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Italian cycling teams have threatened a revolt if the Giro d'Italia organisation did not involve them financially and promotionally in its affairs.
Events

While English football awaits the announcement of the winning bids for the Premier League?s broadcast rights, England?s lower divisions are also in negotiations over a new deal.
Business

Virtual imaging company Orad Hi-Tech Systems recorded revenues up 128 per cent in the first quarter of 2000.
Business

French commercial TV station TF1 and pay-TV channel Canal Plus have acquired stakes in sports channels Eurosport International and Eurosport France from Disney Corp cable TV sports network ESPN.
Business

Dutch KPN Telecom NV has said it had bid to buy the broadcast rights of all Dutch first division soccer matches for five years in an effort to boost the content of its internet division.
Media

Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke, former chief of the Lotto cycling team and uncle of Belgian cycling star Frank, has been charged in a Belgian court with forgery and involvement in doping, according to local media reports.
Business

The emerging battle between offshore and onshore gaming jurisdictions will be the focus of the Fourth Annual International Symposium on Internet Gambling Law and Management, to be held November 26-28 at the Royal Antiguan Beach & Tennis Resort in Antigua.
Media

The ongoing saga between Tiger Woods and his respective golf equipment and apparel sponsors, Titleist and Nike, took another twist at this week?s Deutsche Bank Open.
Events

Time Warner?s cable division has signed an agreement with NBC to carry the network's main feed as well as cable channels CNBC and MSNBC through 2008.
Events

Ratings for the NBA playoffs on both broadcast and cable television remain down from a year ago, although favorable match-ups in the conference finals could help stop the bleeding.
Media

A major F1 team has launched a CD-ROM offering comprehensive multi-media content for sale in UK high?street stores.
Events

The Kirch Group has decided on the price of its pay-per-view season tickets for the Bundesliga next season, reports the soccer industry newsletter, The Soccer Investor Weekly Bulletin.
Events

The 2000 Cuervo Wakeboard Pro Tour, which is taking place this summer in five venues across Europe, has secured a series of five TV programmes in the Meridian, Anglia and HTV regions.
Events

British Eurosport is to broadcast round the clock coverage of Euro 2000 ? and let its viewers select the nighttime programming by voting on the internet.
Events

Virtual imaging firm Orad Hi-Tec Systems has signed a deal for its CyberSport system to Japanese firm IMAGICA.
Events

The BBC has pulled its flagship Saturday sports show Grandstand from its schedules this weekend as a result of intense competition from its rival free-to-air channels.
Events

ISL Worldwide is to buy up all outdoor media sites surrounding the venues staging soccer?s Euro 2000 in a bid to thwart any plans of ambush marketing.
Business

British online sportswear retailer Boo.com is on the verge of collapse signalling the first failure of a major internet player and fuelling a potential backlash against e-tailing stocks.