Media

Sportech PLC, the London stock exchange-listed pools promotion, internet gaming, telephone betting, lotteries and lottery management company, is to launch a new sports magazine in September aimed at betting and gaming customers.
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Televising English Premiership soccer highlights on terrestrial television from 7pm GMT on a Saturday will bring a ?once in a lifetime change to the shape of Saturday TV,? ITV?s director David Liddiment said at a news conference today.

Television distributor Venevision International has been chosen by satellite broadcaster DirecTV to sub-license the rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup in a number of Latin American nations.

New Zealand television production firm On Site Broadcasting (OSB) has signed a five-year domestic contract to handle all satellite broadcaster BSkyB?s coverage of sporting events in the country.

The UK?s betting operators are joining forces to launch a #2m ($2.9m/?3.3m) press and PR campaign and `Axe the Tax? poster in time for the scrapping of the nine percent betting duty on October 6.
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Rivaldo has issued an angry ultimatum to the Barcelona president Joan Gaspart accusing the club of failing to honour the multi-million dollar contract he signed last year.

British Eurosport?s coverage of cycling?s Tour de France race helped the satellite channel attract an average audience of 69,000 on Sunday.

UK cable companies NTL and Telewest, both of which will broadcast Premiership pay-per-view soccer next season, may be forced into financial restructuring in the face of mounting debts.

The programming costs of the UK?s digital terrestrial sports channel ITV Sport will hinder the share performance of the network?s owners Granada and Carlton Communications, according to a research report from leading broker Merrill Lynch.

Hockey?s governing body, the Federation Internationale de Hockey, has launched its new website.

US broadcaster ABC?s TV audience for last Sunday?s instalment of the Indianapolis 500 was up 18 per cent on the previous year?s rain-delayed race, scoring a 5.3 rating with a 14 per cent market share.

Soccer's most powerful administrator will face the world's media today as pressure mounts for him to sort out his organisation's finances or quit.

e-comsport Group plc, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed sports marketing business, has announced a loss for the year ended 31 December 2000 of #4.5m ($6.41m).

A court in the Swiss town of Zug declared the Swiss sports rights marketing firm ISMM-ISL officially bankrupt on Monday after French media group Vivendi Universal last week withdrew a rescue offer.

FIFA will decide on Monday whether the World Club Championship, due to be held in Spain at the end of July, will go ahead as planned, the Spanish Football Federation said on Friday.

Opponents of the proposed #100m ($143m) London City racecourse are this week arguing against the scheme at a public inquiry at Ilford Town Hall.

The European Commission has cleared German media giant Bertelsmann?s acquisition of a majority stake in RTL group, Europe?s largest commercial broadcaster, without conditions.

Eurosport has launched its 18th language version specifically for Greek-speaking viewers.