Media

eSynch Corporation, a supplier of technological services for the streaming media and video-on-demand markets, has partnered SurfingSports.com to broadcast extreme sports videos to broadband internet users.

The Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA) has entered into an eight-year deal with Fablon Investments which is worth more than $10m to the women's game.

Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman is being sued by her ex-fiance for breach of contract after sacking him as her manager before the Sydney Olympics, the Australian media has reported.

Internet-wired young men in the US now spend as much time online as they do watching television, while accessing sports information is the most popular reason young men use the internet, according to a new study.

Ladbrokes, the betting and gaming division of Hilton Group plc, today launched an online casino, at the same time calling for an extension of UK gaming laws to protect internet customers.

Ashursts, acting on behalf of TVDanmark, recently brought judicial review proceedings in the Court of Appeal against the Independent Television Commission (ITC).

Carlton Communications, the UK media company, has made a #400m ($582m) bid for the broadcasting rights to British horseracing, according to UK press reports.

New Jersey's attorney-general has pressed state sports authorities to revoke the licenses of two prominent boxing promoters after they admitted paying officials to boost fighters' rankings.

The World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has signed new television distribution deals in Russia and Bulgaria.

If there's a strike or lockout that causes Major League Baseball?s new broadcast partners Fox to lose games in 2002, baseball owners are still guaranteed their money from the recently signed $2.5 billion, six-year deal.

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), recently snapped up by a trio of high-tech moguls, announced on Tuesday that it has tapped two former top Nike marketing executives to run the 42-year old league.

Extreme Sports Channel, the first ever 24 hour extreme sports content channel, is to launch in the UK, available free of charge to digital satellite TV subscribers.

Ratings for NBC?s coverage of the Olympics are down on all three previous Games.

Beleaguered Athens 2004 Olympics organisers have rejected accusations of overspending from politicians and the media and denied that they were paid exorbitant salaries.

ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has promoted Vib Sharma to senior vice president, advertising and integrated sales.

Virtual imaging specialist EPSIS Graphics has been selected by French pay-TV Canal+ to provide tactical information and a better look for the broadcasts of French soccer first division matches.

SNTV, the sports video news service jointly-owned by TWI and APTN, the television arm of the Associated Press, has launched SNTVi aimed exclusively at internet -based operators.

Hyundai Motor America has made its first foray into professional golf sponsorship by signing as title sponsors of Hyundai Team Matches, formerly known as the Diners Club Matches.