Media

The UK?S Independent Television Commission will this week write to BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball to inform him whether or not it will force the satellite broadcaster to make its last premium sports channel available to rival On Digital.

Sportinglife.com, the UK?s multi-sports website, has joined forces with Amstel, Europe?s second largest beer brand, to produce a site which will allow soccer fans to follow the UEFA Champions League over the next eight months.
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The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) has launched www.baseball-legends.com, a new site developed and operated by MLB Advanced Media.

Australian and South African rugby union will benefit from extra broadcasting revenue if a plan for the two countries? teams to clash offshore in Asia goes ahead.

Turner Network Television will still broadcast a significant amount of live Goodwill Games action in the US despite an unfavourable time difference to Australia.

Extreme sports showcase the X Games, organised by US broadcaster ESPN, attracted total crowds of more than 235,000 during its 11 days of competition.

US cable network, Black Entertainment Television (BET) is in talks with professional wrestling body Urban Wrestling Alliance (UWA) with regard to a series of weekly shows.

Columbian television channels and programmers have unanimously rejected attempts by the country?s top-flight soccer league to charge fees for the media use of goal images.

Spending on gambling is expected to rise by 21 percent in the five years between 1999 and 2004, according to a survey carried out by UK-based market research company Mintel.
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Satellite channel British Eurosport scored its highest ever TV ratings for its coverage of the World Athletics Championships from Edmonton, Canada.

US broadcaster Fox Sports World Espanol will broadcast coverage of the Mexican Baseball League for the remainder of 2001 and the whole of the 2002 season.

A Colombian soccer director is demanding sanctions against Argentina for missing last month's Copa America, which went ahead in the Andean nation at six days' notice after earlier being postponed until 2002.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Wednesday that media group Kirch should not have changed the schedule of its German first division highlights programme.

Seattle Mariners will have their home games broadcast in Japanese live on the internet from today.

Telewest Communications, the UK?s second largest cable company after NTL, said it would break even by 2004 after it announced better-than-expected results for the six months ending June 30.

European sports website Sports.com has expanded its relationship with Oddset, the online sports betting arm of Deutsche Lotto and Toto Block.
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