Czech Republic
NORDIC WORLD CUP RIGHTS DEAL
Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with a group of leading Nordic broadcasters for a substantial package of rights to FIFA’s top events, including the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
INFRONT SECURE CZECH WORLD CUP RIGHTS
Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with Czech TV for the television rights of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in the Czech Republic.
Tennis ratings boost
Internet and television ratings were up during the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati.
Big 4 markets risk Euro exit
The four biggest soccer markets in Europe could all be out of Euro 2004 this evening, after Germany joined Italy and Spain on an early flight home.
French resort wins FIS event
Val d’Isere has won the right to host the FIS 2009 Alpine Skiing World Championship.
Sparta sold
Czech Republic soccer team Sparta Prague has been sold.
NASN beams live hockey
The North American Sports Network (NASN) is to broadcast exclusive coverage of this summer’s World Cup of Hockey in the UK and Ireland.
BSI gets chemical boost
Benfield Sports International (BSI) has agreed a four-year deal with Swedish chemical products company VEIDEC to be elite sponsors of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).
Extreme adds million more
The Extreme Sports Channel has added nearly one million extra households to its reach through a series of deals across Central Europe.
Infront skates to new deal
Swiss marketing agency Infront Sports & Media has signed an exclusive merchandising deal for the IIHF World Championship.
ESPN Classic goes English
Archive sports network ESPN Classic Sport is branching out even further by rolling out a new English-language channel in over 50 European countries.
T-Mobile signs up for Euro 2004
Communications firm T-Mobile has become the eighth firm to sign up as a major sponsor for the UEFA 2004 European Football Championship, which takes place in Portugal next summer.
IOC conclude Vancouver visit
The IOC Coordination Commission for the 2010 Winter Games have completed their first official visit to Vancouver, since the Canadian city won the right to host the event.
Ladbrokes bets on speedway
Gambling firm Ladbrokes has signed an agreement with Benfield Sports International (BSI) to be title sponsors of the forthcoming FIM Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix.
UEFA concludes CL rights sales
UEFA and its partnering agency TEAM Marketing have concluded the sales process for the next Champions League TV rights contracts after announcing new deals in Austria, Italy, Portugal and the Czech Republic.
DSF wins ice hockey TV rights
German free-to-air broadcaster DSF has bought up the TV rights to the Ice Hockey World Championships.
IOC wants Chinese TOP sponsor
Gerhard Heiberg, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee marketing commission, has stated that the governing body is looking for a top line sponsor from China to join the TOP programme.
Vancouver wins 2010 Olympics
Vancouver has been named as the host city for the 2010 Winter Olympics.