Media
PHILIPS WINS AUFSCHALKE MULTI-MEDIA DEAL
Philips Consumer Electronics has become the official partner of the AufSchalke arena in Gelsenkirchen, giving the Dutch electronics giant ?preferred supplier? status and sponsorship, but not naming rights, of the arena.
NBC FINALLY SHOWS OLYMPIC COVERAGE LIVE
NBC finally showed some live coverage of the Olympics at the weekend ? deciding at the last moment to broadcast the men?s basketball gold medal game.
SEVEN NETWORK CUTS BACK ON ADVERTISING
Australian Olympic broadcaster Seven Network has dramatically reduced advertising levels by an average of 25% following viewer complaints and defections to the network?s pay-TV service.
EUROSPORT EXTENDS REACH OF NEW CHANNEL
Fifteen days after its official launch, the new sports information channel, Eurosportnews, has reached a distribution agreement with two leading CATV operators, Kosmos TV in Moscow, Russia and Alma TV in Kazakhstan.
MSG AND YANKEES EXTEND DEADLINE
Negotiations between the New York Yankees and Madison Square Garden Network (MSG) over a new broadcast contract have been postponed beyond the deadline set by the two parties for the beginning of this week.
BBC NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF SPORT
The BBC has appointed its new director of sport.
SYDNEY GAMES TO BE WATCHED BY 3.7 BILLION PEOPLE
Almost every person on the planet with access to a television will watch the Sydney Olympics at some time in the next month.
ARSENAL AND GRANADA IN $70m MEDIA DEAL
Granada Media has taken 9.9 per cent share in English Premier League soccer club Arsenal in a deal worth $70m.
BRITISH EUROSPORT SIGNS CABLE AGREEMENT
British Eurosport has signed UP cable operator CWC (Cable & Wireless) - accessing 1m CWC customers - to make British Eurosport the most widely available sports channel in the UK.
ROGERS MAY BUY TORONTO’S BLUE JAYS THIS WEEK
A bid by Rogers Communications Inc to buy Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays could happen as early as this week, according to the national daily Globe and Mail .
3COM TO OFFER WEB GADGETS TO STADIUM FANS
3Com Corp. is unveiling a steno pad-sized "Web pad" that can access the web- but only in the 3Com Park, formerly known as Candlestick Park, the home to the San Francisco 49ers.
INTERNET SPORTS TALENT AGENCY TO GO LIVE
Global Sports Ventures, the UK-based digital talent packaging operation, is set to go live with its UK web site at the end of August 2000.
EFANSHOP REACHES INTERACTIVE DEAL
Belo Interactive has reached an agreement with eFANshop, a Dallas-based e-commerce company, to operate online sports stores at the web sites of Belo's television stations and newspapers.
SFX AND U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM PARTNER FOR NATIONAL TOUR
SFX Sports Group and SFX Family Entertainment are to conduct a post-Sydney 12-game women's indoor soccer tour, featuring eligible members of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, and members of the 1999 U.S. World Cup Team.
OLYMPIC TICKET PUBLIC RELATIONS STUNT FALLS FLAT
The Sydney Games organising committee (SOCOG) is trying to put a positive spin on things following a ticket delivery public relations exercise went awry.
VILLA REPORTS PRE-TAX LOSS
English Premier League soccer club, Aston Villa, has reported a #4.9m ($7.4m) pre-tax loss for the year to May, against #20.2m ($30m) last time.
Carter to produce second stadium report
A spokesperson for the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that it has ordered Patrick Carter to produce a second report on the options for a national stadium.
ESCA Congress gears up for debate
The 11th European Sponsorship Consultants Association (ESCA) Congress will be held this year in Stockholm on November 15-16.