Stadia
SPORTVISION AND NATIONAL MOBILE TELEVISION SIGN DEAL
National Mobile Television (NMT), the provider of mobile television production equipment, has agreed to permanently install Sportvision?s video insertion technologies on NMT trucks in the U.S.
FIFA TO HELP RESTORE ALBANIAN STADIUMS
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has promised Albania financial aid to improve the country's impoverished football stadia.
FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLUB PARTNERS TS.COM
Nationwide Football League club Wycombe Wanderers has formed a partnership with ts.com, the online ticketing service, to sell tickets over the web via the club?s official website.
BIG MONEY GAME FOR MANCHESTER UNITED
Manchester United, the world?s best supported club team, will be playing for big bucks in Wednesday?s Uefa Champions? League.
PHOENIX AREA VOTERS APPEAR SET TO APPROVE NEW STADIUM
The Arizona Cardinals appeared to score a victory in Tuesday's election, as voters narrowly approved a $1.8 billion plan that would help build a new stadium for the professional American football team and boost tourism - the state's largest industry.
SPORTVISION ANNOUNCE MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Sportvision, Inc., the US-based sports media technology, has appointed Steven F. Roberts to executive vice president, Product Management, and promoted Russell Quy to executive producer and vice president, Media Production.
SPORTS.COM AND GMX CO-BRAND SPORTS CHANNEL
GMX AG, the largest German e-mail and messaging company on the German internet and European sports content, provider Sports.com have agreed to produce a new co-branded sports channel called ?GMX Sport?.
DIGITAL SPORT RAISES $6m THROUGH SHARE ISSUE
Media company Digital Sport, which features onefootball.com as its flagship web site, is raising at least #4m ($6m) for future development.
WEST INDIES MAY BUILD NEW GROUNDS FOR 2007 WORLD CUP
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is considering building new grounds for the 2007 World Cup rather than improving existing venues.
ARSENAL UNVEILS PLANS FOR NEW $142 MILLION STADIUM
English premier league club Arsenal have unveiled plans for a new #100 million ($142.7 million) stadium.
IOC UNVEILS ?SPORT AND NEW MEDIA? CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
The IOC has announced a roster of over 40 industry leaders from sport and new media to speak at ?The IOC World Conference on Sport and New Media? taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 4 and 5.
SPORTAL TO HOST REGGINA WEBSITE
Sportal have added mid-table Serie A team Reggina to their portfolio of sports internet partners. The three year deal is to provide hosting and maintenance services to the club?s website. Other Italian football sides in the Sportal stable of websites are Juventus, AC Parma and AC Milan.
LONDON?S WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM UNDER FINANCIAL CLOUD
The financial viability of the Picketts Lock stadium, Britain?s venue for the 2005 World Athletic Championships, has come under scrutiny.
TWIN TOWERS TO BE DEMOLISHED AS PLAN REJECTED
There will be no last hour reprieve for Wembley's famous Twin Towers, which will now be demolished with the rest of the stadium.
SEARS POINT RACEWAY?S $35 MILLION MODERNISATION COMES INTO VIEW
The first phase of modernisation work on the famous Sears Point Raceway, due for completion by 2001, can be viewed by fans over the internet. By accessing www.searspoint.com surfers can monitor the progress of the project.
NEW SPONSORSHIP DEAL FOR WELSH RUGBY UNION
Welsh rugby has landed a new sponsorship deal with British telecommunications firm Redstone Telecom plc. The four year deal means that the Redstone logo will appear on the red shirts of all Welsh international sides, including the A team and Sevens teams.
SURFINGSPORTS.COM ADDS VIDEO TO SPORTS CHANNEL
eSynch Corporation, a supplier of technological services for the streaming media and video-on-demand markets, has partnered SurfingSports.com to broadcast extreme sports videos to broadband internet users.
ESPN INTERNET GROUP LAUNCHES SPANISH- LANGUAGE SPORTS SITE
ESPN Internet Group has launched ESPNdeportes.com, a Spanish-language sports site serving the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic communities.