Podcast Episodes

UP478 UP Live in Lausanne: How much entertainment can sport take?

A live recording of the Unofficial Podcast, on stage at the Olympic Museum for The SPOT conference.

Guests

Jo Redfern, Futrhood

Damjan Rudež, Former NBA player & Sunset Sports Media Festival Program Dir…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

UP477 The Bundle: 'The others are addicts, Apple just haven't been given the hard stuff yet'

The inside gossip from the sports media and streaming business, with co-hosts Yannick Ramcke, the general manager of OTT streaming service OneFootball.
And Murray Barnett, founder of 26 West Consultin…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

UP476 The $170billion Question: Gareth Balch on Sports Most Valuable IP

Intellectual Property is the basis of the sports business. 

Two Circles have mapped the global market to create a Sports IP Revenue List. 

Founder and CEO Gareth Balch has analysed what it says about t…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

UP475 Inside Edge: 'India already had a monopoly, now they've got hotels on Park Lane and Mayfair'

Inside Edge is where we overthink the business of cricket, with co-host Mike Jakeman.

Today's guest is Lawrence Booth, Editor of the Wisden Almanack, the conscience of the game. 

Released last week, Bo…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

UP474 Wedge Issues: The Jazzy Golfer Joins UP

We met Jasmine Sanders aka The Jazzy Golfer when we held our roundtable event at European Tour HQ at Wentworth during the BMW PGA Championship in 2024. 

Now she's come on board as a co-host for Wedge …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

UP473 What was your Business Moment of the Year? UP goes inside the FEVO Sport Industry Awards judging room

There's a new award category at this year's FEVO Sport Industry Awards - Business Moment of the Year. 

And for the first time, the judging process is revealed, as we chair the conversation ahead of th…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

UP472 The Business of Swimming

Today we're talking about swimming and so we went to the London Aquatics Center in Stratford, located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Obviously the venue for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralym…

Published on 4 months ago

UP471 UP Live at EBU: What the FIFA Club World Cup reveals about Free-to-Air in the YouTube era

Guests:

Mark Oliver, Oliver and Ohlbaum

Amy Lee, TV2 Denmark, EBU Member

Tomos Grace - YouTube

Context:

A live podcast recorded at the European Broadcast Union's Annual Assembly in Bratislava. 

DAZN has pa…

Published on 4 months ago

UP470 Other People's Money: How patient is patient capital when it comes to women's rugby?

Other People's Money is our regular series on sports investment, with Matt Rogan, co-founder of Two Circles.

The Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off in August, hosted in here in England. The tournament …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

UP469 Inside Edge: Overthinking the Business of Cricket

This is the first episode in a new series in which we take the Unofficial Partner sports business conversation and point it at cricket. 

Richard is joined by co-host Mike Jakeman, who writes about spo…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago