Thanks to what Screach CEO Robert Rawlinson refers to as ‘the first-ever enterprise-grade streaming service to UK pubs’, can operators expect an alternative to satellite sports packages?
Broadcaster BT Sport and Bury St Edmunds-based pub operator and brewer Greene King have joined forces to revamp the Red Lion in the City of London in celebration of women’s football.
More sport fans wanted to watch England’s Rugby World Cup final against South Africa in a pub than England’s Russia 2018 World Cup football semi-final against Croatia – despite the former kicking off at 9am.
A Gloucestershire licensee has been ordered to pay more than £35,000 after he was found to be infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports without having the required commercial agreement.
Pubs will sell 1m extra pints during the Rugby World Cup final – but only if England win – according to a prediction from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
Research revealed at the launch of Stonegate’s We Love Sport pub-finding app has found it takes more than just volume to create an electric pub atmosphere.
Will Hawkes, author of Pubs and Sport: The Perfect Match, talks about how his research has discovered the on-trade raise about £40m for grassroots sport every year.
Despite early UK kick-off times, the opening weekend of the 2019 Rugby World Cup (RWC) yielded a 5% increase in rugby fans searching for pubs compared to the start of the 2015 tournament.
According to Ipsos MORI’s Out of Home Viewing Panel, 2.1m fans watch sport on TV in out of home venues such as pubs and bars at least once a week. But how can operators upgrade their venue to cash in?
Some 22% of Brits have said the ultimate place to watch rugby is at the pub with friends because they can soak up the atmosphere, new research has found.
With the Rugby World Cup taking place in Japan this year, the majority of matches will be televised early in the morning. What are the risks and opportunities for licensees?
