IMG will produce and market the broadcast rights for a 2022-23 pre-season friendly between Premier League giants Manchester United and Liverpool. The match will take place in Thailand on 12 July at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok. The game, which is promoted by Fresh Air Festival (FAF), will see IMG distributing the match globally […] More
UK sports producer Amanda Lawson has announced the launch of Hang Loose Media Group, a production company specialising in sports and esports content. An industry powerhouse, Lawson is stepping out on her own following 25 years of industry success working for some of the world’s leading brands and organisations including Octagon CSI, IMG, ITV Sport, […] More
“The live environment has always been appealing to me as I enjoy the dynamism and unpredictable nature of it, but I’m acutely aware it can also be stressful for some,” says IMG’s Kate Best, head of production. “It often comes with long hours, strong characters and unreasonable deadlines with poor budgets across the industry,” she […] More
When she took a gap year from university to Australia, Premier League Productions’ director of production and operations, Anna Ward, scored a dream job which took her into the world of sports broadcasting for the first time. Ward, who is a member of the SVG Europe Women Advisory Board, explains: “I worked on a Tour […] More
Independent production company IMG has won a two-year contract to provide Channel 4’s rugby Super League coverage, which will include the opening of a Leeds-based office to manage the contract. Super League rugby will be shown live on free-to-air television for the first time in its 26-year history after Channel 4 secured a deal initially […] More
By Malcolm Harland, UK Country Manager, LiveU Golf’s popularity around the world is clear to see even for those who have no interest in sport. This is not only from a watching perspective, but also a playing perspective, with a huge amateur scene and an unusually close relationship between the amateur and professional worlds. Recently, […] More
IMG Productions and Studios, winner of the SVG Europe One Planet Award for Sustainability in Sports TV for its sustainability committee, GreenToScreen, is on a clear and decisive path to be carbon neutral by 2030. In March 2021 IMG launched GreenToScreen, its fully-inclusive initiative to dramatically draw down CO2 and avoid a point of no […] More
IMG has engaged highly-experienced broadcast professional, Jo Ormston, for the newly-created position of director of business development for its global production business, which is one of the largest producers of sports programming in the world. In this role, Ormston will explore and develop content and programming opportunities for new and existing production clients as a […] More
IMG has announced that former Sky Sports managing director, Barney Francis, has joined the business as executive vice president, head of global production, to lead IMG’s production business into a new era. Francis, who will start in early November, is widely respected as a creative and innovative executive largely responsible for establishing Sky Sports as […] More
IMG has added to its senior leadership team at Premier League Productions (PLP) with two new appointments. Gus Williamson, former head of rugby union at Sky Sports, joins as director of programming and Mike Norrish becomes director of digital & creative, having held a similar role at BT Sport. Nick Morgan, managing director of PLP […] More
