Media
MLB to expand business programme
Major League Baseball (MLB) is to expand its Diverse Business Partners (DBP) programme to improve communication methods between itself and potential commercial partners.
Mexican TV hopes for World Cup wave
Despite the current economic climate, Mexico’s largest broadcasters are hoping for an advertising splash should the national team clinch a World Cup berth by beating Honduras on November 11.
PSN Argentine cable row rolls on
The Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) has pulled its signal from Argentine cable operator Multicanal for the second time in a month over its failure to pay carriage fees.
Bookmakers launch inquiry into BHB fee
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the UK’s competition watchdog, is launching an in-depth investigation into a possible “infringement of the Competition Act” by the country’s governing body, the British Horseracing Board (BHB), which has been accused of demanding higher fees from bookmakers.
Picketts Lock cash ‘should go to grass roots’
The UK government has thrown its support behind athletics' claim for compensation over the axing of Picketts Lock, the proposed home of the 2005 World Championships.
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Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has doubled his stake in the English Premier League club to 18 percent after buying out cable operator NTL’s shares in the company for £4.3 million ($6.13m/B
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Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has doubled his stake in the English Premier League club to 18 percent after buying out cable operator NTL’s shares in the company for £4.3 million ($6.13m/B
Geordie chairman doubles his stake
Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has doubled his stake in the English Premier League club to 18 percent after buying out cable operator NTL’s shares in the company for £4.3 million ($6.13m/B
ITV to switch Premiership highlights to later slot
ITV has switched 'The Premiership' highlights programme from its early evening slot to 10.30pm.
Rally facelift with video game
A new video game is set to become the World Rally Championship's ultimate marketing tool in its bid to reinvent itself, David Richards, the sport's chief, has told sportbusiness.com.
Advertisers throw softer pitches at World Series
Advertisers will tone down their pitches at baseball’s World Series (WS) amidst a change in consumer mood following the September 11 attacks and the anthrax outbreaks.
BBC to screen Jordan’s comeback
UK terrestrial broadcaster the BBC is to show live coverage of Michael Jordan's return to the NBA on October 30 - the first time it has ever carried NBA content.
YES network hires new programming VP
The Yankees Entertainment & Sports (YES) network, due to launch next March, has appointed Marc Rosenweig to the position of senior vice president for programming.
ESPN to renew MLS TV deal
Despite speculation that ESPN was unlikely to renew its TV rights deal for Major League Soccer (MLS), the US broadcaster has stated that a 'new agreement in principle' had been reached.
NFL expands broadband deliver outside US
The NFL has teamed up with two broadband specialists to deliver games and content to broadband subscribers outside of the US.
Shares rise amid ITV Digital rumours
The share prices of UK media companies Granada and Carlton have risen amid rumours that the two companies are looking to end their investment in digital platform ITV Digital including the ITV Sport Channel.
Enic tumbles into debt
Sports group Enic - which has a majority stake in English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and has stakes in five other European clubs, including Glasgow Rangers and Slavia Prague -has moved into the red after reshaping its investment portfolio.
Sponsorship deals will help young athletes
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) has signed UPMC Sports Medicine and Cricket Comfortable Wireless as major corporate sponsors.