Media
IRL AGREES VIRTUAL ADS WITH PVI
The Indy Racing League (IRL) has become the first major motor sport to utilize virtual advertising in the national telecasts for their entire series.
GLOBAL SPORTS REPORTS FOUTH-QUARTER RESULTS
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.
EMTV CLOSE TO F1 DEAL – REPORT
German industry sources have said media group EM.TV was close to completing a deal to obtain a majority stake in Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Administration Ltd.
SOCCER THEME TO ONLINE LOTTERY
Britain's first online lottery has been launched with a football theme and the backing of top soccer clubs, giving fans the opportunity to choose which club receives the proceeds from each game.
MEDIA COMES OUT IN SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa wants the 2006 soccer World Cup, deserves it and is more than ready to make it work, the country's newspapers declared on Thursday as a crucial FIFA inspection got underway in Johannesburg.
BBC RADIO SECURES TEST CRICKET
The BBC has secured a five-year deal to keep live Test cricket on BBC Radio.
UNITED BREAK #1bn BARRIER
European soccer champions Manchester United have pushed back the commercial frontiers of sport even further today after a rise in its share price saw it become the first club in the world to be worth more than #1bn ($1.6bn).
ITALIAN SPORT BROADCASTERS IN TV COURT SUCCESS
A regional court has overturned a 1998 ruling by Italy's Antitrust watchdog that a sports rights accord
BBC RACES TO TV HORSE DEAL
The BBC has struck a deal with the US channel TrackPower Inc, giving them the rights to rebroadcast the BBC?s coverage of horseracing at Ascot, Goodwood, Newbury and Haydock racetracks throughout this year.
BLUE DAY FOR RACE COURSE
Interactive betting service Blue Square is to sponsor a entire race meeting at England?s Kempton Park Racecourse later this month.
RADIO STATION BLAST AFTER LISTENER FIGURES `THEFT?
UK all-sport radio station talkSPORT says it is being `robbed? of ratings after a survey revealed many listeners mistook its broadcasts for that of its rival the BBC.
NABA AND NATAS PLAN BREAKFAST PANEL
The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) has teamed up with the International Council of the National Academy of Television and Arts Sciences (NATAS) to present a special breakfast panel on the future of sports broadcasting at this month?s Sportelamerica.
MICROSOFT MOVES CLOSER TO DIGITAL TV
Microsoft is poised to step up its positioning in digital television by joining forces with NDS, which supplies software for pay-TV operators.
DOTCOM TAKE US SOCCER TO GERMANS VIA THE NET
US soccer is coming to the German Internet market after DotCom Ventures ? a subsidiary of the Peacock Financial Group ? struck a web co-production agreement with Cyware Media.
TOP ISL EXECUTIVE QUITS
One of ISL?s key figures in the marketing of its top soccer properties is to quit to join Quokka Sports, Sport Business can confirm.
YAZAKI SPONSORS SPEEDVISION WORLD CHALLENGE RACING TEAM
Yazaki North America, a supplier of vehicle power and data solutions to the automotive industry, has expanded its involvement in motor sports through a sponsorship agreement with LC Racing.
SAIL TAKES STAKE IN ENIC
Luna Corporation, the holding company for the South African sport and media company, SAIL, has acquired 4million ENIC shares worth R56m, in a part share swap deal which gives Richemont SA and the Rembrandt Group a 22% and 14% stake in Luna Corporation.
BELGIUM IN EXTREME TV EXPANSION
The Extreme Sports Channel has extended it reach to include the city of Louvain in Belgium.