Sponsorship & Marketing
NFL’S BALTIMORE RAVENS DRAFT PRIMESHOT.COM.
PrimeShot.com, the professional event photography service, is to partner the Baltimore Ravens to capture film of fans enjoying memorable moments at Ravens training camp, special events and all PSINet Stadium Ravens games.
AUSTRALIAN SPONSORS? OLYMPIC LESSONS FOR GOODWILL GAMES
Australian companies aim to learn from the mistakes made by sponsors dealing with the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG), in anticipation of another major international sporting event hosted by an Australian city next year.
IOC SAYS TELEVISION DISPUTE STORM IN A TEA CUP
The International Olympic Committee has dismissed complaints about restrictions on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics as "a storm in a tea cup".
TELEGLOBE ENDS BAR F1 SPONSORSHIP DEAL
Money-losing Teleglobe Inc. has said it will end its sponsorship agreement with Formula One auto racing team British American Racing (BAR) at the end of the current season.
COKE MOVES FOR F1 SPONSORSHIP
Coca-Cola, one of the biggest names in sports sponsorship, is in talks with some of Formula One's top teams, believed to include Benetton and Jordan, with the aim of entering F1 racing sponsorship for the first time.
ESPN STAR SPORTS APPOINTS NEW TOP MAN
EPSN Star Sports has appointed Mike Kerr to the newly created position of senior manager, integrated sales.
CANADIENS HOCKEY TEAM ATTRACTS BIG BUYER INTEREST
The fabled Montreal Canadiens, the hockey team that has won more Stanley Cup championships than any other, has drawn the attention of several would-be buyers since brewer Molson Inc. put the team up for sale last month.
QUOKKA IN E-COMMERCE ALLIANCE DEAL
Quokka Sports and online outdoor gear firm PlanetOutdoors, have forged a strategic e-commerce alliance by which PlanetOutdoors will power the commerce functions for MountainZone.com.
SPORTS SITES ON THE RISE ? SAY LATEST FIGURES
Latest figures on the internet have shown a dramatic rise in popularity for sports sites.
OLYMPIC PLANS HIT BY AIRPORT HICCUPS
Australian media have demanded urgent action to solve air traffic control and baggage handling problems at Sydney Airport before hundreds of thousands of people flood through there for the Sydney Olympics.
RUGBY CLUB SIGNS UP NEW TALENT
Natal Rugby Union has become the first South African venue to select the Talent Arena Sports Management software from UK-based Software4Sport.
SPORTSLINE.COM TO PRODUCE SUPERBOWL.COM
SportsLine.com, the online sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine.com, has reached an agreement with the NFL for SportsLine.com to produce Superbowl.com and be the exclusive provider of the official fantasy football products for the NFL.
SPORTING NEWS.COM LINKS WITH SPORTINGAUCTION
SportingAuction.com, the online auction site for new brand-name goods, and The Sporting News Online (TSN) have launched a co-branded auction site that will allow visitors to TSN's website to bid on sports equipment from SportingAuction.
IMG SEEKS CELTIC LEAGUE RU SPONSOR
With one month to go before the kick-off of rugby union?s Welsh-Scottish league, a sponsor is still nowhere to be found, despite the best efforts of international marketing firm IMG
SAMSUNG SPONSORS INDIAN OLYMPIC TEAM
The Indian team for the Olympic Games 2000 will be sponsored by Samsung, the information technology and telecommunications company, which is spending about $200 million in 40 countries on its Sydney Games marketing programme.
FORUM TO DISCUSS $5.9 BN SPORTS MARKETING INDUSTRY
Strategic Research Institute NY has scheduled the "6th Annual Sports Marketing & Sponsorship Forum" at the Marriott Marquis on September 25-26, 2000.
CART TEAM SIGNS WITH HIGH-TECH FIRM
CART team Newman/Haas Racing has formed a strategic alliance with high-tech company Xolia.com.
HOLYFIELD TO SPORT MBC NETWORK LOGO
Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield will be wearing the logo of a minority-owned family-orientated cable network on his shorts when he next steps into the ring on August 12th.