Sky’s new CEO hasn’t yet been in his job for a year, but has already achieved more than his predecessor did in a decade. Duncan Greive sits down with Martin Stewart to find out whether it has changed Sky’s fate. When Martin Stewart arrived at Sky a year ago this month, he found the corporate … Read more
Even bigger than the Rugby World Cup, Spark’s acquisition of six years of local cricket signals the end of a sporting era – and that the telco giant is deadly serious about sports, writes Duncan Greive. Subterfuge is a time-honoured sporting technique, present in all codes from one degree to another. The dummy and side-step … Read more
Assessing the fallout – for better and for worse – from Spark’s RWC debut. The worst fears of Spark came true over the weekend, as issues impacted its stream of the All Blacks’ pivotal matchup with South Africa, leading to it transferring the livestream to TVNZ’s Duke. The following day it maintained the Duke service, … Read more
Spark has issued a blunt invitation to Sky TV to get into the ring over the fight for Kiwi sports fans and their eyeballs. This week Sky’s CEO took that up. There were moments at Sky TV’s relaunch of its sports product which felt like those famous Apple annual conventions the late Steve Jobs used … Read more