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Pay-TV and terrestrial broadcasters will soon be battling it out to win the rights show live matches and highlights of Scottish soccer Premier League matches after current contracts run out at the end of next season.
Business

NTL, the UK?s largest cable telecoms company which boasts 8.5m subscribers and has a 10 percent stake in English Premiership soccer clubs Newcastle United, Leicester City and Aston Villa, said earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation rose by about 32 percent to $124m for the three months to March 31 compared with the previous quarter.
Business

Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation is on the verge of becoming the largest global satellite network after lengthy negotiations for control of US broadcaster DirecTV were said to have entered an `advanced? stage by DirecTV?s parent company Hughes Electronics.
Business

GG Media has stepped up its bid to broadcast horseracing in the UK in competition with the Go Racing consortium, by launching an advertising campaign.
Events

An American radio station has dropped its online broadcasts of a local ice hockey team because of advertising concerns.
Business

A leading sports industry advisor has told SportBusiness 2001 delegates that the sports sector success story is set to continue - despite the drop-off in advertising spend and threat of recession.
Events

The BBC has warned sporting bodies that they threaten the future of their respective sports by increasingly favouring pay-TV companies over free-to-air broadcasters when securing television rights deals.
Business

French media giant Vivendi may yet pull out of its bid to take control of troubled Swiss marketing giant ISL.
Business

The English Football League has appointed Richard Masters, 34, as its new Commercial Director.
Media

The organisers of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester have defended their handling of the event after coming under fire for failing to promote it enough.
Business

The Ackerley Group has completed the divestiture of the Seattle SuperSonics NBA franchise for $200 million.
Business

The Salt Lake Organising Committee is confident that its computer network will perform well for next February's 2002 Winter Games.
Business

South Korean Kim Un-yong has joined the race for world sport's most powerful job -- the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.
Business

Rivals.net - the network of independent sports sites - has teamed up with UK cable, satellite and digital television channel Discovery Home & Leisure, to create the channel's first interactive on-screen sponsorship for its new real-life drama, Real Football.
Media

Gov. Jesse Ventura's weekend job as an announcer for the XFL may be in jeopardy.
Events

Sales of tickets for the Malysian Grand Prix have, so far, disappointed race organisers with the price of a ticket likely to be reviewed by the country?s sports minister if sales do not pick up.
Business

England Premiership soccer club Leeds United has launched LUTV, a behind the scenes insight into the club through their official website.
Events

A UK government select committee has led a critical inquiry into the nation?s capability to stage international events.