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Unofficial Partner Podcast

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.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

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

    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...

    45 min

  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    UP436 The Bundle Live @ Sportel Monaco

    A special live episode recorded on stage at Sportel Monaco, the global sports television and technology convention.Guests:Glen Killane, Executive Director of Sport, European Broadcast Union, the EBU.Claire Kelly, Managing Director of Gemba Europe and Middle East.Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at OneFootball.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 ...

    41 min

  3. 5 NOV

    UP435 Dame Tracey Crouch: The Budget, Blame and the Football Regulator

    Dame Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch DBE (born 24 July 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford from 2010 to 2024. Crouch was appointed as Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness in 2017, but resigned in 2018 due to a delay over the introduction of reduced limits on the stakes of fixed odds betting terminals.In April 2021, Crouch was appointed to chair a review of English football following the controversy ove...

    1h 2m

  4. 1 NOV

    UP434 Expected Goals Takeover

    A special bonus episode of Expected Goals, Unofficial Partner's sister podcast on the women's football business, with co-hosts Maggie Murphy and Matt Cutler. Joining them is Polly Bancroft, CEO of Grimsby Town FC, who was formerly head of women's football at Manchester United and lists Brighton and Hove Albion, Nottingham Forest and UEFA on an extensive resume.Expected Goals is published every Wednesday. Search in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast app. Unofficial Par...

    49 min

  5. 29 OCT

    UP433 The Bundle - NFL and FIFA global ambitions; The Gary Lineker Question

    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. This week’s podcast is sponsored by We Are Sweet - helping you tell compelling stories in-the-moment, as they happen, from the heart of the action.We Are Sweet captures live biometric data from athletes to uncover ...

    58 min

  6. 22 OCT

    UP432 The Big Idea - And1 Mixtapes, Joga Bonito and CRTZ

    The Big Idea is our regular series on creativity, with co-host award winning consulting Creative Director Simon Moore.We ask a guest to bring three of their favourite sports related creative campaigns.This week it's Gundeep Anand in the hot seat.Gundeep founded The Last Stand and is a docu-style Director & Photographer whose work is influenced by his background as an ex-youth worker, coaching in communities, council estates and schools.Gundeep choices are:And 1 MixtapesCRTZ x NikeJoga Bon...

    45 min

  7. 18 OCT

    UP431 Gareth Balch on why Two Circles has bought KORE

    Fresh from an excellent Leaders Summit at Twickenham, or should we say Allianz Stadium, is a conversation with Gareth Balch, founder and CEO of Two Circles agency about the agreement to buy KORE Software, a deal announced this week.Two Circles is buying the company from Serent Capital, the private equity firm that bought Kore in 2018. Earlier this year, Two Circles themselves sold a majority stake in their business to private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners, a transaction which valu...

    42 min

  8. 15 OCT

    UP430 Other People's Money: How to Sell (or Buy) a Sports Business

    Other People's Money is our regular series on sports investment, with co-host Matt Rogan, co-founder of Two Circles.Today we get in to the minutiae of deal making, with Steve Hacking, managing partner at Latitude Partners, who has worked on more than 200 company acquisitions for clients across both buy and sell side of investment deals in sectors ranging from technology and telecoms to media, healthcare, retail and sport, including working on behalf of Sky Sports and British Cycling in the cr...

    52 min
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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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  • Creator
    Unofficial Partner
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    437
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Unofficial Partner Podcast
  • Show Website
    Unofficial Partner Podcast

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