SportBusiness Staff

UK broadcaster Carlton, a joint-venture partner in the ITV Digital venture, has revealed that a partnership with BSkyB is essential if the terrestrial platform is to secure its long-term future.

Manchester United has started charging fans to access match coverage on the internet.

Sports.com, the unofficial website for the World Cup, has expanded its email marketing business by signing a deal with internet advertising group Doubleclick.

The biggest soccer clubs are set to cash in from the trend of launching club-specific TV channels, according to leading industry experts.

Trading in shares of Division One soccer club Gillingham hae been suspended on the Ofex exchange after it announced it was planning to withdraw from the market.

IOC president Jacques Rogge, has appointed Christophe de Kepper as head of his executive office.

Italian soccer club Juventus will raise EUR190million (USD167m) through an initial public offering (IPO) of the club on December 20.

Once champions of Europe now struggling to survive - English soccer club Nottingham Forest appears to be in financial trouble after shares were suspended by the Alternative Investment Market earlier this week.

The Walt Disney Corporation is reported to have tabled a bid for the TV rights to the NBA through its subsidiary networks ABC and ESPN.

ITV's terrestrial channel, ITV1, and its digital network, ITV2, will be available on BSkyB's digital satellite platform, sportbusiness.com can confirm.