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OLYMPICS GROUP ALLEGES DISCRIMINATION.(Brief Article)(Short Story)
SPORTS OFFICIALS representing the nation's smokers are planning court action under anti-discrimination legislation against what they describe as the "blatantly unfair" refusal of a number of major companies to sponsor the forthcoming Smokers' Olympics.
"We've approached dozens of companies like Qantas, Telstra, Nike and the banks that were only too happy to throw money at the Sydney Olympics and the Paralympics and they've just slammed the door in our face," coughed Tobaccolympics committee chairman Gordon Ardath. "If ever I saw a case of victimisation of a community group that's already been denied the right to advertise, this is--haargh, haargb, HARRGH, sorry, it's worse of a morning--this is it."
The Tobaccolympics committee believes its games have a right to go ahead if only on the grounds that they are a showcase for several ...
- Interpreting the numbers.(ratings for Sydney Olympics)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable McClellan, Steve October 9, 2000 700+ words
...Randy Falco, president, NBC-TV. Back in June, based no doubt on volumes on network research, Falco predicted that the Sydney Olympics would command at least an 18 rating in prime time. Not even close. Try a 13.8/24, the lowest average prime time rating...
- Unifill Flexibility Supports Sydney Olympics.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Food Trade Review September 1, 2000 700+ words
Bonlac Foods, an official supporter of this year's Olympic Games being held in Sydney, Australia, have launched a nutritional cheese snack featuring the Games' mascots using the Unifill plastics packaging system from Elopak, tel:0178 889 1210. Syd, Millie and Olly have been created to symbolize the
- Shouldering The Sydney Olympics.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Hotels Hensdill, Cherie September 1, 2000 700+ words
SYDNEY Between the Olympics, aggressively priced airfares and a weak Australian dollar, the land down under is on its way to achieving a record tourism target of 4.7 million international visitors for the year. The 2000 Olympic Games, to be held here from September 15 to October 1, is expected to
- NIKE TOUTS NEW LOOKS FOR SYDNEY OLYMPICS.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD Feitelberg, Rosemary June 22, 2000 700+ words
NEW YORK -- At the United Nations Monday night, after three years of research and development, Nike put the spotlight on its designs for competitors headed to the Sydney Summer Games. Nike's design team streamlined their styling, utilized body mapping techniques, and focused on lightweight fabrics.
- An Uplifting Experience at the Olympics.(ballroom dancers at Sydney...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine SAVOY, DAVID SAVOY, SHARON January 1, 2001 700+ words
The championship ballroom dance team of Sharon and David Savoy has demonstrated lifts and poses around the world, using as backdrops such monuments as the Colosseum, the Pyramids, the Taj Mahal and the Parthenon [Dance Magazine, March 2000, page 64]. Last September found the Arlington, Virginia,
- Ringside.(volunteers and poets make a difference at the Sydney Olympics)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Clark, Kim Rickards, Jane October 9, 2000 700+ words
SYNCHRONIZED FUN Wearing garish T-shirts with blue, yellow, and red swirls, and working eight hours a day for no pay, the 47,000 Olympic volunteers bowled everyone over with their friendliness and sense of fun. They did rap routines (with flashlight special effects) to direct the mobs through the
- Olympics Dip in Key Demos.(television ratings for first week of Sydney...
- Magazine article from: Multichannel News DONOHUE, STEVE September 25, 2000 700+ words
NBC's first week of Olympic Games coverage got off to a rocky start, with ratings on the broadcast network and cable siblings MSNBC and CNBC down sharply from previous years. MSNBC and CNBC both posted big increases over their regular programming. But compared to the 1998 Winter Olympics on Turner
- Sydney Olympics' New Star: Axient.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Multichannel News ILER, DAVID August 14, 2000 700+ words
A new streaming-media company, Phoenix-based Axient Communications Inc., made a big splash into an already crowded sector last week by announcing that it will supply the streaming technology for NBCOlympics.com. Axient comes to the streaming sector with an aggregation of high-profile partners and