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Events

Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the host broadcaster for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan, is to hold the first World Broadcaster Meeting April 24/25 2001 for broadcasters involved in the 2002 finals.
Events

Extreme Sports Channel, the first ever 24 hour extreme sports content channel, is to launch in the UK, available free of charge to digital satellite TV subscribers.
Media

Senior officials behind the Sydney Olympics could be offered consultancy contracts for the Athens Games in 2004.
Events

The English Football Association has finally given permission for a foreign broadcaster to set up its own television cameras for coverage of an international match.
Business

SAIL, the South African sports brand management company, has produced strong interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2000, pushing up headline earnings per share by 57%.
Media

Sportswear firm Reebok has been forced to scrap a TV commercial after the athlete featured pulled out of the Olympics.
Events

Omega Networks has launched www.ticket2sports.com a broadband, online sports resource providing fans with a virtual ticket to video-on-demand for amateur sports.
Media

Swansea Rugby Football Club has appointed Generation Communications Ltd to manage all media and marketing activity relating to the club.
Business

Al-Ahram, the Egyptian international media group, has signed a deal with EPSIS to introduce virtual advertising to its soccer broadcasts.
Media

Jim Martin has joined ACTV, the digital interactive television (iTV) and enhanced media programming company, after more than a decade in the sports-led cable industry.
Media

Australia?s Seven Network is losing viewers to its two Olympic pay-TV channels following complaints about the network?s free-to-air coverage.
Business

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.
Media

Strong interest in the Olympics is driving up the audience of New Zealand websites, according to research company AC Nielsen.
Media

Virtual technology giant Orad is set to acquire German firm Xync in a deal worth around $15m.
Business

Negotiations between the New York Yankees and Madison Square Garden Network (MSG) over a new broadcast contract have been postponed beyond the deadline set by the two parties for the beginning of this week.
Events

Internet TV company Kamera Interactive is to deliver broadband broadcasts from the Olympic Games for Swedish communication company Bredbandsbolaget (B2).
Media

Disappointing viewing figures for NBC?s Olympic broadcasts have been dramatically offset by page views on the internet.
Events

Ratings for NBC?s coverage of the Olympics are down on all three previous Games.