Media

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.

VTV, recently-acquired by UK-based The Television Corporation and now part of Sunset+Vine, has won a new four year contract to produce and distribute coverage of English badminton until 2005.

The owner of the Dallas Cowboys has said he wants a new 100,000 stadium ? twice the size of their current home.

NBC Sports has signed up Orad's 'Virtual Swimmer' technology to enhance its coverage of the Olympic Games swimming events.