davis Cup final.

US satellite pay-TV company DIRECTV and digital sports content provider, Quokka Sports have formed a strategic relationship aimed at further developing interactive sports content programming to DIRECTV's next generation set-top boxes.

Steve Miller, previously head of marketing of hosting company, Virtual Internet plc, has joined the e-comsport group as marketing manager.

iSport.com a global sports media company providing internet based sports administration and communication services, has acquired Britsport.com Ltd.

Gustavo Kuerten will compete in the Sydney Olympics after a deal between sponsors and the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) ended a spat about what he should wear at the Games.

English Football League club Fulham has appointed its first ever female member of the board.

Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX), Hyro.com, and the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) have signed a deal to allow the use of iPIX Virtual Tours on the official Olympics web site.

The ISMM Group (International Sports Media & Marketing) headquarters is on the move after 18 years in Lucerne.

Preparations for the Dodge return to NASCAR Winston Cup are quickening with fewer than 200 days left in Dodge?s countdown to Daytona 500 - and marketing and publicity plans already well-advanced.

Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. has established OradNet Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orad, dedicated to the development, marketing and commercialisation of immersive sports webcasting technologies.

Jose Maria Garcia has joined Spanish media giant Telefonica's unit Telefonica Media as chairman of its sports operation

NTL has agreed to partner Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity to acquire France Telecom?s 49.9% stake in Noos, France?s leading broadband company. The move should create a powerful new player in competition for sports content in France.

Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile has dismissed European Union warnings over curbs on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics, saying it was a matter for the International Olympic Committee.

Golf champion Tiger Woods has been summoned to appear before a Screen Actors Guild trial board to explain why he shot a car commercial during the union's strike against the advertising industry.

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has awarded full broadcast rights for radio and television to the home World Cup qualifiers involving Angola, Cameroon and Libya to Indicom Sports and Events management through Winners World Wide Sports International Zambia Limited.

NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises (NHL ICE) has named Phase2Media, the online marketing and sales organisation, the exclusive advertising sales representative for NHL.com.