Media

British online sportswear retailer Boo.com is on the verge of collapse signalling the first failure of a major internet player and fuelling a potential backlash against e-tailing stocks.

Enic, the UK-based entertainment, sports and media group has acquired ukbetting.com, the internet bookmaker for #500,000 ($749,000), reports the Financial Times.

Digital pay-TV company, ONdigital, is to ask the UK's Office of Fair Trading to investigate the competition for the right to screen Football League matches, reports the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.

Australia?s Seven Network has signed a new pay-per-view deal to provide coverage of this summer?s Olympic Games in Sydney.

Digital pay-TV company, ONdigital, is to ask the UK's Office of Fair Trading to investigate the competition for the right to screen Football League matches, reports the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.

The judge who investigated charges of corruption in Pakistan cricket has said it was not necessary that all of his recommendations be implemented.

FOX Sports World (English-language) and FOX Sports World Espanol (Spanish-language) have acquired the broadcast rights to the UEFA European Championships (EURO 2000).

Ladbrokes, the Hilton-owned leisure group, and Teamtalk, the football-based news website and telephone service, are expected to announce a deal enabling Teamtalk to provide content for Ladbrokes? on-line gambling operations.

Ford Motor Co has launched an innovative marketing campaign whereby its TV commercials will be integrated with sports programming. In an unusual arrangement causing some concern about the merging of advertising and programming, Fox TV?s upcoming ``No Boundaries'' adventure sports TV series will strongly resemble the Ford ``No Boundaries'' advertising campaign for trucks.

The European Commission has exempted the European Broadcasting Union's (EBU) handling of broadcasting rights for sports events under the Eurovision system from normal EU competition rules.

The NBA and TSN, Canada?s most watched sports network, have extended their television agreement for another two years. The new contract will include 26 regular-season games - at least eight featuring Canadian teams - and 18 playoff games.

Americans will see no live television coverage of the Sydney Olympics because of an 18 hour time difference between the two nations, NBC television officials were quoted as telling the Los Angeles Times.

Bobby Robson, the Newcastle United - and former England - manager, has been named non-executive director of a Sunday newspaper publisher devoted to non?league football, reports the Financial Times.

One month before soccer?s Euro 2000 tournament kicks-off, supporters have the opportunity to snap up merchandise from the official online store.

Video services company Charlson Broadcast Technologies (CBT) has concluded a buyout with Spector Entertainment, allowing CBT to acquire a number of the video service contract rights and related assets, including production equipment, including those to Churchill Downs, the Louisville Sports Spectrum, Hoosier Park at Anderson, the Indiana Sports Spectrums and the off-track betting facilities managed by Kentucky Off-Track Betting Inc.

British Sky Broadcasting has posted its fourth quarterly loss in a row. Unveiling its third quarter results, BSkyB said it slipped into a pre-tax loss of 28.4 million pounds from a profit of 16 million due to heavy subscriber acquisition costs which helped lift digital sales to 3.4 million customers.