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The UK?s Rugby Football Union (RFU) has told sportbusiness.com a decision on whether the BBC or BSkyB would be awarded the broadcasting rights to England?s domestic and international rugby matches would not be made until next week.
Business

Speculation is growing that media giant Kirch is planning to go public following the appointment of an American investment banker as the group?s new chief financial officer.
Media

Swiss marketing firm ISMM has been declared officially bankrupt after French media giants Vivendi Universal pulled out of a possible takeover, soccer's world governing body FIFA has confirmed to sportbusiness.com
Events

CricInfo.com, the UK cricket website has signed a deal with Sports International to broadcast live ball-by-ball audio commentary on the internet for the Pakistan team?s tour of England which starts on Thursday at Lord?s cricket ground in London.
Events

GG-Media, the consortium bidding for media rights to UK horseracing, has agreed terms with ten courses for payments worth #25 million ($US35.5m) over five years.
Business

The UK government has accepted terms offered by British Sky Broadcasting Plc (BSkyB), which will allow the British satellite TV group to take over the Open interactive TV platform it operates.
Media

MTG, the Scandinavian media company, has bought 17% of the share capital of Stockholm-based soccer club Djurgaarden, worth SKr7m ($781,000), according to news sources.
Business

German entertainment firm EM.TV Group, which earlier this year agreed a bail-out package with broadcaster Kirch Group, has announced a preliminary net loss of 2.8 billion marks ($1.27 billion) for 2000.
Business

Baseball?s official site, MLB.com, will this week launch two new features it hopes will raise its customer confidence after several early-season gaffes.
Events

Eurosport is embroiled in a rights-row with the United States Tennis Association and its exclusive marketing agency SFX.
Media

The future for Quokka Sports and its flagship joint-venture with NBC, NBCOlympics.com, now looks doomed as the company prepares to file for bankruptcy protection, according to online media reports.
Media

News Corp. is in talks with a group of cable operators and other investors to potentially buy out their stakes in cable TV channels Outdoor Life Network LLC and Speedvision Network LLC the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
Media

Sir Rodney Walker, chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL), is believed to have told a senior UK government official that he cannot guarantee the stadium will open by May 2005 as planned.
Business

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has signed a title sponsorship deal with the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula to become title sponsor of Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca.
Media

Inter Milan have claimed they have been victimised over their alleged role in a false passports scandal after learning they will be the first club to be hauled before the Italian league.
Business

India's government has told the country's cricket board it should not send a team to the forthcoming Sharjah tournament in which Pakistan are also competing.
Events

NASCAR broadcast coverage will switch from TBS to TNT as part of Turner Sports new marketing strategy, according to news agency reports.
Events

WWFE Inc. has selected Sekani, Inc. as its media asset management partner.