Media

UK cable companies NTL and Telewest, both of which will broadcast Premiership pay-per-view soccer next season, may be forced into financial restructuring in the face of mounting debts.

Trans World International (TWI) has won the contract for the television and new media rights to the Tennis Master Series, previously held by the now defunct ISL/ISMM.

Promoters of dog racing in the UK have given the British Greyhound Racing Board (BGRB) a mandate to handle the sale of the intellectual property rights, including photo, betting and media rights, in return for two extra seats on the board.

IG Index, the London-based company which offers spread betting on sport and financial markets, reported a 53 percent increase in pre-tax profit to £15.4m ($22m) for the year ending May 31, about £1m ($1.6m) more than analysts’ expectations.

Enic, the sports group that owns English Premier League soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, is expected to announce this week that it has sold UKbetting.com, its internet bookmaker, to Eric Semel, a former director of one of Las Vegas’s largest casinos.

Ladbrokes, the world’s largest bookmaker, is reportedly planning to invest £40million ($57m) in high street betting shops in the UK to take advantage of tax-free gambling.

US drinks conglomerate Ambev could be kicked into touch by Coca Cola in the South American publicity stakes for soccer’s 2002 World Cup.

The NFL is claiming a yet-to-be-built stadium in downtown Detroit will be the most unique and innovative sports complex in the country.

Angelos Kotonou, the founder of sports marketing business e-comsport group has resigned from the board as a legal action filed against the former chief executive continues.

England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) has given its consent to stage three music concerts at Twickenham between June and October in any calendar year.

England’s Institute of Football Management and Administration (IFMA) has a new chairman.

French media group Vivendi Universal has unveiled strong second-quarter revenue and earnings growth, bucking the current downturn in advertising spend

Organisers of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Manchester claim to have already raised more money in sponsorship and commercial income than any other UK sporting event has ever attracted.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has hired the chief executive of advertising giant WPP and the chairman of Australian telecommunications company Telesra, to help sell its marketing and media rights following the collapse of its former commercial partner, ISL

British Eurosport’s coverage of cycling’s Tour de France race helped the satellite channel attract an average audience of 69,000 on Sunday.

European basketball’s premier club competition is launching a media-only online photo database.