Media

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 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.

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 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.

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.

For full details of broadcaster BSkyB?s recently announced deal with Internet content provider Sportal, visit the FEATURES section of Sportbusiness.com.

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.

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.

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.

UK broadcaster BSkyB and organisers of golf's Ryder Cup have resolved a dispute over the television company's plans for coverage of the tournament on non-terrestrial channels.

A record $1 billion-plus could be the price of admission to the NFL for its 32nd team.

Britain's commercial network, ITV has struck a deal to continue showing Formula One motor races until 2005.

Besieged Sydney Olympic organisers have axed a controversial hospitality ticket programme worth A$60 million (US$38 million) to appease angry sponsors concerned their exclusive sponsorships have been eroded by secret ticket sales.

Head of IMG, Mark McCormack, has discussed the future of his company in an interview with the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.

Yahoo! Inc, the leading global Internet media company, has signed a sponsorship agreement with the New York Yacht Club/Young America Challenge for America's Cup 2000, Young America.

NASCAR has completed negotiations on a contract that will showcase two Winston Cup Series races and two Busch Grand National Series events at Dover Downs International Speedway on The Nashville Network for the 2000 race season.