Media

Sportal chief executive Rob Hersov has confirmed yesterday?s Sportbusiness.com report denying claims that Canal Plus has made a buy-out offer for the sports internet company. "Our company sits very well in partnership with the big sports media companies, but there is no offer on the table from Canal Plus," said Hersov.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has agreed a multi-year partnership with car manufacturers Lincoln.

Snider Capital has secured an additional investment of $1.22 million in Virtual Spectator, the live internet sports channel based in New Zealand.

Virtual imaging specialists Symah Vision has signed an exclusive agreement with BBC Sports for use of the cutting edge technology in its programming.

National Football League owners have voted to bring club web sites and the league?s NFL.com under one national umbrella called the NFL Internet Network. The two-year plan was approved at the annual owners meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

Internet bookmakers William Hill can expect a $10m pay-out if Tiger Woods wins this year's golfing Grand Slam and have slashed the odds about that happening from an opening quote of 250/1 to 33/1.

SportSitio Inc., an online sports communications company, has completed the acquisition of TotalFutbol.com, the Latin American professional soccer news and information portal.

Galaxy Latin America has signed a deal to broadcast the Ultimate Fighting Championship to Latin America and the Caribbean on its satellite service DirecTV

Global Sports, the Internet company that develops and operates the online sporting goods business of leading retailers and Internet/media companies, has reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended January 1, 2000 of $5.5 million.

The Extreme Sports Channel has extended it reach to include the city of Louvain in Belgium.

NBA.com TV Daily ? a new global video service providing updates and highlights of NBA action from the night before ? has gone live today.

Teamtalk.com, the soccer Internet company, is planning to raise #60m ($97m) through a placing of new ordinary shares.

INTERVU Inc., a service provider for Internet audio and video delivery solutions, has been selected by Time Warner to provide streaming media services for the Winter Goodwill Games in Lake Placid, New York, February 17-20. INTERVU will deliver video highlights each day of the event to the Goodwill Games Web site located at: www.goodwillgames.com.

Churchill Downs Inc. has launched a national branding programme for the company's expanding network of racetracks and off-track betting facilities.

Demands by leading European soccer clubs that their games should take priority over international friendlies are completely unacceptable, UEFA General Secretary Gerhard Aigner has said.

All-Stater Sports, America's high school sports magazine, almanac, and Web site, is now syndicating its content to other media, both print and electronic.