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The International Olympic Committee has selected Copyright Control Services (CCS) to provide exclusive internet anti-piracy operations and internet content protection solutions for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
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Online digital sports content provider Quokka Sports has hosted U.S. Secretary of Commerce Norm Mineta at their San Francisco headquarters.
Media

ESPN The Magazine has rated NBCOlympics.com as its number one Olympic Web site.
Events

Formula One racing will return to the United States after an absence of almost 10 years on September 24 ? and leading teams are already courting the US media to publicise the event.
Business

iSport.com a global sports media company providing internet based sports administration and communication services, has acquired Britsport.com Ltd.
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VTV, recently-acquired by UK-based The Television Corporation and now part of Sunset+Vine, has won a new four year contract to produce and distribute coverage of English badminton until 2005.
Business

The Irish Football Association has won unanimous approval from the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) for planning permission to build the new home for Irish soccer, Eircom Park.
Business

Almost every person on the planet with access to a television will watch the Sydney Olympics at some time in the next month.
Business

Sports4cast, the UK-based online sports? analysis and forecasting service, is to seek a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
Media

SINA.com, an online media and services company for Chinese communities worldwide, has launched China's official Olympics web site, http://aoyun.sina.com.cn.
Business

ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has promoted Vib Sharma to senior vice president, advertising and integrated sales.
Media

The U.S. men's basketball "Dream Team" were trapped in their hotel on Monday by a demonstration against a World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne.
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Totalbet.com has launched online Tote horse race pool betting ? which it claims could lead to the first UK gambler scooping a million online.
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A new TV series available to broadcasters in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup will be officially launched in Cannes next month.
Events

The Olympic Games have become too big to be hosted by less developed nations and must be scaled back, says senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Jacques Rogge.
Business

The International Olympic Committee's ethics commission has said it wants to ban athletes from betting on their own or their rivals' performances.
Media

The latest ABC Electronic Audit for June 2000 has confirmed Sports.com as the largest audited sporting web site in Europe.
Media

Former Formula One Grand Prix driver, Derek Warwick, has signed a deal to endorse a section of online betting site Firststake.com.