Media

EchoStar has removed ESPN Classic from its Dish Network after a dispute with ESPN owners Disney over carriage fees.

English Premier League soccer club Liverpool is set to broadcast its first full game over the internet.

The Walt Disney Company-owned networks ABC and ESPN have won the US rights to broadcast the next two World Cups and Major League Soccer (MLS) for the next five years, confirming their predicted long-term interest in the sport.

Shares in UK-listed soccer publisher Non-League Media have been put on hold again while the company waits for the completion of the audit of its accounts for the year ending June 30, 2001.

TWI - the TV production arm of sports marketing giant IMG - is holding urgent talks with staff working on NOW.com after the Asian online service dramatically altered its existing deal.

Tennis' four Grand Slams should all be broadcast on one TV network in the US to make it more fan friendly, the man behind the Ericsson Open event has said.

Manchester United has signed up Budweiser, the world's largest selling beer brand, as a 'Platinum Sponsor' and the club's 'Official Beer'.

US TV network NBC says it is on course for a Winter Olympic advertising success after selling 94 percent of its commercial slots - six weeks before the Games get under way.

Munich-based insurance giant Allianz AG is to pay DM180m ($81m) to put its name to the new home of Bayern Munich, according to media reports.

Clear Channel Entertainment's motor sports division and Dorna Off-Road have signed an agreement to jointly produce the FIM Supercross World Championship, beginning with the 2002-03 season.

New CART CEO Chris Pook has praised NASCAR’s approach and promised a management reshuffle will mark the beginning of a CART revival.

Turner Sports' parent company AOL Time Warner has axed the Goodwill Games after 15 years of competition.

The UK government will block any attempt to find a naming rights sponsor for the new national stadium to be built at Wembley as part of the plans to fund the beleaguered project.

G14, the representative body of top European football clubs, are in negotiations for each club to sell their TV rights for the UEFA Champions League on an individual basis.

A group led by Florida financier John Henry, which includes The New York Times, has bought the Boston Red Sox baseball franchise for a record price.

Betfair and Flutter.com have merged to create the UK’s largest internet betting exchange, which eliminates the bookmaker middleman and allows punters to bet directly with each other, to create £500million ($726.25m/EUR810.37m) of trading volume business.