Media

Fox Sports World Espanol, the only U.S Spanish-language sports cable network, have recorded a ratings success with last month's Copa America.

There have been yet more problems at the troubled Southeast Asian Games in Brunei after the roof of the main press centre collapsed, just a week after the tiles on a nearby convention centre fell down and injured a policeman and damaged two parked cars underneath.

Talk Radio plan to invest #6m to start up the UK's first 24-hour all-sports radio station.

Total Sports, a provider of online coverage of college sports, has added

Soccer Australia has appointed the current chairman of Melbourne Water, Graeme Bowker, as an independent director to its board.

Sportech PLC, the holding company for Littlewoods Leisure, the pools betting company it acquired in September 2000, has reported that its telephone and online sports betting customer base grew to over 208,000 registered customers in the six months to June 30.

US broadcaster CNBC will premiere `Golf Portfolio? on September 9 ? a feature-driven, 30-minute magazine show exploring the global arena of golf and business.

US sports network ESPN2 is set to become the fastest cable broadcaster to reach 80 million households in September, according to predictions made by Nielsen Media Research.

Latin American pay-TV broadcaster, Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) has appointed Luis Baraldi to the post of vice president for programming, production and operations.

The president of Russian premier division soccer side Fakel Voronezh has resigned following the death of a woman during the half-time interval of a 5-0 defeat by Spartak Moscow last weekend, club officials have confirmed.

At least four English Premiership soccer clubs will have launched dedicated digital radio stations on the Sky satellite television platform within the next few weeks.
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UK terrestrial broadcaster the BBC has appointed Stephen Lupi as its new head of finance for BBC Resources Outside Broadcasts.

Content provider TEAMtalk Media Group has extended its SMS subscription services by going trilingual.

Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Cleveland Indians has denied reports that coverage of its matches would only be available on pay-TV platforms next season.
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Germany's state broadcaster ARD and media group Kirch have ended their row over German soccer broadcasting rights by reaching a joint agreement.

The Brickyard 400 NASCAR race held on Sunday delivered the largest television audience in the history of the event with 20 million viewers tuning in to host broadcaster NBC?s coverage.

Rugby Football League?s (RFL) chairman Sir Rodney Walker has told sportbusiness.com that a new knock-out competition could be introduced to exist alongside the Super League and Challenge Cup.

Rivals.net, the Chrysalis-based sports network, has appointed Clair Porteous as its first marketing manager.