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Watford Leisure, the holding company for Watford soccer club in the UK is to obtain a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the junior stock market for small and growing companies.
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Italian broadcaster RAI, holder of the country’s television rights to a number of sporting events including the 2004 European soccer championships, the Italian Formula One Grand Prix and the Tour de France, said profits for the year fell to $38million from $65m while revenues rose by 4 percent to $2.3bn.
Business

The organisers of this year’s Goodwill Games in Brisbane have unveiled two new sponsors in the shape of America Online (AOL) and US broadcaster HBO. How to Develop Effective Sponsorship Programmes: A new report from SportBusiness Group:
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The English Premier League is still looking for a new media partner, just two months from the beginning of the new soccer season.
Events

Walt Disney and champion golfer Tiger Woods are believed to have struck a deal calling for Woods to appear in golfing exhibitions on Disney television networks.
Business

The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) has scrapped plans to produce separate TV programming for the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) franchise it recently acquired.
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BSkyB, the UK satellite TV operator which is run by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, will switch off the analogue signal on its sports channels Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 3 this weekend. Pay Per View Sport in Europe: A new report from SportBusiness Group:
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News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has stated in a report to investors that his proposed merger with US satellite TV firm DirecTV is within a few months of completion while the amalgamation of his Italian pay-TV operation Stream with its primary rival, the Vivendi Universal-owned Telepiu is only a matter of weeks away. Pay Per View Sport in Europe: A new report from SportBusiness Group:
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World Sports Solutions (WSS) has extended its portfolio by targeting the golf industry. The Manchester-based sports management company was originally only involved in soccer but, for the last month, has also worked with the Williams Formula One racing team.
Events

Australian broadcaster Seven Network has imposed a cloak of secrecy over the 3D technology to be used in coverage of the rugby union clash between the Wallabies and the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane on Saturday.
Events

The English RFU has appointed its first stadium director.
Business

Sports sponsors were warned today that consumer loyalty towards brands has waned by 25 percent over the last year, according to a survey carried out by relationship marketing company Carlson Marketing.
Business

The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) is examining allegations that e-comsport Group plc, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed sports marketing business, was illegally floated on the stock market.
Business

Stadium Australia Group’s chief executive Ken Edwards has criticised the New South Wales government for not investing enough money in improving Sydney’s status as a sporting centre after it lost out to Melbourne’s MCG stadium for the right to stage the Socceroos’ World Cup qualifier.
Business

The global advertising market is set to fall to a level not seen since the recession ten years ago, according to media research company Zenith Media.
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The Premier League has announced the first 11 fixtures to be shown on pay-per view television next season, the first time that top-flight English soccer has been shown on the platform. Pay Per View Sport in Europe: A new report from SportBusiness Group:
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Sponsorship Research International (SRi) – the research arm of the defunct ISL – has been broken in half and swallowed by two separate companies.
Business

ITV, the UK terrestrial network backed by Granada and Carlton Communications, is to be renamed ITV1. Company chiefs decided to add the figure one to distinguish it from ITV2, the digital channel that has been on air for more than two years.