Media
SPORT BUSINESS 2000, NEW PARTNERSHIP – GREAT EVENT
Over the years sport has been shaped by many great teams and partnerships. Now there is a new pairing which promises to impact on the sports business in a most dramatic way.
US MARKETING AGENCIES CREATE `CORPORATE MOTORSPORTS?
Rick Raducha, president of Driver Connection, in Connecticut, and Patricia Baker, media and marketing director of The Big Picture Agency in Massachusetts, have formed `Corporate Motorsports? to support businesses scrambling to sign race teams in an attempt to cash in on the high marketing value found in autoracing.
FAST TRACK SPRINTS TO SIGN NEW DEAL
Fast Track has won a major contact outside its core athletics business as it looks to expand its consultancy operation into other sports.
SURVEY GIVES CRICKET SPONSORS THUMBS-UP
A recent research project by Sports Marketing Surveys on the Cricket World Cup has shown how successful sponsorship is amongst cricket fans in creating brand awareness.
NBC TV NETWORK PRESIDENT JOINS NBC QUOKKA
NBC Quokka Ventures, has announced that Randy Falco, the president of NBC Television Network and chief operating officer of NBC's Olympic broadcast group, has joined its board of directors.
LEAGUE TO RULE ON BSKYB UNITED SHARES
The English Premier League is to make a ruling over whether British Sky Broadcasting can keep a stake of more than 10 percent in champions Manchester United while also holding shares in Premiership rival Leeds United ? the latest stage in a long-running saga over media company ownership.
MLS CHANGES FORMAT AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Major League Soccer (MLS) had made a number of changes to its format and rules, as well as its matchday and broadcast schedules, according to the soccer industry newsletter, The Soccer Investor Daily Bulletin.
SKY WIN RYDER CUP RIGHTS
UK broadcaster Sky Sports has won the exclusive live rights to the next two Ryder Cups between Europe and the United States.
MILAN TO LAUNCH TV CHANNEL
Italian champions AC Milan will launch their own television channel in January, the club has announced.
CUBAN AGREES $280m MAVERICKS DEAL – REPORT
The co-founder of Broadcast.com has struck a deal to buy the Dallas Mavericks, according to a report in USA Today.
NIKE WINS BEST CORPORATE SITE AWARD
Nike Inc.'s corporate Web site, www.nikebiz.com , has received the Brooks New Media national SITED Award for Best Corporate web Site.
PLAYERS LOOK TO CHARGE FOR TV GOALS
English Premier League soccer players could register goals that are repeated on television as their own intellectual property, according to a report in The Observer newspaper.
BACHER STEPS DOWN AT USB
Ali Bacher is stepping down as managing director of South Africa's cricket board to concentrate on staging the 2003 World Cup.
FOXSPORTS.COM PROVIDES CONTENT FOR NEW ALTAVISTA SPORTS CHANNEL
AltaVista Company, the media and commerce network and FOXSports.com have agreed that FOXSports.com will be the exclusive content provider for the AltaVista Live! Sports Channel.
AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE SITES POPULAR
Eighteen Australian National Rugby League teams have their own Internet web sites.
RUSSELL WOLFF JOINS ESPN STAR SPORTS
Russell E Wolff has been appointed Vice President, Programming at ESPN STAR Sports.
FRANCE PREPARES FOR WORLD CUP AD BLITZ
Television ad inventories are selling out as France prepares for next month's WorldCup tournament.
REAL MADRID TAKES A FINANCIAL SHOT AT THE INTERNET
The Spanish football club Real Madrid, which won the European Champions Cup last month for the first time in 32 years, has bought back part of the Canal Plus empire in Spain for Pta12bn ($80m) from Gesport.