Fast Web Media, a Manchester web design subsidiary of Norwegian search ad business Fast Search & Transfer, is buying FootballForums.net after is owner went in to administration. It’s pretty straightforward…

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The BBC has launched today its recently overhauled mobile website, which now emulates the new appearance of the recently-revamped bbc.co.uk. The seven-year-old site has been updated to reflect the fact…

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The Premier League quietly won High Court injunctions this week against three websites accused of illegally streaming its live football matches over the net. FreePremierLeague.com, FootballOn.net and PremiershipLive.net had been…

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Orange has won the right to broadcast some of France’s Ligue 1 football matches between 2008 and 2012. While Vivendi’s (EPA: VIV) Canal+ TV won two of three bundles, giving…

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Somewhat audaciously, Orange is taking on Canal+ in the race to win the TV rights to top-flight French soccer. Canal+, which has 4.3 million pay-TV customers, paid 600 million in…

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Domain mania is here again. Media Corp, a niche online publisher that sold Casino.co.uk in August for £3.625 million, has bought the Sport.co.uk name for £135,000 in cash, with ambitions…

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No sooner has the nascent online secondary ticket sales market got going, it faces the possibility of government regulation, The Times warns. Sites like well-funded, Index-backed Viagogo and Mangrove/Atlast-backed Seatwave…

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Orange UK can now claim to offer all Premier League soccer matches over its mobile TV service. The telco had already offered Sky Sports channels, which hold the rights to…

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We’ve covered the clash of news organizations with the sports leagues on rights of covering the games, especially in online and mobile media...now ”News Media Coalition”, a temporary name for…

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US sports TV network ESPN wants to use the web as a Trojan horse in to the UK market. The Disney (NYSE: DIS) unit bought cricket site CricInfo from Wisden…

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Setanta Sports, the once-little Irish pay-TV operator with big ambitions, has attracted 130 million euros (£90 million) to help finance its continued build-up of UK soccer rights. The funds come…

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In what may be the ultimate fantasy football play, English lower leagues soccer club Ebbsfleet United has agreed to be purchased by a community of fans moblised online. Myfootballclub.co.uk, a…

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Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) still wants to buy the rights for online live-broadcasting matches of German soccer league DFL, reports AFX. Earlier this week DFL awarded German media business man…

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-- Online video outfit Joost has added ITN and Major League Baseball to its programming line-up. The ITN service will cover news in the UK and rest of the world,…

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Sports fan portal Sportingo has received a £3.2 £1.5 million investment from Ingenious Media of London. The site started in Israel in February, letting fans of a range of sports…

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Germany’s EM.Sport Media (FRA:EV4) is getting more serious about online content. Amongst a series of announcements made in Munich this morning, the company said it is planning “significant growth” through…

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So it all ended, just like that. After the growing unrest and boycotts, the coalition of more than 40 news organizations abruptly ended the two-day boycott of the Rugby World…

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Update 2: The Guardian, The Times, The Sun and France’s sport paper L’Equipe have joined the boycott. Guardian reports: “Last night the Guardian decided not to publish any live photos…

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The International Rugby Board (IRB) is still playing hard ball with an international coalition of newspapers and news agencies that is challenging strict new rules on how the Rugby World…

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UK-based PremiumTV, which operates websites for clients ranging from Britain’s Chelsea soccer club to Warner Music, is merging with sports content distributor Inform Group, in an all stock transaction. A…

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