Media

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in the UK is expected to respond to last summer's Budd Report on Gaming, otherwise dubbed the 'Las Vegas' report.

A date and venue have finally been set for the world heavyweight boxing clash between Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis with the fight to be staged in Memphis, Tennessee on 8 June.

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport is set to roll out a new trade press advertising campaign in the UK in a bid to portray a more comtemporary youth image.

CART has completed the restructuring of its communications division.

Atlanta-based company, Immersion Entertainment, LLC, has developed a portable action replay system for fans of the Atlanta Braves baseball team.

UK sports marketing agency, Fast Track, has won the rights to sell national commercial partnerships for two major athletics meetings next year.

Mercedes-Benz and the ATP have renewed their marketing partnership.

The collapse of the English Football League's deal with ITV Digital may prompt it to set up its own pay-TV platform, according to media reports.

The Scotland and Ireland Euro 2008 bid team have appointed Craigie Taylor International and their Scotland based associates RiversGani Communications to manage their International media relations campaign.

Many of the key challenges facing sports sponsors and broadcasters will be brought into sharp focus during a seminar session during this week’s SportelAmerica sports television market in Miami.

The International Association of Athletic Federations continues its evaluation of the bidding cities to host the 2005 World Championships, SPORTELAmerica opens for business in Miami, the new AFL season begins with a new broadcast package and the Major League Baseball season gets under way at the end of the week.

The Extreme Group is believed to have put in a bid for the action sports assets of the financially troubled Sportsworld Media Group, sportbusiness.com has learned.

Rights holder and Pay-TV satellite platform DirecTV Latin America has secured its fourth TV rights sub-licensing deal in Mexico for this summer's World Cup tournament, much to the relief of the country's free-to-air market-leading broadcaster.

The resilience of English soccer clubs could be put to the ultimate test by ITV Digital's threat to reduce its fees for lower league broadcast rights.

Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox has signed an exclusive multi-year ticketing deal with Tickets.com.

Pan-regional Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has secured a major new TV rights deal for a global property, further boosting its substantial content portfolio.