Fan Engagement – an international perspective: think global, act local.

  The final session of ISC 2025 gathered leaders from some of the biggest sports properties anywhere to explore how a local focus can produce globally significant results.   The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a familiar setting for the NFL, which has played regular season games here since 2019. Its International Series will make stops […]

Private Equity and Global Investment in Sport.

  At a point of flux for the sports industry, the movement of capital is becoming more influential than ever before.   Sports businesses must be more attuned to the needs and incentives of their financial partners, learning how different investor types operate and what they might find attractive about sport. That was the core […]

Why Mainstream Media Keeps Getting YouTube Wrong

  YouTube has become perhaps the dominant entertainment media platform, with an increasingly significant share of user numbers and watch time around the world.   It is the source of a near infinite array of content, launching its own stars and creating its own programming styles. But while sports brands and rights holders have made […]

Brand Partnerships in Women’s Sport

  2025 will be a massive year for women’s sport.   UEFA Women’s Euro 2025, the Women’s Rugby World Cup and the Women’s Cricket World Cup share space in the calendar with fast-growing elite club and franchise competitions.   And while, as this day one panel told the ISC 2025 audience, it is important to […]

Monetising Content Platforms.

  As broadcast rights models are challenged by changing viewer behaviours and commercial priorities, sports organisations now need agile media strategies that meet the digital moment.   That was the key takeaway from this day one ISC 2025 session in the NFL Locker Room at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where panellists reflected on the need for […]

Sports Partnerships and Brand Purpose

  Authenticity and credibility are at the heart of effective messaging in sports sponsorship.   And as the ISC 2025 learned on this day one session on the main stage at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, that is especially true where brands are trying to communicate their brand purpose and support social change.   “Gone are […]