Copa90’s Barry Flanigan joins Aurora as chief strategy officer

Barry Flanigan was formerly chief product officer at Copa90. All3Media-backed Formula E producer Aurora Media has signed former Brave Bison vice president Barry Flanigan as chief strategy officer. Flanigan will join Aurora imminently in the newly-created role from Copa90, leading on work to pick up new business and produce more in the multiplatform content space […]

COPA90 tackles mental health in latest episode of The Groundbreakers

New episode of popular COPA90 series sees Michael Keane discussing his own mental health. The latest episode of COPA90 series The Groundbreakers sees Everton and England player Michael Keane talking about his struggles with mental health. The production was made in association with mental health charity Calm, and focuses on how Keane reacted to an […]

COVID-19’s effect on football: Spotlight on the Women’s Game

Rebecca Smith, global director of the women’s game, Copa90 gives her opinion on how the coronavirus crisis could impact the growth of women’s football. The effects of the coronavirus pandemic is being felt across the globe and the consequences for football and in particular women’s football are multifaceted and complex. The recent announcements that the […]

Sports Content Summit: How to create social content for 18-34 age group

Copa90 and Little Dot reveal top tips for targetting key 18-34 audience online Copa90 and Little Dot revealed their audience targeting strategies while talking at the Broadcast Sport Content Summit this month. The two companies largely work through YouTube, creating original and branded content for viewers. However, with so many people trying to gain a […]

Copa90 acquires Indonesian football documentary series

Doc follows the fortunes of young Indonesian players trying to forge professional career Football platform Copa90 has acquired documentary series The Search for Indonesia’s First Wonderkid. Created by UK, Milan and LA based Sent Entertainment, the series follows the fortunes of Garuda Select, a team comprised of 24 Indonesian youngsters, who tour England and Italy […]

Copa90 promotes Simon Joyce to chief business officer

Football media group also hires Kate McGregor as head of client services Football media group Copa90 has promoted Simon Joyce to chief business officer. Joyce has been upped from head of global partnerships to the new role, taking over from James Kirkham who has left for a senior role in the music industry at Defected […]

Copa90 investigates darker side of women’s football

Facebook Watch doc examines sexual abuse scandal in the Afghan national women’s team Copa90 is investigating the darker side of women’s football in its Facebook Watch show The Other Half. Host Caspar Lee examines the sexual abuse scandal that engulfed the Afghanistan national women’s team – and the wider issues it raises for the women’s […]

The journey from YouTuber to global sports superstar

COPA90 chief business officer James Kirkham on how modern sports fans are turning social media influencers into world-dominating sports stars Modern sports fans are the new bastions of power. They’re the reason a YouTuber will star in the biggest pay-per-view boxing event of the year. Where once our sports viewing schedule was dictated by men in […]

COPA90 reveals exclusive content for Women’s Super League

Matchday previews and social media ‘takeovers’ make up COPA90’s content this weekend COPA90 has created a mixture of content to mark the kick off of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League this weekend. COPA90 has produced a matchday preview for the Manchester City vs Manchester United game, featuring City’s captain Steph Houghton, which is now […]