Sky and Kick It Out have partnered with University of Liverpool Management School to launch the Kick It Out Scholarship Programme. The scholarships will be targeted at Black and other under-represented ethnic minorities in the UK applying for the 2022 Football Industries MBA qualification which is a one-year course starting in September next year. As […]
NENT has reported a 28 per cent increase in Viaplay paying subscribers year-on-year to 3,608,000, with 322,000 subscribers added quarter-on-quarter, of which 36,000 were Nordic subscribers and 286,000 were international subscribers. NENT reported Q3 sales of SEK 3,054 million (€305.7m), an increase of 9.9 per cent. In a press statement, Anders Jensen President & CEO, […]
An average of 1.2 million viewers tuned into Sky Sports channels throughout the day on October 24th with a reach of over 8 million, delivering a record-breaking day for the pay-TV channel. Numbers peaked at 4.5 million viewers at 5:50pm headlined by the Premier League match between Manchester United and Liverpool and the ICC Men’s […]
As the organisers hope many will gather for the CABSAT 21 expo in Dubai, in the latest issue of Euromedia Chris Forrester offers a reflection on the progress, or otherwise, of TV propositions across the MENA region. Of course, in many ways, MENA is not a region from which any wider conclusions or pointers can […]
IMG, the global sports, events and talent management company, has named former Sky Sports Managing Director Barney Francis as Executive Vice President, Head of Global Production to lead IMG’s production business. Francis is well known for his 20 year spell at Sky Sports. He served as Managing Director for over a decade, where he grew […]
At the Prime Video Presents Sport 2021 showcase in London, Amazon Prime Video unveiled new updates and announcements across its premium live sports, films and TV series, featuring some of the biggest names in UK sport, including Nicola Adams, Thierry Henry and Wayne Rooney. The line-up of on-air talent and key broadcast details for the upcoming […]
Investment bank Berenberg, reporting on Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT), said that while it is still too soon for NENT’s management to communicate subscriber numbers for Poland, given that the launch was a little over a month ago, the tone from management suggested that all is going according to plan. The news emerged following NENT’s Capital […]
AriSports has been crowned the winner of Innovate 21, BT Sport’s search for exciting new sports broadcast experiences from entrepreneurs, creatives and start-ups. AriSports impressed the judges with its digital prediction platform, the brainchild of co-founders Rassim and Djewed Hariz. It allows football fans to predict on-pitch events, earning points in the process and competing […]
In a new campaign from UK IP intellectual property protection body FACT, TV presenter and former Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard has been given a first-hand insight into some of the risks lurking behind illegal streams, from viruses and malware deliberately designed to infect your devices, to full-scale identity theft caused by the sharing of […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is to launch its Viaplay streaming service in five new markets by the end of 2023. Viaplay will launch in the UK in the second half of 2022 and then in Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland during 2023. Viaplay will then be present in a total of 16 countries, compared […]