Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund’s plans to tour China and other countries in South East Asia with the senior team before the start of the 2020-21 and to send a legends team to India have all been put on hold due to COVID-19. However, the club has come up with a virtual pre-season tour of Asia […]
ONE Championship CCO on Microsoft partnership, eSports and social media engagement
Singapore-based martial arts organization ONE Championship, with it’s core focus on revolutionizing the Mixed Martial Arts industry in Asia has been aggressively expanding its brand. It recently broke into the Top 10 Most Engaging Sport Profiles on Facebook Worldwide, according to figures released by Socialbakers. The Playknox spoke with Hari Vijayarajan, Chief Commercial Officer of […]
Microsoft’s Managing Director, Media & Communications Asia: “Microsoft’s cloud & AI solutions have been game-changers for many sporting leagues”
Derrick Buckley is Microsoft’s Media and Communications business lead for APAC. With over 20 years of working experience, Buckley collaborates with regional and global customers from media and telecommunications organizations to empower them to achieve more with solutions that deliver personalized experiences, provide agile operations, and accelerate innovation and growth. The Playknox spoke with him […]
LaLiga India head Jose Antonio Cachaza on in-stadia advertising in Covid-19 era, league’s crackdown on piracy & importance of diversity
Spain’s top league LaLiga was the second major league to restart in the Covid-19 era and saw its international viewership grow by more than 48% on its first matchday of the league’s restart. LaLiga recently joined hands with Mediapro to enhance programming experience on Facebook Watch for the fans in the Indian Sub-Continent. The Playknox […]
One of the founding team of Common Goal, Ben Miller: “Clubs are beginning to understand the wellbeing & performance benefits of having better informed & more connected players”
Common Goal is a collective movement committed to unleashing the power of football to generate positive social change across the world. It’s a straightforward mechanism in which the industry, led by the players, pledges a minimum of 1% of earnings into a collective fund which subsequently invests in well-established and highly efficient grassroots projects, which […]
RLWC2021 CEO Jon Dutton on overcoming Covid-19 challenges to ensure a successful tournament, brands association & social impact
Rugby League World Cup 2021 ( #RLWC2021) is the first major international sporting event to introduce a Mental Fitness Charter to make a real impact with people both inside and outside of rugby league, and help to set a precedent for how sporting events can make real change within the communities where they operate. The […]
Joel Seymour-Hyde, MD Octagon UK on overcoming Covid-19 challenges, upcoming campaigns & importance of diversity
Joel Seymour-Hyde, currently Octagon’s UK head has spent more than a decade at the company. Octagon is one of the world’s largest sports marketing agencies with over 30 years in sports marketing, sponsorship and athlete & talent and boasts of clients like Liverpool FC, adidas, MasterCard, Paddy Power among others. Joel spoke with The Playknox […]
Triple Olympian Mikel Thomas: “We need a more holistic approach towards improving mental health”
The Playknox spoke with Mikel Thomas, a Triple Olympian who competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, representing Trinidad and Tobago in track and field. He was also a silver medalist at the Pan Am Games in 2015. Tell us more about yourself. Apart from being an Olympic athlete and a coach, […]
Indian basketball player & Padma Shri Awardee Prashanti Singh: “We need to have a more commercial approach for the growth of basketball in India”
The Playknox spoke with Prashanti Singh, former Indian Basketball team captain and India’s only basketball player to be awarded with the coveted Padma Shri Award. She is also the recipient of the Arjuna Award and Rani Laxmibai Bravery Award.She led the national team to the Asian Games in Guangzhou 2010 (the first time India women’s […]
Odisha FC ex-CEO Ashish Shah: “More investments will be made towards safety & digital technologies to make the experience seamless for all”
The Playknox spoke with Ashish Shah, ex-CEO Odisha FC and founder of sports consulting firm Dynamic Sports about his tenure at the club, challenges being faced by the Indian sporting realm amidst Covid-19 among other things. How difficult do you reckon the recovery will be for sports businesses in India from Covid-19? Next 6 […]