Media

Richard Kay, the multi-millionaire developer of Nintendo games, has launched SportsMAD.com, an interactive prize-orientated sports game and content website.

Sports website operator Rivals.com and the One-on-One Sports radio network have signed a marketing deal calling for the two to exchange content and advertising inventory.

Italian cycling teams have threatened a revolt if the Giro d'Italia organisation did not involve them financially and promotionally in its affairs.

While English football awaits the announcement of the winning bids for the Premier League?s broadcast rights, England?s lower divisions are also in negotiations over a new deal.

Virtual imaging company Orad Hi-Tech Systems recorded revenues up 128 per cent in the first quarter of 2000.

French commercial TV station TF1 and pay-TV channel Canal Plus have acquired stakes in sports channels Eurosport International and Eurosport France from Disney Corp cable TV sports network ESPN.

Dutch KPN Telecom NV has said it had bid to buy the broadcast rights of all Dutch first division soccer matches for five years in an effort to boost the content of its internet division.

Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke, former chief of the Lotto cycling team and uncle of Belgian cycling star Frank, has been charged in a Belgian court with forgery and involvement in doping, according to local media reports.

The emerging battle between offshore and onshore gaming jurisdictions will be the focus of the Fourth Annual International Symposium on Internet Gambling Law and Management, to be held November 26-28 at the Royal Antiguan Beach & Tennis Resort in Antigua.

The ongoing saga between Tiger Woods and his respective golf equipment and apparel sponsors, Titleist and Nike, took another twist at this week?s Deutsche Bank Open.

Time Warner?s cable division has signed an agreement with NBC to carry the network's main feed as well as cable channels CNBC and MSNBC through 2008.

Ratings for the NBA playoffs on both broadcast and cable television remain down from a year ago, although favorable match-ups in the conference finals could help stop the bleeding.

A major F1 team has launched a CD-ROM offering comprehensive multi-media content for sale in UK high?street stores.

The Kirch Group has decided on the price of its pay-per-view season tickets for the Bundesliga next season, reports the soccer industry newsletter, The Soccer Investor Weekly Bulletin.

The 2000 Cuervo Wakeboard Pro Tour, which is taking place this summer in five venues across Europe, has secured a series of five TV programmes in the Meridian, Anglia and HTV regions.

British Eurosport is to broadcast round the clock coverage of Euro 2000 ? and let its viewers select the nighttime programming by voting on the internet.