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ESPN.COM AND MSN SIGN CONTENT DEAL
Microsoft?s internet portal MSN has signed a deal with ESPN.com to deliver to consumers access to ESPN's online sports content through the MSN network.
SPORTS.COM OFFERS LIVE BETTING ODDS
European sports website Sports.com is to offer real time betting odds to soccer fans via a set of updateable banners which have been created and produced by London-based interactive marketing agency Tribal DDB.
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BREAKING NEWS: FIFA AND FIFPRO MAKE PEACE ON TRANSFER RULES
FIFA and FIFPro have finally reached agreement about FIFPro's participation in the implementation of FIFA's new regulations on the international transfers of football players.
TIGERS ROAR LOUDER AFTER NEW PR DEAL
English rugby union team the Leicester Tigers have appointed sports public relations agency Vision Sports PR to boost their profile at both a national and international level.
NEW BLOW FOR BRAZILIAN SOCCER CHIEFS
Brazilian soccer's latest scandal has taken a new twist after a private meeting of the country's leading directors was secretly recorded and then broadcast by a radio station.
PSN TO BROADCAST US OPEN IN LATIN AMERICA
Pan-american Sports Network (PSN), the pay television sports network in Latin America will offer complete coverage of the US Open tennis from August 27 to September 9.
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Pay Per View Sport in Europe: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
SPORTECH GOES INTERACTIVE
Sportech, the UK-based holding company for gaming giant Littlewoods Leisure, has signed a sponsorship deal with ITV?s interactive soccer coverage for an undisclosed sum.
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How to Develop Effective Sponsorship Programmes: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
Sport and Interactive TV: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
ESPN STAR SPORTS REACHES PREMIERSHIP DEAL WITH ASTRO
Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has finalised a deal with its Malaysian pay-TV platform Astro for exclusive coverage of English Premier League soccer for the next three seasons.
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Pay Per View Sport in Europe: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
COM.HEM TO OFFER INTERACTIVE SOCCER SERVICES
Com.hem, the cable television division of Swedish firm Telia, is increasing its interactive services to include soccer-related initiatives.
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Sport and Interactive TV: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
BREAKING NEWS: KIRCH ASKS UK AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE SALE OF WORLD CUP TV RIGHTS
The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that it has received a letter from Prisma - the sports rights subsidiary of German media giant KirchGruppe ? demanding an investigation into the sale of television rights for the soccer World Cup.
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UKBETTING SIGNS DEAL WITH SPORTAL
ukbetting, the online bookmaker that made its debut on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) last week, has signed a deal with troubled sports internet company Sportal for an undisclosed sum.
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Online Gambling: The Regulation of Global Sports Betting: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
PREMIUM TV LAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL SOCCER INITIATIVE
Premium TV, the sports rights and content internet and broadcast subsidiary wholly-owned by UK cable firm NTL, has launched Footee.net ? a soccer-based educational website.
ESPN STAR SPORTS EXPANDS FEEDS FOR ASIA
Asia?s largest sports broadcaster, ESPN Star Sports is to repackage its Star Sports service, to create two dedicated feeds, Star Sports Southeast Asia and STAR Sports Asia.
CELTIC BROADBAND PPV `A SUCCESS?
Scottish Premier League soccer champions Celtic have hailed a trial pay-per-view broadband broadcast a success ? despite just 30 percent of broadband subscribers watching the game.
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Pay Per View Sport in Europe: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
TOM.COM BUYS CHINESE BASKETBALL RIGHTS
Tom.com, the media and advertising company controlled by Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-Shing, has won the broadcast and advertising rights to China?s national basketball league, adding to its portfolio of Chinese volleyball, table tennis, rowing and college soccer rights.
U>DIRECT ABANDONS PPV INTERTOTO CUP MATCH
The image of pay-per-view (PPV) sports television was tarnished today just weeks before the English Premier League launches its PPV soccer matches after PPV film and sport service u>direct abandoned its plans to broadcast tomorrow?s Intertoto Cup semi-final between Newcastle United and Munich 1860.
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UPDATE: NEW DIGITAL SPORTS CHANNEL SECURES RUGBY WORLD CUP RIGHTS
A new digital sports channel to be launched by UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV helped secure the British coverage of the next two Rugby World Cups in a deal worth at least #40million ($57m/?65.14) to the International Rugby Board (IRB).
CHANNEL 4 NOT TO RENEW WWF DEAL
UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has told sportbusiness.com that it will not renew its contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) when the current deal expires at the end of the year due to increasing difficulties with editing the violent content.