Media
Business

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has awarded full broadcast rights for radio and television to the home World Cup qualifiers involving Angola, Cameroon and Libya to Indicom Sports and Events management through Winners World Wide Sports International Zambia Limited.
Media

Microsoft WebTV Networks, and the Oakland A's are to air 24 of the team?s baseball games on the Microsoft WebTV Plus service.
Business

Sportasia.com, the Asian internet sports content producer, syndicator and distributor, has appointed Ikuya Tanaka of Dentsu?s Sports Marketing Division as a board director.
Media

Grand Prix chief Bernie Ecclestone and German media company EM.TV are considering selling a chunk of their Formula One holding company SLEC to soothe European Commission regulatory concerns.
Media

UK satellite and digital broadcaster BSkyB has appointed a chief executive for its new multi-platform sports retail venture, Skysportsstore.com.
Media

Pakistan cricketers, dogged by allegations of corruption, will have an undercover agent assigned to spy on them during home and away tours, according to local media reports.
Business

Orad Hi-Tec Systems has signed an agreement to acquire Numeric Video S.A. of France.
Events

English Premier League soccer club Liverpool is to broadcast games on the internet in a $20m deal with Granada Media.
Business

New Zealand Cricket has extended its sponsorship agreement with Clear Channel, the Texas-based media company.
Events

ESPN Pacific Rim and ESPN Latin America are to broadcast live coverage of two of the top games in soccer?s Scottish Premier League to open its coverage of the new season.
Events

Korean broadcasters can expect to pay twice the current rate for broadcast rights to Major League baseball games when the present deal expires this season.
Media

The Hungarian FA has sold the TV rights to first division matches for the next three years to Hungarian TV channel MTV and Dutch cable firm UPC, in a HUF3.1bn (#7.5m) deal.
Events

Holiday firm and co-sponsor of the West Indies cricket tour of the UK, Sandals, in conjunction with Channel 4 Television, are bringing a taste of Caribbean holiday spirit to the UK this summer.
Events

UK boxing promoter Frank Warren is expected to announce a major deal with FOX Sports to telecast fights from Europe beamed to the States starting this summer.
Business

ESPN Latin America and ESPN Pacific Rim will broadcast coverage of the ATP Tennis Masters Series at Toronto and Cincinnati in the coming weeks.
Media

The Chinese national volleyball association has decided to loosen its grip on China?s volleyball clubs by offering them the opportunity to run their own league matches.
Business

NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises (NHL ICE) has named Phase2Media, the online marketing and sales organisation, the exclusive advertising sales representative for NHL.com.
Media

IBM has begun a new version of its Olympic fan-mail service (www.fanmail.olympic.ibm.com), expected to handle 1million e-mails for athletes during the Sydney Games.