Tag: talksport
Mills appointed Sales Director talkSPORT
Adam Mills is taking over as Sales Director of talkSPORT and Sport magazine, effectively replacing Adam Bullock who left last year.
talkSPORT starts targeted international ads
talkSPORT is launching a new in-stream audio advertising platform which will allow the station to tailor adverts to its international listeners.
talkSPORT takes Premier League to China
Commentary of Premier League games will be heard in the People’s Republic of China thanks to a new international talkSPORT deal.
Absolute, talkSPORT, 5live retain deals
Absolute Radio, the BBC and talkSPORT have all retained their rights to live Premier League match coverage for the next seasons till 2016.
Sky takes talkSPORT drivetime sponsorship
UTV Media’s talkSPORT has done a deal through Mediacom with Sky for the television company to sponsor the station’s Drive Time show.
talkSPORT promotes Liam Fisher to PD
talkSPORT has appointed its Head of Production Liam Fisher as the company’s new Programme Director, officially replacing Moz Dee.
talkSPORT performing well for UTV Media
talkSPORT has seen a 26 per cent rise in sales in 2012, as owner UTV Media posts pre-tax profits of £21m, down 1%.
talkSPORT celebrates 100th live commentary
talkSPORT will broadcast its 100th live football commentary of the 2012 /2013 season tomorrow as Arsenal face Bayern Munich.
Alan Brazil eats horse live on talkSPORT
Breakfast presenter Alan Brazil has eaten horsemeat live on-air, in a taste test to see if he could tell the difference.
talkSPORT extends Darren Gough’s contract
Former England cricketer Darren Gough has extended his contract with talkSPORT to co-host the afternoon drive show for a further two years.
talkSPORT launches free international apps
talkSPORT has launched free mobile apps for its international service talkSPORT Live, offering sport in English, Spanish and Mandarin.
UTV’s talkSPORT restructures sales teams
Sales teams at talkSPORT and Sport magazine have undergone a restructure, moving from platform based teams to agency focused ones.
Live football helps keep talkSPORT up
UTV Media has remained above 3million listeners this quarter with a 32% increase in listeners to live sport.
talkSPORT gets Heinz Big Soup as sponsor
talkSPORT has signed an agreement through Vizeum with Heinz BIG Soup to sponsor the station’s 2013 Super League season coverage.
Ford renews talkSPORT deal for 10th year
Ford is continuing to sponsor the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast on UTV Media’s national station talkSPORT for the 10th year running.
Moz Dee & Adam Bullock depart talkSPORT
talkSPORT Programmes Director Moz Dee and Managing Director of Sales Adam Bullock are leaving the UTV Media station in the new year.
talkSPORT misses Andy Gray swearing gaff
talkSPORT have admitted breaching Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code when presenter Andy Gray swore on-air, and failed to apologise as the incident went un-noticed.
talkSPORT to cover Lions Australia tour
talkSPORT has signed an agreement to broadcast exclusive UK radio commentary of the 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour of Australia.
UTV: talkSPORT climbs back over 3million
talkSPORT has returned to over 3m listeners this quarter and is celebrating attracting over 1m listeners to all four daytime shows.
talkSPORT does another deal with TuneIn
talkSPORT and the radio app & website TuneIn are to bring live Barclays Premier League games to fans outside Europe for free.
talkSPORT hires Champion jockey AP McCoy
Champion jockey AP McCoy OBE is to join talkSPORT as a contributor and presenter across the schedule from November.
talkSPORT to broadcast Capital One Cup
talkSPORT has begun broadcasting the Capital One Cup after agreeing a three-season partnership with The Football League.
talkSPORT & BFBS extend rights agreement
talkSPORT and the British Forces Broadcasting Service have today extended their re-broadcasting agreement.
talkSPORT confirms international partners
Radio stations in Africa, New Zealand and Canada are amongst the first to broadcast live Barclays Premier League commentary
All-sports flip costs talkSPORT listeners
talkSPORT’s upward RAJAR trend has come to a halt this quarter with the station dropping from 3.2m to 2.9m weekly listeners.
The figures cover the period the station switched to an all sports format but station PD Moz Dee is confident the current line-up is performing well.
talkSPORT secures FA Cup deal till 2018
National sports station talkSPORT has secured the exclusive commercial radio rights for FA Cup for the first time in UK and global rights including Europe for talkSPORT International which launches next month.
It’s also the first time BBC Radio 5 live has had to share the rights with a commercial radio station.
Jonny Gould joins Simon Bates on Smooth
Smooth Radio has hired sports media specialist Jonny Gould to anchor its extended breakfast sports bulletins during the Olympics.
Jonny will be reunited with breakfast presenter Simon Bates from Monday – more than 15 years after they first broadcast together on talkSPORT.
talkSPORT presenters in rowing challenge
talkSPORT’s Breakfast co-host Ronnie Irani is going up against Drive co-host Darren Gough in a rowing challenge.
It’s part of a fundraising campaign to support international charity WaterAid, also backed by around 30 other stations.
More than 30 radio stations back WaterAid
Several commercial radio stations – including Kerrang!, Jazz FM, Real Radio, Lincs FM and those from the UTV and Quidem groups – are supporting an appeal from international charity WaterAid to help bring clean water to communities in Malawi.
Launched today, The Big Dig Appeal will see presenters asking listeners to donate by sponsoring them for various challenges such as presenting an all-day show without drinking anything.
talkSPORT creates Facebook radio app
talkSPORT has launched a new Facebook Social Radio app.
It will allow users to stream the station live and also receive breaking sports news, updates and features.
