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Unofficial Partner Podcast

Unofficial Partner

Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. Our guests are a who"s who of the international sports industry talking about the big issues.

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68:02

UP456 The Bundle: Netflix F1? TNT Six Nations? What...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/11

Will Netflix buy F1 rights in the US? Will TNT buy Six Nations in the UK? Will DAZN back out of their Ligue1 deal in France? Streamers' January accounts: is anyone not losing money? Is TGL any good? Do you go to the Super Bowl just for the meetings? Join Richard Gillis on The Bundle with Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at OneFootball and Murray Barnett, 26West Sport, formerly World Rugby, F1 and ESPN. Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A ...

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58:41

UP455 The Buy Side: Why the financial sector spends...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/07

The Buy Side is our regular series talking with brand side marketers about sport and sponsorship. Our guest is Richard Deane, who's career includes running sponsorship programmes at Standard Life Investments, Abrdn and Investec across Ryder Cup, British and Irish Lions and many other major sports properties. The Buy Side is sponsored by the Two Circles intelligence platform KORE. More than 900 brands, venues, and sports organisations trust the Kore platform to manage partner...

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50:50

UP454 Other People's Money: Why P/E wants to be a...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/04

Other People's Money is our series on the sports investment marketplace with regular co-host Matt Rogan, co-founder of Two Circles. Bruin Capital, George Pyne's private equity firm, has launched a new international soccer agency called As1, representing more than 300 players and coaches as clients. The list includes Bruno Fernandes, Man United, Moises Cascedo, formerly of Brighton, now Chelsea, and Luis Diaz of Liverpool. The company takes a number of acquisitions, including Nomi Sport...

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57:49

UP453 The Venezia Experiment: Questioning the cliches...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/28

Guests:Barney Schauble, co-owner of Venezia FC and Oakland Roots SCOmar Chaudhuri, chief intelligence officer, Twenty First GroupAJ Swoboda, managing director Americas, Twenty First GroupBarney Schauble is a Senior Advisor at Nephila, a firm specializing in reinsurance and climate risk solutions. He joined Nephila in 2004 and has held various leadership roles, including Managing Partner and Head of Nephila Labs. Beyond his work in finance, Schauble has a strong interest in football (soccer) a...

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36:59

UP452 Gamechangers and Rainmakers: Who Created The...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/24

Gamechangers and Rainmakers: How Sport Became Big Business is a new book by British sports industry veteran David Stubley.The growing relationship between sport, television and the advertising industry has been key to this development, as have the boundless ambitions of influencers such as Bernie Ecclestone, Billie Jean King, Pete Rozelle, Mark McCormack, Rupert Murdoch and Horst Dassler. David Stubley spent the first decade of his career working in television at ITV and Channel 4. The last 2...

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73:18

UP451 Media Strategy Masterclass: The Art and Science...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/21

Media rights auctions are the moment when the question of 'What’s sport worth?' is asked and answered; the point at which the talk becomes real; where fortunes are been spent, won and lost, psychology meets money. The auction gives us a glimpse of a different future, that may or may not be the direction of travel for everyone else in the marketplace. What makes this imperfect process more intriguing is that the basic return on investment equation is shifting in real time. The players in...

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67:00

UP449: Who is Charlie Ebersol, and WTF is Infinite...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/17

Today's guest is Infinite Athlete founder Charlie Ebersol. Infinite Athlete has been a sports business story since the brand suddenly appeared on Chelsea’s shirt at the start of last season.It's a story with a lot of baggage: Ebersol is former boyfriend of Maria Sharapova and Britney Spears, and son of actress Susan St James and Dick Ebersol, the legendary NBC Sport chairman. IA is backed by Andreesen Horowitz, Silver Lake, Endeavour and Todd Boehly, the Chelsea co-owner. Insert the bori...

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60:06

UP449 The Bundle: What Next for Netflix, DAZN,...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/14

Welcome to The Bundle, our regular series on the sports media and streaming marketplace with co-hosts Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at the streaming service OneFootball and Murray Barnett, founder of 26West Consulting and formerly of F1, World Rugby and ESPN International.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to ...

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25:31

UP448 The 2025 Predictions Episode: 17 Experts, 35...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/10

Dame Tracey Crouch on the Football RegulatorKieran Maguire on Richard Masters Fiona Harold on golf's big mergerJason Siegel on VRJenny Mitton on rugbySteve Martin on brandsJo Redfern on gaming formatsNic Coward on IndiaRich Johnson on single location challengersNathan Homer on Rwanda and AlbaniaProfessor Simon Chadwick on MoroccoMaggie Murphy on entitlement of Lionesses fansSiddharth Raman on rights holders as digital platformsAndrew Umbers on mega agenciesBeth Barrett-Wild on the first ...

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69:44

UP447 The 3: The 2024 Christmas Barrioke Wrap Episode

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/12/20

The 3 is back for a special Christmas episode, looking back at the sports business in 2024.Richard is joined by David Cushnan and James Emmett from Leaders in Sport, each of whom is tasked with revealing their most interesting story, person and sport from the year in the sports industry.What could go wrong?Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community...

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68:53

UP446 Wedge Issues: The Man Who Bought The Tour

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/12/17

Wedge Issues is Unofficial Partner's business of golf series.Ryan Howsam is the insurance entrepreneur behind the giant Staysure organisation, who liked golf so much he bought the European Seniors Tour, beginning as a sponsor and turning that in to a majority ownership stake, rebranding it as the Legends Tour. This gives him a fascinating angle in to the golf product, from the elite tours, through to the travel market and property development side, which is all part of the plan. It’...

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63:08

UP445 'We invented the kit launch genre. It's like...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/12/13

In a sports industry obsessed with data and measurement, brand is the great intangible asset, the bit of the balance sheet that remains largely opaque, which is why it’s so important. But mention brand in the vicinity of fans or the football media and there's a row. It’s no surprise that the kit launch genre has evolved during this period, growing in importance and sophistication (and cost). Homeground is one of the hottest creative agencies working in sport today. The London b...

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63:42

UP444 Unofficial Partner x HBS Live at BAFTA

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/12/10

A special live episode of the podcast recorded at BAFTA in Piccadilly in London, in collaboration with HBS, or Host Broadcast Services, the leaders in sports broadcast production, which was celebrating 25 years in the industry and the opening of it’s London office. The company has produced every FIFA World Cup and many other events since established to be host broadcaster of the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and Korea. Next year, the company will host broadcast the Women’s Rugby World Cup that...

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63:20

UP443 What's Sport Selling? Ep1: Big Sugar, Big...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/12/06

This is the first episode in a series of four podcasts made in collaboration with Redtorch, the research and creative agency that’s been at the heart of Olympic sport for over 20 years, working for many of the key international federations. We’ve used Redtorch research insights several times on the podcast because they ask really good questions that seek to break the walls between the elite performance side of the industry and the participation, retail and sporting goods sectors. The ide...

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67:58

UP442 Gamification, Fantasy And Sport's Relationship...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/12/03

The conversation dissects sport’s relationship with the phone, how that differs depending on the nature of our fandom, and the specific roles played by mobile games and fantasy league products in attracting, building and retaining fans. Finn Bradshaw, head of digital at ICC, the global governing body for cricket, and held similar roles at Tennis Australia, Cricket Australia and News Corp. Siddharth Raman, Chief Executive Officer of Sportz Interactive, one of the biggest companies in...

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68:50

UP441 The Bundle: WSL and Sky; Premier League and...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/11/26

Welcome to The Bundle, our regular series on the sports media and streaming marketplace with co-hosts Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at the streaming service OneFootball and Murray Barnett, founder of 26West Consulting and formerly of F1, World Rugby and ESPN International.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to ...

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53:33

UP440 Two Circles, Pareto and the global chase for...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/11/22

Two Circles is predicting the global sports fanbase will grow from 3.2billion to 4billion by 2033. But below that bullish headline, there’s some nuance. For example, two thirds of consumption comes from just 20% of the most dedicated fans. So there’s a race on to get at that remaining 80% of casual fans, who make up the famous long tail. But how? Christian Harrall-Baker is Director of Content, formerly social media lead at the Premier League. Laura Andriani is Senior Vice President,...

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41:06

UP439 The Buy Side - Unilever

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/11/19

The Buy Side is our regular series talking with brand side marketers about sport and sponsorship.Today's guest is Willem Dinger, global head of sport and entertainment partnerships at Unilever.The Buy Side is sponsored by KORE Software the global leader in engagement marketing solutions. More than 900 brands, venues, and sports organisations trust KORE’s tools and platforms as a source of truth to manage partnerships, assets and measure impact, with real-time insights. Through Sponsorship Man...

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62:38

UP438 Other People's Money - The Sports Tech Market

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/11/15

Other People's Money is our regular series on sports investment, with co-host Matt Rogan, co-founder of Two Circles.Today the subject is sports tech, with our guest Dugald Macdonald co-founder of Sportable.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialP...

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45:12

UP437 Pickle, Padel and the LTA: Natural Home or NGB...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2024/11/12

There’s a row going on over who should run the nascent and potentially commercially valuable sports of padel and pickleball. This issue has a universal application across many sports, as NGBs seek to wrap their arms around what they might call strategic adjacencies. So, what are pros and cons of the LTA owning Padel and Pickleball.Is the NGB model the right one? Do we want or need every version of a sport to have its own governing body, or is the LTA just the best compromise solution whe...

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