After more than 20 years of association with British
     Columbia Television [BCTV], "the Canucks will move their
     regional telecasts" to Vancouver TV [VTV], a Baton
     Broadcasting station launched last fall, according to Grant
     Kerr of the Toronto GLOBE & MAIL.  VTV will telecast 27-30
     Canucks games in '98-99, along with 24 Grizzlies games. 
     Financial details of the two-year deal, plus an option year,
     were not disclosed.  BCTV paid an estimated C$1.7M to
     broadcast the Canucks this season, and reports in Vancouver
     put VTV's bid at C$2.7M a year.  BCTV's sister station,
     CHEK-TV, handled Grizzlies games.  Details of their new
     agreement were not available (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 4/9).

          In K.C., club and network sources say that Chiefs RB
     Marcus Allen will announce his retirement today and join CBS
     Sports as an NFL studio analyst (K.C. STAR, 4/9)....ESPN has
     tapped the AP's Electronic News Production System as its
     newsroom computer system.  The system features a fully
     integrated search engine, complete off-line and remote
     access capabilities for field staff, and the ability to work
     in any language (BROADCASTING & CABLE, 4/6 issue)....News
     Corp.-backed Sky Latin America and Fox Sports Americas "have
     bagged rights to most of the Chilean soccer to be broadcast
     over the next five years."  Between them, Sky and FSA have
     exclusive rights to 90 out of 120 league games per season. 
     FSA will carry one game per week through the 30-week season. 
     DAILY VARIETY's Andrew Paxman wrote that the for Fox, "the
     deal signals the latest blow in its high-stakes battle with
     ESPN for pole position in the Spanish-speaking Americas"
     (DAILY VARIETY, 4/8)....British Sky Broadcasting and
     Scottish Media Group "are shutting down Sky Scottish, their
     soccer-based TV channel, after a run of less than 18
     months."  The 50/50 joint venture will close May 31 (DAILY
     VARIETY, 4/8)....Fox Sports Detroit will showcase a 22 foot-
     by-10 foot mobile Go Tigers! billboard today and tomorrow at
     various locations in metro Detroit.  The billboard reads,
     "Go Tigers! Good Luck From Your Fans!" (Fox Sports Detroit).

          AudioNet and the Yankees announced a three-year
     exclusive contract under which AudioNet will broadcast live
     action of Yankees games at www.yankees.com.  Additional
     coverage will include "Yankees Magazine," a weekly live show
     with audio and video; Yankees Online, broadcasting exclusive
     reports on players; live chats with players and coaches; and
     vintage audio and video highlights (AudioNet).
          MLB ONLINE NOTES: Roger Clemens' new Web site,
     www.rocketroger.com, was launched last week.  The site will
     feature a post-game interview after each of Clemens' starts
     this season, as well as a pitch-by-pitch breakdown of each
     start, and a monthly chat with Clemens (THE DAILY). 
     Officials at Sports Internet Marketing, the company that
     developed Clemens' Web site, said the site has been getting
     "roughly" 6,000 visits a day since its debut (TORONTO STAR,
     4/8)....The Cubs' official Web site, www.cubs.com,
     experienced a "record level of traffic" last Friday for the
     team's home opener.  The site generated "nearly" 250,000
     page views and quadrupled the '97 single-day high.  Also,
     approximately 25,000 tuned into the Cubs radio broadcast
     that was available through the site (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4/8).