Media
FOX OFFLOADS WEBSITE – TEMPORARILY
Fox Sports will temporarily give up day-to-day operations of its struggling website while executives come up with a plan to make it more appealing and efficient.
MOSLEY SAYS CARMAKERS SEEK "SUBSTANTIAL" F1 STAKE
Car manufacturers are considering buying a "substantial" stake in Formula One holding company SLEC, says Max Mosley, chairman of motor sport's ruling body FIA.
ARENA FOOTBALL SIGNS WTA TOUR EXEC
The Arena Football League's sales and marketing entity Arena Football League Properties (AFLP) has named Marc Lowitz as vice president of Broadcast, New Media and Business Affairs.
UK GOVERNMENT KNOCKS BACK KIRCH WORLD CUP DEMANDS
The UK government has repelled efforts by Leo Kirch to get round British legislation that protects every World Cup match from being broadcast on pay-TV.
HBO EMBRACES WEB AND TV FOR INTERACTIVE LAUNCH
HBO.com is to launch a live interactive adjunct to HBO Sports' new 12-week talk/magazine show, On the Record with Bob Costas.
WORLD CUP SOCCER TICKET ROW RUMBLES ON
Less than three weeks before tickets for the 2002 World Cup go on sale, Japan's organisers were locked in a dispute with co-host South Korea over whose name appears first.
PLAY-OFF GAME CANCELLED IN INDIA TOURNAMENT
The troubled Millennium Cup soccer tournament has suffered a fresh setback with officials canceling a third-place playoff to cut losses.
SPORT SUMMIT: DEVITO BULLISH ON XFL SUCCESS
With only weeks to go before the launch of the XFL American football league, XFL President Basil DeVito is confident that the ?reality show wrapped inside America?s most popular game, ? will surpass original revenue forecasts.
MLB.COM APPOINTS NEW SENIOR VP
MLB Advanced Media LP (MLBAM), the interactive media company of Major League Baseball, has selected Dinn Mann as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of MLB.com, the official web site of Major League Baseball and its 30 club sites.
TURNER SELLS WCW TO ESPN CLASSIC
Turner Broadcasting Systems is to sell its poorly performing World Championship Wrestling operation to the founders of the Classic Sports Network, now ESPN Classic.
NEWS CORP RETURNS FOXPORTS.COM TO FOX TV
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is to consolidate its digital media unit in the United States with Fox television, leading to ``significant cost savings''.
VIOSPORT PARTNERS CHOICE DEAL
eSynch Corporation has partnered with Viosport to stream amateur and professional extreme sports coverage via ChoiceCaster.
SPORTAL GO TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR CASH INJECTION
Sportal, the interactive sports media company, has secured new funding to sustain the business until it becomes profitable.
CANADIENS SALE EXPECTED THIS WEEK
The NHL?s Montreal Canadiens is likely to be sold this week to a group that includes telecom giant BCE Inc.
ATHENS ORGANISERS LOOK FOR ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS
Local organisers of the Athens Olympics want Greeks to get more involved now that the IOC believe they are capable of staging the 2004 Summer Games.
SPORTSCARD IS THE REWARD FOR RUGBY?S ELITE
Premier Rugby, the marketing and commercial arm of English First Division Rugby, has signed a #1 million ($1.45m) three-year deal with Sportscard, the rewards-based credit card designed specifically for sports fans.
KIRCH COULD RAISE $1bn TO INCREASE F1 STAKE
German media giant Kirch and media group EM.TV & Merchandising could raise $1 billion to exercise an option to buy a further 25 percent stake in Formula One holding SLEC, Kirch vice president Dieter Hahn has said.
SPORT TECHNOLOGY FIRM WINS TOP AWARD
Media technology firm Sportvision has won the 2000 Horizon Award for "Sports Business Technology of the Year".