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ITV: Over 7m viewers for FA Cup semi-final

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, drew significant audiences across entertainment, sport and drama, over the April 20th/21st weekend. More than 12 million people tuned into the first two launch episodes of Britain’s Got Talent Season 17. Episode 1 on April 20th peaked with 5.8 million viewers (5 million ave.) with a 39 per cent share […]

April 22, 2024

Prime Video to premiere Man United 99 docuseries

Prime Video will premiere 99, a documentary series exploring Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season, within which the iconic team won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League across 10 pivotal days in 1999. The UK Original documentary will launch in over 240 countries and territories worldwide exclusively on Prime Video later on May […]

April 10, 2024

Wayne Rooney to join TNT Sports for Man United vs Everton

Wayne Rooney will be joining TNT Sports’ coverage of Everton’s trip to Old Trafford to play Manchester United on March 9th.The former England captain, who started his professional career at Everton, will join ex-Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand as well as Joleon Lescott pitchside, offering insights and analysis into the two Premier League clubs he […]

March 4, 2024

Sky Sports to unveil new studio on MNF

Sky Sports viewerss will see a new studio for the first time tonight [August 14th] on Monday Night Football (MNF) with Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Karen Carney and David Jones making their debut in the space to analyse the first weekend of action from the Premier League as well present the live broadcast of Manchester […]

August 14, 2023

Man United launches Snapchat profile

Manchester United has launched its first official profile on Snapchat, with a mission to further inspire and entertain fans around the world. The profile @manutd is now live ahead of the men’s first team pre-season tour across Europe and the US – giving fans new ways to follow and experience the club ahead of and […]

July 11, 2023

ITV back to back coverage of the Derby followed by FA Cup Final

ITV will show live, free to air coverage of the Derby, one of the crown jewels in the racing calendar, followed by the first ever Manchester City vs Manchester United FA Cup Final on June 3rd. Both events will be shown on ITV1 and simulcast on ITVX with the Derby starting at 1.30pm and the […]

April 26, 2023

BT Sport poll to determine if Manchester is red or blue

BT Sport will give fans the opportunity to paint the city of Manchester either United red or City blue, ahead of the highly anticipated Manchester derby on January 14th, exclusively live on BT Sport, with a new interactive campaign. On January 10th, a social poll on @BTSportFootball will ask fans the question ‘Is Manchester red […]

January 10, 2023

ITV to air 4 FA Cup third round ties

ITV kicks off the New Year with four Emirates FA Cup ties across the first full weekend of 2023 as Premier League clubs join the competition in the Third Round Proper. Four days of live, free to air FA Cup action across ITV begins on January 6th with the evening clash between Manchester United and […]

December 5, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Netflix orders Beckham docu-series

Netflix has revealed that it has a documentary series about global football icon David Beckham in producton. The streaming platform said that the multi-part series will “go beyond the shine of stardom to explore Beckham’s humble working class beginnings in East London, and the drive and determination that led him to become one of the […]

July 13, 2022By Nik Roseveare

WWE appoints Newman EVP & Head of Marketing

WWE has announced that Catherine Newman has been named Executive Vice President and Head of Marketing. Newman brings more than two decades of executive experience to WWE including her most recent role as Chief Marketing Officer of Manchester United Media. She has also held senior positions at The Times of London and Financial Times, leading […]

June 6, 2022