Sky Sports has announced a new multi-year broadcast partnership with England Netball, the largest media partnership in the governing body’s history, and it features the return of Vitality Netball Superleague on February 12. Every match of the 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague season will be broadcast across Sky Sports and England Netball platforms. The new agreement […]
Telstra to expand streaming offering with Kayo Sports partnership
Telstra will expand its sports streaming offering for customers through a long-term partnership with Kayo Sports, Australia’s premier sports streaming service. Kayo will replace Telstra Live Pass in the AFL Live App and NRL Official App, delivering sports fans a world-class experience featuring every AFL and NRL game, of every round, live and ad-break free […]
Manchester United presenter Sam Homewood on his broadcast journey and being resilient
Sam Homewood presents HOW on ITV, as well as MUTV and the UTD podcast, available to download now from Apple, Spotify and all good streaming services. The Playknox spoke with him about his journey so far. Excerpts: Tell us about your journey in the journalism realm so far It started at ITN, I was […]
ICC issues RFP for sports presentation service for Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has issued a Request for Proposal for Sports Presentation Services for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022, to be held across New Zealand next year. The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 will take place on both the North and South Islands, across six venues in six Host Cities […]
Everton FC signs Clarity Sports as official team travel partner
Everton Football Club has added Clarity Sports to its partner portfolio as the Club’s new Official Team & Business Travel Partner and Match Break partner. Part of Clarity Travel, one of the UK’s leading travel management companies, Clarity Sports has signed a new multi-year agreement with Everton that will see Clarity facilitate the Club’s team […]
TAG Heuer signs Naomi Osaka as brand ambassador
TAG Heuer has announced the signing of Naomi Osaka as a brand ambassador. Along with being a top tennis player, the 23-year-old Osaka is also recognised as a committed social activist. She said: “I’m excited and honoured to join TAG Heuer as a brand ambassador. It’s a partnership and friendship that exemplifies our shared mindset […]
McLaren collaborates with luxury fashion brand Rhude
McLaren Racing has announced a collaboration with luxury fashion brand, R H U D E, to produce a set of exclusive capsule collections launching throughout the 2021 Formula 1 season. The collections will reimagine the powerful stories and iconography of McLaren’s Formula 1 history, conveying the style and energy of racing into innovative and progressive […]
Epic Games agrees partnership with 23 clubs globally to launch Pelé Cup
Epic Games has agreed slew of partnerships with some of the biggest clubs in world football for its latest version of Fortnite skins. The latest “kickoff set” involves 23 different club kits that players will be allowed to choose from and wear in the game, featuring teams from Europe, the United States, Brazil and more. […]
Christine Kelly, Founder of Little Kickers on tackling COVID19 challenges and global expansion
The Playknox spoke with Christine Kelly, founder and CEO of Little Kickers, a franchising pioneer, the first company in the UK to operate educational football programmes for pre-school children via a far-reaching network of franchisees, and we are now the largest global operator in this space, having established the business in 34 countries. Tell […]
Envision Virgin Racing to fight climate change with COP26 partnership
Envision Virgin Racing has partnered with the COP26 Together for Our Planet campaign to encourage global action against climate change. The team, currently the only carbon neutral team in the electric Formula E race series, are also aiming to encourage the acceleration to zero emission vehicles for all road users. The team’s two fully-electric race […]