Media

Media Content PLC has announced the placing of 20m ordinary shares to provide additional working capital. The company also announced that it will be split into two divisions.

For full details of broadcaster BSkyB?s recently announced deal with Internet content provider Sportal, visit the FEATURES section of Sportbusiness.com.

It may have only taken four minutes, but the financial fall-out of Mike Tyson?s latest return to the ring proved a very profitable one, according to reports.

A deal struck between the UK's interactive television service Open and online betting company Blue Square, the internet-based fixed-odds arm of City Index, will soon allow punters to bet through their television handsets, according to the Financial Times.

Japanese electronics giant Sony has said its PlayStation division has extended its sponsoring of high-profile UEFA Champions League soccer for the next three years.

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.

The 11th European Sponsorship Consultants Association (ESCA) Congress will be held this year in Stockholm on November 15-16.

The National Hockey League (NHL) has entered into a strategic partnership with media firm USA Network incorporating ticketing, e-commerce and marketing services.

The team behind KOTV - the first international 30-minute weekly boxing highlights TV programme – says pre-sales have exceeded expectations as it prepares for the bell later this month.

The Australian Government has set up a special task force to assist the country's sporting organisations reeling in the wake of the financial collapse of three major sponsors.

Australian soccer star Harry Kewell has received a carefully worded apology from a promotor which has cleared the way for him to play for his country against France at the MCG on November 11.

Ufa Sports is seeking a naming rights sponsor for Iceland’s elite soccer league after negotiating an extended and expanded marketing deal with the Icelandic Football Association (KIS).

UK broadcaster Sky Sports is examining the suitability of other sports for its enhanced interactive technology, due to be used in its coverage of golf’s postponed Ryder Cup.

Telecommunications giant Orange has agreed to invest millions of pounds into European Rugby Union by becoming the first official communications partner to ERC, the organisers of Europe’s leading rugby tournaments, the Heineken Cup and the European Shield.

Australian pay-TV broadcaster Foxtel is beefing up the production side of its AFL coverage through a new five-year deal with outdoor broadcast services firm Global Television.

As part of its aggressive push to convert its subscriber base to digital TV, UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB will switch off its analogue signal at midnight tonight.