Media

Rogers Communications Inc. , Canada's largest cable company, bought an 80 percent stake in Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays for $112 million, and now has its sights on bringing a football franchise to the city. For full details see the `FEATURES? section of SportBusiness.com.

British Eurosport has signed UP cable operator CWC (Cable & Wireless) - accessing 1m CWC customers - to make British Eurosport the most widely available sports channel in the UK.

Moldova has been given permission by UEFA to use their main stadium for international matches this season, the country's soccer chief said.

France, currently president of the European Union, is pressing for sports "specificity" to be recognised by the European Commission after EU plans to scrap transfer rules sparked consternation in soccer.

SNTV, the sports video news service jointly-owned by TWI and APTN, the television arm of the Associated Press, has launched SNTVi aimed exclusively at internet -based operators.

Sportal, the global provider of interactive sports content, has signed an extensive multi language sports content distribution deal with Yahoo! Europe.

NFL action will be broadcast in a record 194 countries as the new season kicks-off.

Beijing is eyeing the 2008 Olympics as a cure for problems ranging from choking smog to taxi-clogged streets, and as an image boost for the Communist capital.

India's cricket board is to undergo a shake-up with the introduction of professionals to help administer an organisation previously served mainly by volunteers.

?The X Games'' is fulfilling the two mandates that prompted ESPN to create them five years ago, according to Variety magazine.

SportsLine.com, publisher of CBS SportsLine.com, and Westwood One/ CBS Radio Sports are to provide live pre-game and post-game coverage of Sunday afternoon NFL Football for the second consecutive year.

Wayne Huizenga has received numerous offers to buy the Miami Dolphins outright, but no offers to buy the minority stake he has put up for sale, according to US media reports.

Eurosport, the pan European TV channel, has officially unveiled its new sports news channel Eurosportnews in Paris.

Worldwide Entertainment & Sports Corp?s internet subsidiary, Worldwide Houseofboxing.com (HOB), has signed a letter of intent with TelVue Corporation to offer HOB users who are cable television and Direct Broadcast satellite subscribers

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.

InMotion Technologies is to create a website for the TISSOT-UCI Mountain Bike 2000 World Cup Finals in Leysin and Lausanne.