The DataPOWA view on the most important talking points in the worlds of sport sponsorship and digital.
AMAZON’S PREMIER LEAGUE DEBUT IN REVIEW
Tuesday night was a historic moment in football history. For the first time, as part of a 20-games-a-season three-year contract, a Premier League match streamed live on Amazon Prime Video. Ever since Amazon won the rights for an undisclosed sum, there’s been a lot of speculation as to how it would pan out. It generally went off without any major hitches from a tech perspective, and overall the response from fans was positive.
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INSIDE THE COMPLEX WORLD OF ILLEGAL SPORTS STREAMING
They are the men and women who run the wide world of illegal streaming, a complex, underground, multinational network that is expanding by the day. And they are winning. Two months before they brought Johnny a dramatic Lakers comeback, they attracted an estimated 1.9 million U.S. viewers to free reproductions of a Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder heavyweight title bout, one whose $75 pay-per-view broadcast enticed approximately 325,000.
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ANTHONY JOSHUA – THE MARKETER’S DREAM
Anthony Joshua’s Hollywood story has turned him into a social media star with 9.9 million Instagram followers (more than Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Andy Ruiz combined) and 13 sponsors generating £5m a year…but could he be about to lose it all?
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ASTRALIS GO PUBLIC AND CHASE SPONSORSHIP RICHES
Astralis is ranked the world’s number one in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a popular first-person shooting game, and has won millions of dollars in tournament prizes. The success has earned it commercial endorsements with brands such as Audi and Logitech. Now operating as a media company, the Astralis Group has expanded with teams competing in League of Legends and EA’s Fifa. Astralis wants to capitalise on this success with a planned listing on December 9 on Nasdaq’s Copenhagen exchange for small companies.
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AFTV – ON THE FAN TV FRONTLINE
Arsenal Fan TV is a YouTube sensation. But what makes it a success is not the same thing as what makes Arsenal a success — in fact, it’s often the opposite. AFTV started around the same time as the football ‘fanzines’ began to disappear, back in 2012. That was when Lyle first turned up at the Emirates on a matchday with a cameraman and started asking fans for their reaction to what they had just seen.
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LFC LEAD THE WAY ON YOUTUBE
Liverpool FC have become first sports team to launch YouTube membership, offering enhanced video package to paying subscribers. The Premier League club have set a price point of £0.99 (US$1.29) per month for subscribers to gain access to exclusive content and other perks.
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