Media
SPORTSWORLD?S SOMI ACQUISITION GETS GO AHEAD
Sportsworld Media, the Australia-based sports programming and marketing company, has completed its #50m recommended offer for Sports and Outdoor Media International (SOMI) now that the acquisition has been declared wholly unconditional, reports the Financial Times.
NBA BOARD APPROVES NEW OWNERS
The NBA Board of Governors have approved new owners for the Dallas Mavericks, Vancouver Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets.
OCEAN RACE SECURES TV DEALS
The Volvo Ocean Race has signed major television deals on both sides of the Atlantic for next year?s event.
BSKYB DENY WORLD CUP BID CLAIM
A spokesman for BSkyB has denied reports it has made any bid for exclusive UK television rights to the soccer World Cup in 2002.
MURDOCH WINS GUARDIAN RANKING
Media magnate, Rupert Murdoch, has been named the most powerful person in the world of sport, according to a ranking published in The Guardian newspaper.
49ERS DEBARTOLO DISPUTE ENDED
In a deal that awaits final approval by the NFL and the IRS, Denise DeBartolo York has officially assumed
SPORTAL LAUNCHES EUROPEAN SPORTS NEWS SERVICE FOR MOBILE PHONES
On the day that Prisma Sport& Media announced its telephone-based joint venture with The Fantastic Corporation, Sportal.com has launched a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) service to deliver breaking sports news.
MEDIA COMES OUT IN SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa wants the 2006 soccer World Cup, deserves it and is more than ready to make it work, the country's newspapers declared on Thursday as a crucial FIFA inspection got underway in Johannesburg.
MURDOCH BUYS $58m SHARE IN BLUES
Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB is extending its interests in English Premiership football with the purchase of a 9.9 percent stake in Chelsea Village, the holding company for Chelsea Football Club.
EBU CHIEF WARNS OF SOCCER `OVERKILL?
The head of the sports group of the European Broadcasting Union, Stefan Kuerten, has warned that football risked "overkill" on television and was in danger of propelling itself towards self-destruction.
CHURCHILL DOWNS SELLS INDIANA STAKE
Churchill Downs is to sell 26% of Hoosier Park, LP, which owns the Anderson, Indiana racetrack and off-track betting operations, to Centaur, Inc. for $8.5 million.
GAMBLING ON ONLINE SUCCESS
The UK?s largest chain of betting shops ? Ladbrokes ? has launched its assault on the online gambling market with two new Internet sites going `live? this week.
MEDIA CONTENT SIGN SPORTEV DEAL
Media Content Plc, a sports media rights consultancy whose clients have included the World Wrestling Federation, has bought a stake in a company planning to broadcast sports over the Internet.
NBA ALL-STAR GAME TO SHOW IN OVER 200 COUNTRIES
The 2000 NBA All-Star Game, taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area, February 11- 13, will be shown in 205 countries, with a potential audience of 750million households.
BSKYB & SPORTAL ? SPORTBUSINESS.COM BRINGS THE DEAL INTO FOCUS
For full details of broadcaster BSkyB?s recently announced deal with Internet content provider Sportal, visit the FEATURES section of Sportbusiness.com.
OPEN TO LAUNCH BETTING SERVICE
A deal struck between the UK's interactive television service Open and online betting company Blue Square, the internet-based fixed-odds arm of City Index, will soon allow punters to bet through their television handsets, according to the Financial Times.
COMMERCIAL GIANTS "SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF LEAGUE" SAYS SOCCER BOSS
Glasgow Rangers and Celtic should be booted out of the Scottish soccer Premier League because they are too strong - according to Dundee manager Jocky Stott.
TM3 REPORT HUGE ADVERTISING INCREASE
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch's German TV station TM3 said it had sold some three-quarters of its advertising time for the year largely due to demand for its Champions League soccer broadcasts.