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Amazon makes Premier League games available to reopened pubs for free

09-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Amazon Prime Video’s three remaining Premier League fixtures for the 2019/20 season will be made available to pubs via broadcaster BT Sport, it has been confirmed.

Roxy Leisure to reopen 'booze and ball games' venues from 1 August

07-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

The operator behind the Roxy Ball Room, Roxy Lanes and Roxy Arcade concepts has revealed that its four venues in Leeds will offer entertainment ranging from bowling and beer pong to karaoke from 1 August.

BT Sport to remain free for pubs throughout July

29-Jun-2020 By Stuart Stone

BT Sport has announced that it will remain free for pubs and clubs until August – meaning partners will have free access to what remains of the broadcaster’s Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup coverage this season.

Post-lockdown sport pubs to tackle noise during live screenings

25-Jun-2020 By Stuart Stone

Socially distanced pubs have been advised to tackle fan volume during post-lockdown sport screenings in a bid to kick aerosol transmission of Covid-19 into touch.

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What’s in the 8 June issue of The Morning Advertiser?

08-Jun-2020 By Gary Lloyd

Here a summary of what you can find in our latest e-reader version of The Morning Advertiser (MA) – and for a limited period, you can read it for free.

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Get ready for Premier League kick-off (part 2)

29-May-2020 By Stuart Stone

With a Premier League kick-off scheduled for 17 June and pubs slated to start opening less than a month later, what challenges could the return of live sport pose operators?

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Premier League season to resume on 17 June

29-May-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Premier League has revealed that the 2019-20 season will return from lockdown on 17 June – just 18 days before some pubs are slated to reopen.

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BT Sport suspends billing ‘until further notice’

28-Apr-2020 By Stuart Stone

Broadcaster BT Sport has revealed it will not be charging its pub partners for subscriptions until further notice amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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How can pubs help fans get their sporting fix during Covid-19 lockdown?

22-Apr-2020 By Stuart Stone

There’s no live sport on TV nor a pub currently open to watch it in. But this doesn’t mean operators can’t help fans and customers get their fix during the Covid-19 shutdown

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Coronavirus and sport: what's the latest on the break in play?

31-Mar-2020 By Stuart Stone

With fixtures kicked into touch by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we round up the latest news on the sporting world’s time out

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English football suspension extended to 30 April

19-Mar-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

English football has been further postponed until no earlier than 30 April, football bodies have announced.

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BT and Sky Sports suspend billings

17-Mar-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Broadcasters Sky and BT Sport have announced they will suspend billing on their services for pubs.

BT Sport’s women’s football pledge backed by more than 1,000 pubs

13-Mar-2020 By Stuart Stone

BT Sport’s Red Lioness Pledge now has more than 1,000 signatories after 150 Stonegate Pubs committed to showing more women’s football.

'We plan to continue creating innovative concepts in different spaces' says Puttshack boss

11-Mar-2020 By Stuart Stone

Indoor mini golf concept Puttshack’s expansion has been in full swing since a £30m equity raise in 2019. We teed up CEO Joe Vrankin to discuss the group’s forward drive.

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Pubs could be barred from showing live sport

11-Mar-2020 By Stuart Stone

Publicans may be prevented from screening live sport if fans are banned from attending fixtures amid fears of ‘moving crowds from stadiums to pubs’ and continuing the spread of Covid-19, according to reports.

Gareth Bale to open underground mini-golf bar concept

11-Mar-2020 By Stuart Stone

Wales and Real Madrid footballer Gareth Bale has revealed plans to open a bar, restaurant and mini-golf venue in his home city of Cardiff.

More than half of Brits think women’s football is underrepresented in pubs

06-Mar-2020 By Stuart Stone

British pubgoers would like to see women’s football established as a more regular fixture across the on-trade, according to research by Camden Town Brewery.

Oxfordshire pub to star in Sky advert after competition win

27-Feb-2020 By MA Editorial

The licensees of the Grapes pub are poised for their TV debut after winning Sky’s Pints. Camera. Action! draw.

Pubs to sell an extra 7m pints during Six Nations 2020

21-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Experts are backing pubs to convert strong Home Nations showings at the 2019 Rugby World Cup into pints and profit during the first Six Nations championship of a new decade.

Euro ban on Man City ‘could cost the night-time economy millions’

18-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

The broader impact of UEFA’s decision to ban Manchester City from European football tournaments ‘cannot be underestimated’ according to Greater Manchester’s night-time economy adviser Sacha Lord.

Licensee fined close to £30,000 for Sky Sports copyright infringement

17-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

A pub operator has been ordered to pay almost £30,000 after being found to have infringed Sky’s copyright.

Pubs are cheaper place to watch football than at home

14-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

Many football fans enjoy the atmosphere at the pub on sporting occasions but new insight shows they are wrong to think it’s cheaper to watch their team’s games at home.

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Fuller's boss Simon Emeny on the future of the pubco

13-Feb-2020 By MA Podcast

In the fourth episode of The MA Podcast, Ed Bedington talks to Fuller's boss Simon Emeny about the pubco's future, threats to the trade and why we should be celebrating success.

Free LaLiga and Premier Sports for pubs from Screach

06-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Integrated venue marketing and live sports streaming platform Screach is aiming to make some noise in the pub trade by offering its streaming services for free.

Pubs preparing for 'another a bumper year of sport'

24-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

Ahead of a huge year of sport in 2020, The Morning Advertiser spoke to pub operators and industry experts about the events they hope will boost their bottom line in the next 12 months.

Licensee billed £18,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports

23-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

A licensee has been found guilty of illegally screening Sky Sports to customers with the intent of dodging the applicable costs.

Stonegate kicks off ‘UK first’ LaLigaTV partnership

20-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

Stonegate Pub Company has become the first UK operator to team up with LaLigaTV – offering visitors to selected sites the chance to watch Messi, Modric and more.

Beavertown creates official beer of Tottenham Hotspur

10-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

North London-based brewer Beavertown has added new brew ‘One Of Our Own’ – the official beer of Premier League football giants Spurs – to its line-up at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Belle of the ball: how the Griffin Belle became a home away from home for Brazilian football fans

20-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Mike Reed, operations director at Belle Pubs & Restaurants, explains how the Griffin Belle in Vauxhall, south London, has become a matchday mainstay for fans of Brazil's most supported club, Flamengo.

900 pubs sign up to trial live sport streaming

12-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Six pub groups boasting a total of 900 sites have committed to trial live sport streaming in partnership with Screach and Premier Sports.

More demand for pubs showing KSI v Logan Paul II than Fury-Wallin bout

04-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Dubbed ‘the biggest event in internet history’, did the second instalment of Logan Paul v KSI have a positive effect on the pub trade?

‘Sociable’ esports communities can boost pub trading

04-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Co-founder of mylocalesports bar, Budweiser Brewing Group’s Michael Codd explains how the on-trade can make the most of the multimillion-pound esports industry.

Greene King and Stonegate to screen Amazon’s football fixtures

02-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Both Greene King and Stonegate have invested in Amazon Premier League Pass, which will allow their pubs to broadcast the online giant’s Premier League matches during the Christmas period.

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Amazon needs to be transparent for pubs to use services

25-Nov-2019 By Dom Collingwood

It’s not been the most encouraging entry to the market from Amazon with a dearth of information and a disappointing lack of transparency, says Matchpint co-founder Dom Collingwood.

BT Sport retains exclusive UEFA Champions League rights

15-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

Broadcaster BT Sport has retained the exclusive UK rights to European club football competitions until 2024, it has been confirmed.

BT Sport reveals price of Amazon Premier League Pass

14-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

Broadcaster BT Sport has revealed how much pub and bar operators will have to pay to screen Amazon’s Premier League fixtures in December.

'Fundamental revolution' in sports rights will see streaming overtake satellite in pubs

13-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

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?

750 Greene King pubs sign BT Sport pledge to screen women’s football

12-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

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 fans sought pubs for Rugby World Cup final than Three Lions' semi

08-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

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.

‘Watershed’ moment for sports streaming in pubs

28-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Tech company Screach has teamed up with broadcaster Premier Sports to offer pubs low-cost access to live sport – a move it claims is a UK first.

Amazon Prime announces festive fixture schedule

18-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Kick-off times for the 20 festive Premier League fixtures available via Amazon Prime Video have been revealed.

Create a fan-friendly food offer

11-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Wembley Stadium head of culinary Harry Lomas MBE BEM leads more than 250 chefs in feeding 90,000 visitors to the national stadium on a regular basis. We discuss what publicans can learn from this giant operation.

The war against the home sofa for sport is on

04-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

New research has revealed the sofa is the pub’s prime rival, with 87% of consumers choosing to watch sport in the comfort of their own home.

Safety is prime expectation of pubgoing sport fans

03-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

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.

Pubs and grassroots sport help tackle societal issues

02-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

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.

RWC opening weekend sees 5% increase in fans looking for pubs

24-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

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.

London pub backs Lionesses with special beer

01-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A London-based brewing operation is putting its support behind the England women’s football team with a unique beer.

No 'one female palate' for World Cup watchers in pubs

31-May-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Sport pub and fan network MatchPint are reminding operators not fall into gendered drinking stereotypes during this summer's Women’s World Cup.

New Sky and Molson Coors deal offers licensees lower point of entry

19-Mar-2019 By Stuart Stone

Sky and Molson Coors have unveiled a new partnership designed to offer more flexibility, more choice and more savings to licensees.

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Beers and cheers: history of sport in pubs

11-Feb-2019 By Robert Mann

Equipping punters with a pint in their hand, British pubs have long been the centre of operations for sports fans eager to cheer on their favourite teams. Here, we look back at the evolution of that development and how publicans have embraced technology...