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Sky sees record audience for Carabao Cup final

The Carabao Cup Final was watched by a record audience of 4.26 million people on Sky Sports in the UK, as Erik Ten Hag’s Manchester United overcame the challenge of Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United, to win 2-0 and lift the Carabao Cup for a sixth time. The peak audience was 60,000 higher than the previous […]

March 2, 2023

Survey: Man City fans most confident ahead of EPL season

With the new Premier League season just days away, BT Sport has launched a campaign which uses cutting-edge science to test whether fans really believe their own predictions for the new season. In Believe It, Now See It on BT Sport, created by Saatchi & Saatchi, BT Sport teams up with Imperial College London, a […]

August 1, 2022By Colin Mann

beIN renews Saudi piracy attack

Qatar broadcaster beIN MEDIA has stepped up its attack on what it considers Saudi-led piracy of its copyrighted content, in particular alluding to the potential takeover of English Premier League football club Newcastle United. In a series of tweets, beIN notes that “having spent the past six weeks telling the world how the WTO ruling […]

July 30, 2020By Colin Mann

Saudis in pirate website crackdown

In a move that may benefit the potential takeover of English Premier League football club Newcastle United by Saudi interests, the kingdom’s IP body, the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), has announced its intention to block 231 websites that it says violate regulations and rights. The announcement follows a damning report from the World […]

June 22, 2020By Colin Mann