Media

The English National Investment Company (ENIC) has reported a pre-tax profit of #11million for the year ending 30 June 2000 on a turnover of #47.2m, up 15.9% from last year.

US-based sports media company Broadband Sports has laid off 20 percent of its 250-person workforce.

European Union (EU) sports ministers have reached broad agreement on a declaration on sport's distinctive status to be adopted by EU leaders at their December summit.

UK commercial sport radio station, talkSPORT has recorded a rise in audience figures.

News Corp. is in talks with Microsoft Corp. over a possible $1 billion investment by the software giant in Sky Global Networks Inc., the global satellite-TV assets and investments arm of News Corp.

A US judge has ruled that a media company producing real-time golf scoring will not be allowed to sell the scores to other media, pending the outcome of its antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.

The chairmen of England's Premier League clubs have said they remain committed to pay-per-view and will begin their search for a partner immediately following the withdrawal of cable operator NTL.

Chelsea Village, owner of Chelsea Football Club, has suffered pre-tax losses with investment in the playing squad a contributing factor.

England Basketball and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have reached an agreement that will allow England Basketball Enterprises to sell NBA and WNBA branded uniforms to basketball clubs and schools throughout the United Kingdom.

New Zealand pay-television operator, Sky Network Television Ltd., has won rights to broadcast six of New Zealand's national rugby team?s tour matches in Europe and Japan later this year.

The National Football League and Yahoo! have signed a multi-faceted content and distribution agreement that includes live audio play-by-play webcasts of virtually all of this season's regular season NFL games.

Online auction site eBay Inc is to form an alliance with the National Football League to sell pro-football merchandise, memorabilia and "fantasy experiences" to raise money for charity.

UK commercial television network ITV has commissioned Red Pepper Film Company to produce a new package of sport "stings" to run before all of ITV Sport?s presentations.

The NFL?s newest franchise- the Houston Texans -have signed a 10-year radio broadcast deal with Infinity Broadcasting.

Strong interest in the Olympics is driving up the audience of New Zealand websites, according to research company AC Nielsen.

ISL has signed a 15-year partnership deal with Brazilian soccer club Gremio - the latest stage in its move to establish a firm hold on some of the key clubs in South America.