Media

Athens Olympics organisers (ATHOC) are forecasting revenues from TV rights for the 2004 Games will rise 16.5 percent from the Sydney figure to $800 million.

The German media giant Kirch group's newly merged ProSieben Sat1 Media AG is looking to win the broadcasting rights to Formula One motor racing post 2003.

German media giant Kirch's acquisition of a stake in EM.TV is unlikely to fall under a European Commission merger review, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

How can rightsholders control the power of new media to distribute valuable content free on the Internet? This was the question that dominated the second session of the IOC new media conference in Lausanne.

German private media giant Kirch Group is near agreeing to take over EM.TV & Merchandising, throwing a financial lifeline to the struggling firm, industry sources said on Thursday.

Stefan Gehrke has been named head of the new media department of WIGE MEDIA AG in Germany.

A consortium comprising French broadcaster Canal Plus and sports management group IMG is favourite to win the English football Premier League's international TV rights, the Independent on Sunday said.

The Meadowlands Racetrack, owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, experienced a decrease in attendance and betting during the thoroughbred season

UK sport web site network Rivals.net has teamed up with SportingOdds.com to provide its sites with a range of exclusive fixed-odds betting services branded "Rivals Bet".

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has said he was confident the Japanese government and organisers of the 2002 World Cup will find a solution to tax problems that may have delayed the start of ticket sales.

Management service provider IKANO Communications has been named the `official data networking services supplier? for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

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.