Media
TV DEAL STRUCK FOR CHAMPIONS? LEAGUE
French pay television group Canal Plus says it and private terrestrial TV company TF1 have agreed to share broadcasting rights for the European football Champions' League for matches played from September to May from 1999 to 2003.
WEMBLEY PROFITS BOOST
Wembley plc, the gaming and leisure operator, has announced another year of record profits.
MURDOCH WINS GERMAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RIGHTS
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, long stymied in the German media market, now has the chance to become a major player thanks to a bold back door deal, predict analysts.
GERMANY TO LEGISLATE ON VIRTUAL ADVERTISING
The German government's media commission, the Landesmedienanstalten has decided to regulate on virtual advertising.
PELE CONFIRMS MEDIA PARTNERS SUPER LEAGUE TALKS
Brazilian soccer legend Pele has confirmed he has been in discussions with Media Partners over the possibility of forming a Brazilian Super League.
NBC/TURNER TALK TO NEW US FOOTBALL LEAGUE
The proposed spring US Football League, the International Football Federation (IFF), have held preliminary discussions with NBC and Turner Broadcasting, the networks that lost out in the $18 billion NFL contract negotiated in 1998.
BBC APPOINT SPORTS-MINDED D-G
Greg Dyke, the former Head of Sport with commercial network ITV and a current director of Manchester United has been appointed director-general of the BBC, the most powerful job in British broadcasting.
SAMARANCH – ‘IOC HAS NO PLANS TO SHIFT HQ’
The IOC says it has no plans to move its headquarters - despite angry reactions from locals after it snubbed Switzerland's bid to host the 2006 Winter Olympics.
SPORTSLINE TO LAUNCH NEW SOCCER SITE
SportsLine Europe is planning to create the world's most comprehensive football site this summer.
IMG TEAMS UP WITH SPORTSLINE EUROPE
SportsLine Europe, the majority-owned subsidiary of the Internet sports media company SportsLine USA, has entered into a three-year promotional and consulting agreement with IMG.
MURDOCH CONTENT WITH STREAM SHARE
News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has said he is not interested in lifting his stake in Italian pay-TV operator Stream from its current 35 percent.
GUINNESS LEADS RWC SPONSORSHIP RESULTS
Guinness announced a 15 per cent sales increase in the UK for the September/October period during which they sponsored the Rugby World Cup.
NO 20 PER CENT INVESTOR FOR TAB FLOAT
The Queensland, Australia, TAB betting agency has welcomed the state government's decision to dump plans to sell 20 percent of its proposed A$300 million float to a major investor.
ISL TELEVISION ACQUIRES THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST RIGHTS TO BRAZILIAN CLUB FOOTBALL
ISL Television is to exclusively represent the international broadcast rights to the five key domestic Brazilian football competitions under an agreement with the domestic rights-holders for Brazilian football: Clube dos Treze and Rede Globo.
DESMOND LAUNCHES BETDAQ SPORTS BETTING SITE
Betdaq, the online sports betting service based on stock market principles and backed by the Irish businessman Dermot Desmond, has launched today.
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Online Gambling: The Regulation of Global Sports Betting: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
VIRTUAL ADVERTISING TO BE EXPLOITED BY FEYENOORD
Dutch soccer team Feyenoord Rotterdam is looking at ways of offering virtual advertising to its sponsors. The move comes amid a wave of Asian interest in the sport since the signing of Japanese star Shinji Ono from Urawa.
NZ TV DEAL SETS UP INTERACTIVE ACTION
New Zealand sport fans are set for interactive action after Sky TV signed a deal with Holotype New Media to introduce the first such service in the country.
Sport and Interactive TV: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
Sport and Interactive TV: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
SPORTSWORLD EXPANDS NON-SPORT BUSINESS
Sportsworld Media Group, the London-based sports marketing group, has made a string of announcements today including the launch of a new independent production company, Zeal Television and an agreement with television production company The Chatterbox Partnership.