Unofficial Partner Podcast

Unofficial Partner Podcast

Unofficial Partner

Episodes 537
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Highly Active
Since Apr 2019
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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29%
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About This 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.

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UP537 The Buy Side: Inside Unilever's FIFA World Cup Strategy

Mar 06, 2026 42m Transcript

Today, we are joined by Ben Curtis, Global Brand Vice President for Rexona—the brand known as Degree in the US, Sure in the UK, and Shield in South Africa. Ben oversees the global strategy for a…

UP536 Other People's Money: Bex Smith's thesis for women's football multi club ownership

Mar 03, 2026 1h 5m Transcript

Bex Smith, is our guest today on Other People’s Money, Unofficial Partner’s sports finance series presented with regular cohost Matt Rogan. Bex Smith was captain of the New Zealand Women’s football…

UP535 Inside Edge - T20's Product-Market fit is 'the biggest delta in global sport'

Feb 24, 2026 1h 2m Transcript

What T20 Cricket Teaches Every Sport About The Race For The Global Fan.Mike Jakeman joins Richard for Inside Edge, the business of cricket series. Guests: Finn Bradshaw, Head of Digital, ICCEdward…

UP534 Barney Francis on Media Rights and Wrongs

Feb 17, 2026 55m Transcript

Barney Francis offers an insider's view of the sports media economy, drawing on his huge experience as MD of Sky Sports in the UK and EVP, Studios at IMG, the company's production business. The…

UP533 The Bundle: Super Bowl, cultural relevance v culture war; ITV's in-game ads; FIFA and TikTok

Feb 10, 2026 1h 1m Transcript

Richard is joined by regular Bundle co-hosts Yannick Ramcke and Murray Barnett. Yannick is General Manager of OTT at the streaming service OneFootball and Murray is founder of 26West Sport and…

UP532 Inside Edge: County Cricket Beyond The Hundred

Feb 06, 2026 59m Transcript

Pete Fitzboydon, former CEO of Sussex County Cricket Club, reveals the stark financial realities facing non-Test hosting counties. With only 7 out of 50-60 annual playing days generating profit,…

UP531 Winter Olympic Special: Lottery funding, Medals, Rule 40 and Private Schools

Feb 03, 2026 56m Transcript

Sally Munday is CEO of UK Sport, one of the most influential positions in the sports industry. On Friday the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games begins in Milan-Cortina. How many medal will Team…

UP530 Spurs For Sale: Shirts, Gambling Bans and the Post-Levy Era

Jan 27, 2026 53m Transcript

Ryan Norys is the Chief Revenue Officer at Tottenham Hotspur. This is a candid conversation about the commercial fortunes of the club as it brings the front of shirt sponsorship to market at a time…

UP529 ChatUP Live Pt2 - The Billion Dollar AI Race: 'Once you give away that level of knowledge, it's gone'

Jan 23, 2026 1h 5m Transcript

THE BILLION DOLLAR RACE: WHO WINS SPORTS AI?There's a race on. Bloomberg Terminal for sport. Sports Business GPT. The industry's operating system. Who builds it first?THE LAST FRONTIER"Once you give…

UP528 Chat_UP Live - The Race to Build SportsbizGPT Pt1

Jan 20, 2026 47m Transcript

What if we could fix the conference panel? You know the format—interesting people, good intentions, and about ninety percent of it forgotten by the time you reach the bar.Chat_UP Live was held at…

UP527 The Bundle 2026 Preview: NFL, WBD, DAZN, F1, UEFA...WTAF?

Jan 16, 2026 1h 4m Transcript

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,…

UP526 Nikki Doucet has the most interesting job in British sport

Jan 13, 2026 54m Transcript

Nikki Doucet has the most interesting job in British sport and one of the most difficult. Certainly, everyone in the sports business has an opinion on what the CEO of WSL Football should do to…

UP525 What Just Happened in 2025: The Story, Event and Person of the Sports Business Year

Dec 19, 2025 1h 7m Transcript

David Cushnan and James Emmett of Leaders in Sport join Richard on the final podcast of the year to review the people, stories and events that mattered in 2025.Unofficial Partner is the leading…

UP524 Sleepwalking to Irrelevance: Content and fandom in the age of the For You algorithm

Dec 16, 2025 46m Transcript

Richard Gillis is joined by Damian Browarnik from WSC Sports, the content and data platform working with over 650 clients including the NBA, NFL and La Liga, and Rich Johnson, sports marketing…

UP523 The Bundle: Paramount's Relevent entry; Sky's UEFA return; Apple's MLS exit; Netflix, TNT, WTF?

Dec 09, 2025 56m Transcript

The Bundle is our long running 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,…

UP522 Signed by Messi: What's the most valuable shirt in world football?

Dec 05, 2025 43m Transcript

Today's guest is Dan Jamieson, who is chief executive and co-owner of ICONS, the world's biggest signed football memorabilia company. ICONS was founded in 1999, originally starting as an editorial…

UP521: Inside Edge - 'American money is IPL curious'

Dec 03, 2025 53m Transcript

Inside Edge is our cricket business series with co-host Mike Jakeman. Today's guest is Venkat Ananth on the money circling the IPL franchises. Check out Venkat's newsletter and blog, State of…

UP520: Olympic Provocateur: Michael Payne on Sport Politics, from Dassler to Trump

Nov 28, 2025 47m Transcript

Olympic marketing pioneer Michael Payne discusses his book Fast Tracks and Dark Deals, exploring how sport became business through the lens of legendary figures like Horst Dassler, Bernie Ecclestone…

UP519 Live at Sportradar Connect: Soccer Edition, featuring Jamie Carragher

Nov 25, 2025 46m Transcript

This episode was recorded at the recent Sportradar Connect: Soccer Edition event at the London Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.  The podcast divides is in two parts. First is an onstage…

UP518 Inside Edge: Harry Brook, George Pyne and the cricket agent business

Nov 21, 2025 53m Transcript

Inside Edge is our series on the business of cricket, presented with co-host Mike Jakeman. Our guest is Phil Weston, head of cricket at TGI Sport, the agency owned jointly by George Pyne's Bruin…

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