Sponsorship & Marketing
CAROLINA HURRICANES HIRE VETERAN EXEC
The NHL?s Carolina Hurricanes have hired a former executive with the Edmonton Oilers to oversee the team's marketing efforts and ticket sales.
`LONER? POSES GREATEST OLYMPIC SECURITY THREAT
The head of Sydney's Olympic Village has said a lone attacker rather than an organised terrorist group posed the biggest security threat to next month's Games.
ESPN INTERNATIONAL NETS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
ESPN International is to present live coverage of the South American Basketball Clubs Championship from Venezuala on ESPN Latin America.
INMOTION GETS ON ITS BIKE FOR WORLD CUP FINALS
InMotion Technologies is to create a website for the TISSOT-UCI Mountain Bike 2000 World Cup Finals in Leysin and Lausanne.
NEW MARKETING STRUCTURE TO DRIVE CART STRATEGY
Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) has launched a new marketing and communications structure intended to channel open-wheel racing more efficiently to its key markets.
SAMARANCH CONFIDENT OVER OLYMPIC SECURITY
IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch remains confident about the safety of next month's Olympics despite the security scare over a possible plot to blow up a nuclear research reactor in Sydney.
TOYOTA CONFIRMS SPONSOR DEALS FOR F1
Toyota says it has already secured a number of sponsors ready for its entry into Formula 1 in 2002.
EUROPEAN SHIRT SPONSORSHIP INCREASES 35%, SAYS REPORT
Shirt sponsorship deals in the top five European leagues have risen in cost by 35% over the past 12 months, according to a new report.
CART CLEANS UP WITH NEW SPONSOR DEAL
Cleaning formula Simple Green is to be the primary sponsor of the CART safety team.
PATRIOTS STADIUM NAMED CMGI FIELD
The New England Patriots have sold the naming rights to their new stadium to internet conglomorate CMGI in exchange for at least $114 million over 15 years. The stadium will be called CMGI Field.
KITBAG OPENS UP TOP RESPONSE
Online sports retailer Kitbag has received top marks in a customer satisfaction survey of Open customers using the interactive digital television service, available via UK digital TV.
OCTAGON SIGNS UP WORLD CUP CITIES FOR NEW OFFICE
Octagon Marketing ? a division of sports marketing giant Octagon ? is opening an office in Seoul, Korea.
WNBA TV EXTRAGANZA
This year?s WNBA Championship featuring a best-of-three game series between New York Liberty and the Houston Comets, will be broadcast to 154 countries and in 22 different languages.
DOT-COMS TARGET X-GAMES
The X Games in San Francisco has become the focus of ambush marketing tactics by dot com companies keen to impress the valuable ?Generation Y? market.
SAN DIEGO CHARGER FANS TO RECEIVE COMMEMORATIVE CDS
In an NFL first, the San Diego Chargers are teaming up with marketing companies, JENTEC Interactive and Netgateway's Impact Media Division, to produce multi-media customised compact discs to honour the team's 40-year history in professional football.
OCTAGON MOVES IN ON CIS
Sports marketing giant Octagon, has taken a substantial equity position in Consultants In Sport (CIS), a leading sports marketing company in Belgium and Holland.
ISL WORLDWIDE SET TO QUIT LUCERNE HQ
The ISMM Group (International Sports Media & Marketing) headquarters is on the move after 18 years in Lucerne.
CHURM PUBLISHING SPONSORS WOMEN IN SPORTS CAREER FOUNDATION
Orange County based Churm Publishing Company has signed one of its largest sponsorship agreements ever with the Women In Sports Careers Foundation (WISC).