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LIGHTHOUSE CREATES BIG SCREEN POWERHOUSE WITH PIXELITE DEAL
Hong Kong-based giant screen specialists Lighthouse Technologies has acquired Pixelite from Avesco plc, creating the world's most broadly-based giant screen sales and installation operation with offices across the globe.
ROMA IN TELECOM TALK WITH VIEW TO UNITED-STYLE DEAL
Italian Serie A soccer club AS Roma, which aims to float on the stock market this month, is in talks on a commercial alliance with Italian and foreign telecoms groups, director general Fabrizio Lucchesi has said.
FRAUD SQUAD INVESTIGATES RWC 99 TICKETING
The UK?s Crown Prosecution Service has recommended that an investigation of alleged ticket fraud in Wales before and during last year?s Rugby World Cup be taken over by the South Wales Police Fraud squad.
YANKEESNETS AGREE NEWARK SITE
The owners of the New Jersey Nets and the New Jersey Devils have reached an agreement with developer Jerome Gottesman on the site for $275 million downtown arena.
TSN CUES UP $16m SNOOKER SITE FINANCE DEAL
Scotish firm The Sportsmasters Network (TSN) has secured $16m of funding to develop the first internet portal targeted at the global snooker audience.
EURO ORGANISERS CONFIDENT DESPITE KILLINGS
Euro 2000 organisers have said they were shocked by the deaths of two Leeds United fans in Turkey overnight, but said they were confident the tragedy would not complicate security at this summer's tournament.
SPORTSLINE SIGNS AOL PLUS DEAL
SportsLine.com has announced an agreement with internet giant America Online to provide sports content for its new broadband service.
ATHLETESDIRECT LAUNCHES RICK FOX SITE
AthletesDirect, a division of Broadband Sports, has launched the official Web site for the Los Angeles Lakers? Rick Fox.
TYSON TO FIGHT IN HELSINKI
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will fight in Helsinki in August against an unnamed opponent.
BROADBAND SPORTS DETAILS DALLASCOWBOYS.COM DEAL
Broadband Sports has been selected as the new designer, producer and manager of the official Dallas Cowboys Web site.
HOK SPORTS FOUNDER RETIRES
Ron Labinski, principal and founding partner of the HOK Sports Facilities Group, retires this week.
EUROBET ARROWS F3000 IN TEAM LAUNCH
The Eurobet Arrows F3000 team has been officially launched at the Arrows F1 Team's Leafield, Oxfordshire headquarters.
SMALLER CLUBS PROTEST ON PREMIER LEAGUE PROCEDURE
Smaller Premier League clubs were ? railroaded? into signing some aspects of yesterday?s broadcast tender agreement, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper.
JERRY JONES TAKES BROADBAND STAKE
Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones has invested ?several million dollars? to become one of the primary stockholders in Santa Monica-based Broadband Sports, which produces approximately 200 professional athletes sites on athletesdirect.com.
PREMIER PACKAGES REVEALED FOR $3.6bn RIGHTS
The battle for one of the world's hottest broadcast deals kicked off on Monday when England's top 20 soccer clubs set terms for the sale of their lucrative Premier League screening rights.
PREMIER LEAGUE MISSES OPPORTUNITY SAYS ANALYST.
Football consultant, Alex Fynn, has called the Premier League?s tender document a ?wasted opportunity?. Fynn told Sportbusiness.com today: ?There should have been more pay-per-view for smaller clubs in the Premier League. Fans of these teams quite often can?t support their team at home because their grounds are not big enough - and they only see them a couple of times live on Pay-TV. There should be a wider opportunity for clubs to show on pay-per-view.?
ATLETICO `TECHNICALLY BANKRUPT?
The court-appointed official sent in to untangle the financial situation at Atletico Madrid has warned that the club is "technically bankrupt" and in urgent need of 13,000 million pesetas ($74.75 million), according to local media reports.
QUOKKA COMPLETES MOUNTAINZONE DEAL
Quokka Sports Inc., a leading provider of sports entertainment for digital distribution, has completed the acquisition of ZoneNetwork.com, Inc., a privately-held company that produces and owns the mountain sports internet property, MountainZone.com, and its sister web site SkiResorts.com.