Media

American Environmental Corporation (AEVC) has completed a contract with the Jockey Club de Pernambuco RS in Brazil for the exclusive operation of simulcast transmission of international sports/racing events.

Nickelodeon GAS (Games and Sports for Kids) is presenting a new NFL show aimed at children.

Irish public television broadcaster RTE has seen off a rival bid from satellite giant BSkyB to clinch the television rights to the Six Nations rugby tournament.

Australian sports fans have responded to Australian success in the swimming pool and on the tennis court, raising the two Olympic sports to the top of the popularity charts.

OPTA, the UK-based football statistics service, has appointed Mark Pearman, formerly Sky Sports executive producer as its new general manager.

Fuxito.com, the US-based online soccer media source, has named Terry Hillery, the ?At-Large North American Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year?, as its director of Strategic Development and E-Commerce.

The Michigan Speedway is reverting back to its original name ? and will sport a new logo.

Soccer Australia has appointed a new media and publicity co-ordinator.

CBS SportsLine.com's fantasy football games are to be branded "courtesy of Miller Lite", following Miller Lite?s agreement to become presenting sponsor.

The organisers of the Sydney Summer Games have already set one record, the largest media centre in Olympic history.

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.

Former NBA player Bill Bradley has been approached to take over as chairman of the US Olympic Committee, according to media reports.

Rumours continued to swirl that Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays were about to be sold to media powerhouse Rogers Communications Inc. , but both the potential suitor and the team's current owner refused to comment on whether the two sides are in the final innings of a blockbuster deal.

Global Sports Ventures, the UK-based digital talent packaging operation, is set to go live with its UK web site at the end of August 2000.

Macon City Council in Georgia has passed a resolution on a lease agreement between a company that plans to bring an arenafootball2 franchise to Macon's Coliseum.

The BBC is planning to broadcast round-the-clock coverage of the Olympic Games across its television, radio and internet platforms.