Media

Golf champion Tiger Woods has been summoned to appear before a Screen Actors Guild trial board to explain why he shot a car commercial during the union's strike against the advertising industry.

Entertainment, sports and media group ENIC plc has offered to buy most of the 40% stake in Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur held by its chairman Alan Sugar, the Independent on Sunday reported.

The 2001 British Speedway Grand Prix will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Former ISL senior legal counsel Jay Gillman-Wells is quitting to join a leading UK-based law firm.

Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield will be wearing the logo of a minority-owned family-orientated cable network on his shorts when he next steps into the ring on August 12th.

The English Football Association?s commercial director, Phillip Carling, has quit his job to take up a role at global sports marketing giant Octagon.

The New York Yankees are in negotiations with IMG subsidiary Trans World International for a ten-year, $838m TV deal.

A new 24-hour soccer channel will be launched this year for the Asian market with the content initially available to audiences in Greater China, Hong Kong and Bejing.

ESPN STAR Sports, the joint venture between STAR TV and ESPN, has established a sales office in Taiwan led by sales director Simon Huang.

International Olympic Committee's top marketers on have predicted record television viewing levels for next month's Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, insisting the movement has recovered from the Salt Lake City scandal.

Hockenheim should remain the venue of the German Grand Prix providing it undergoes a major facelift, Baden-Wuerttemberg State Premier Erwin Teufel has said.

PayForView.com, integrated on-line and off-line entertainment company, has acquired the internet broadcast rights to two international soccer games: The USA woman's championship team versus. Norway on July 30th and the Benfica versus Liverpool game on August 5th.

BBC/Telewest commercial joint-venture UKTV is considering plans to launch a commercial sports channel to compete with the dedicated sports channels on BskyB and its digital platform SKYdigital..

Foxsports.com, and sporting goods e-commerce firm Global Sports, have formed an exclusive long-term alliance.

InMotion Technologies has just announced a partnership with NBC Quokka Ventures to produce VideoFinish/ SimulCam broadcast images for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

British sports and media company Sportsworld Media Group Plc?s founder and chairman Jeff Chapman has announced his retirement to pursue other interests in the sports and leisure industry.