SUNSET+VINE PASSIONATE ABOUT SPORT Prestigious multi-sport Host Broadcast production of the Commonwealth Games and the IAAF World Championships London 2017 to English Premier League Football and Premiership Rugby every season for the British broadcaster and rights holder BT Sport. 2
SUNSET+VINE 05 HOST BROADCASTER 06 BROADCAST PRODUCTION 08 MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS 10 THE CATALOGUE 22 MOBIL 1 THE GRID 24 FORMULA E STREET RACERS 26 2019 DUBAI INTERNATIONAL BAJA 28 2019 ABU DHABI DESERT CHALLENGE 30 WORLD S FASTEST GAMER 32 THE WORLD SAILING SHOW 34 52 SUPER SERIES 36 2018-19 SAILING WORLD CUP SERIES 38 SUPER LEAGUE TRIATHLON 40 HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA 42 ECB & BBC CRICKET 44 HONG KONG FESTIVAL OF CRICKET 46 FUTURE OF TENNIS 48 GILLETTE WORLD SPORT 50
MAJOR EVENTS Sunset+Vine is a major force in Host Broadcasting, looking after the largest multi-sport or single discipline events, including one-off championships and season long commitments. Sunset+Vine was the Host Broadcaster of the London 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships and the World Para Athletics Championships. Not only did we produce the TV coverage with a team of around 400, but we also looked after the requirements of 90 Rights Holding Broadcasters, including 1600 TV professionals, from around the world. Following the success of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games the company was Joint Host Broadcaster for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2018, Sunset+Vine s Host Broadcaster portfolio included the FEI World Equestrian Games providing over 100 hours of live coverage; Super League Triathlon s 2018/19 Championship Series the groundbreaking elite triathlon series and The World Boxing Super Series the first of its kind annual boxing tournament. From 2016 Sunset+Vine has been the Host Broadcaster for all ICC cricket events around the world including the ICC World Twenty20 in India, the ICC Champions Trophy and Women s World Cup in 2017. 2018 sees tournaments in New Zealand, the West Indies and Zimbabwe, and in 2019 we ll be responsible for the host broadcast of the ICC Cricket World Cup. We are also the Host Broadcaster for the Caribbean Premier League and the Pakistan Super League. We provide host broadcast services to international badminton, sailing and tennis as well as world feed services for Premiership Rugby and European Champions Cup rugby, and for English Premier League and Europa League football. 06
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AWARD WINNING Sunset+Vine has an excellent reputation for delivering sports programming to UK and international broadcasters. Production contracts include English Premier League, Premiership Rugby and Ashes cricket to BT Sport while our feature programming includes Rugby Tonight for BT Sport and a portfolio of programmes for CNN International that include Winning Post [horse racing], Mainsail [sailing] and EQ [equestrian]. Sunset+Vine produced Channel 4 s award-winning 2016 Paralympic Games coverage from Rio. This followed our hugely successful 2012 Paralympic Games production and featured all day coverage of this complex multisport event, transforming the way disability sport has been produced and presented. 2018/2019 sees coverage of international and Champions Cup Rugby for Channel 4. Other UK production contracts include all of BBC Scotland s independently produced sports output, international cricket highlights for Channel 5, The Henley Royal Regatta, ITU World Triathlon Series, and Women s FA Cup Final for BBC. Internationally the company has produced and distributed three Volvo Ocean Races, and was a production partner for the 34th America s Cup. 08
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AN AGENCY DISTRIBUTION SERVICE Established 34 years ago, Sunset+Vine has built up a global reputation as one of the top sports rights and television programme distribution agencies delivering content to billions of viewers. TODAY WE ARE A MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS AGENCY DELIVERING DISTRIBUTION AND MEASURABLE VALUE, ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF CONTENT OUTLETS. Television News Digital Branded Content Sunset+Vine is unique in being able to offer a 360-degree distribution service across all platforms and devices and report back on the value in the metrics that resonate with our clients and their commercial ambitions. IT S ALL ABOUT VALUE Our clients are events, federations, brands and agencies and for them the sole metric is value in whatever form they wish to measure. Our skills are in understanding the global media market and being able to create a portfolio of production and distribution services that will help our clients meet their own KPIs and commercial aspirations. 10
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A GLOBAL SOLUTION 150 GLOBAL BROADCASTERS 100+ DIGITAL CHANNELS 3,000 NEWS DESKS We deliver programming on a weekly basis to these broadcasters, run daily news campaigns across television and digital and carry out social outreach to major sporting communities across a wide range of sports from football to motorsport to sailing. OUR GLOBAL TEAM Based in London our 15 distribution executives are supported by a global network of agents and distribution managers in key territories that include the USA, China, Japan, Russia, South America, Africa, Australia/ New Zealand, UAE and key European territories with language at the heart of their skills. Skills range from rights negotiation and delivery, news distribution across all platforms, social integration, optimisation and outreach. GILLETTE WORLD SPORT The programme creates a synergy between Gillette s new precision brand campaign and their consumers interest in sport. 2018 SEASON 30 14 Episodes 113 Broadcast Channels 203 Territories 12
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TELEVISION We do not bundle our content but work with the individual content channels to secure the very best deals for our clients. Our many successes are illustrated by the high level of repeat business and the long-term relationships we have built with our clients. In addition, we have a proven track record in building the global television profiles for both tier 1+2 sports, generating exposure for brands and governing bodies - including the IOC, FIFA, ECB and World Sailing - as well as income from license fees. It is a landscape that has changed immeasurably with many series living not just on traditional linear television but also short form highlights, digital highlights on broadcaster and media.coms and OTT and social/digital platforms. VOLVO OCEAN RACE - 45 YEARS OF ADVENTURE The fourth time Sunset+Vine has globally distributed the event. 2017-2018 EVENT 85 Live Broadcast Channels 125 Channels aired Highlights 72 Channels aired Bespoke Content 14
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NEWS The Sunset+Vine News team has been hugely successful in maximising sponsorship investment by securing coverage on major terrestrial and satellite channels all over the world. Our ability to find the news angle, pitch it and deliver content on air gives huge ROI for our clients. We have strong working relationships with the major broadcasters of Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, as well as regularly supplying all of the UK s major news outlets, including the BBC and Sky. Additional relationships with the three main news agencies Reuters, EBU and SNTV who regularly take our feeds for inclusion in their daily client bulletins. 35th AMERICA S CUP Sunset+Vine was the global news partner. BERMUDA 2017 330 Broadcast Channels 30,000 Pieces of News Coverage 268 Interviews broadcast in nine languages. 16
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DIGITAL The digital landscape is changing fast and is a continuously moving and evolving target. With the entry of Facebook, Amazon, Instagram, Twitter and the emerging platforms into the international live sports rights markets, new strategies are needed to leverage new opportunities and capitalize on the disruptive potential of these new players in the market. At Sunset+Vine, we have a team whose players are embedded in these changes and able to create integrated and dynamic digital strategies that work in harmony with an overall distribution strategy to help licensors and other stakeholders reach and convert new fans to their sport or brand. Services include live event streaming; clipping and publishing of digital highlights and action moments from the world feed to multiple simultaneous social platforms as well as original feature content for digital, social and linear television. HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA Since 2017 we have delivered all five days of the Regatta world feed live to YouTube and streamed Finals Day live on Facebook. 2018 REGATTA 305 Individual races 341,000 Live YouTube stream playbacks 43,000 Facebook video views 18
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BRANDED CONTENT Sunset+Vine is the market leader in the global distribution and production of advertiser funded programming (AFP). Our most prominent property is the global sports series Gillette World Sport which is currently aired in 203 territories by 113 broadcasters to a household reach of over 1.5 billion. Nielsen s audited AVE for 2017 was a staggering $148,085,636. Alongside our programming AFP delivery, we also produce short form and social AFP content and campaigns for brands that include Nespresso, Tissot, AVIVA Rugby Matters, and the Bentley Pike Speak Hill Climb. MOBIL 1 THE GRID Since 2009 we have produced and distributed the AFP motor sport magazine programme for oil giant ExxonMobil. 2018 SEASON 10 21 Episodes 111 Broadcast Channels 201 Territories 20
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MOBIL 1 THE GRID SEASON 11 THE WORLD S BEST MOTORSPORT. Offering a behind the scenes VIP pass to the world of motorsport, Mobil 1 the Grid delivers the most comprehensive coverage of 4 wheel racing on television. The series will focus on all the great race series along with unprecedented access to some of the sport s biggest teams and drivers. DELIVERY Available February 2019. 21 x 26 minute HD programmes. Satellite & Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGES English, German, Mandarin & LatAm Spanish. 24
FORMULA E STREET RACERS AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2018 FORMULA E S OFFICIAL FEATURE MAGAZINE SERIES. Street Racers is the fortnightly magazine show from the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, the world s first fully electric international single seater street racing series. Presented by the drivers and featuring action from the series, EV consumer news, technology, travel and social content, Street Racers is a youth skewing fresh look at the most innovative motor sport series on the planet. DELIVERY First programme available 6 December 2018. 25 x 26 minute HD programmes. Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGE English. 26
2019 DUBAI INTERNATIONAL BAJA 7-9 MARCH 2019 THE OLDEST MOTORSPORT EVENT IN THE UAE. Part of the FIA World Cup of Cross Country Rallies - Sunset+Vine will be offering a 1 hour highlights show plus digital highlights and news. DELIVERY Daily News Service & Digital Activation. One hour Highlights programme, available April 2019. Satellite & Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGE English. 28
2019 ABU DHABI DESERT CHALLENGE 1-6 APRIL 2019 THE WORLD S MOST PRESTIGIOUS CROSS COUNTRY RALLY. The legendary UAE Desert Challenge entered a new era in March 2009 when it was renamed the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with the five-day motor sport spectacular being staged in its entirety across Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge is a round of both the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies and the FIM Cross Country Rallies World Championship. DELIVERY Daily News Service & Digital Activation. One hour Highlights programme, available April 2019. Satellite & Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGE English. 30
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THE WORLD S FASTEST GAMER AVAILABLE NOW A TRULY UNIQUE JOURNEY IN ONE OF THE WORLD S GREATEST MOTOR RACING TEAMS. An original documentary series following the fabled McLaren team s search for a new Formula 1 driver. McLaren are not scouting the karting tracks and lower racing series for raw talent, they ve invited 12 of the world s fastest gamers from the booming world of esports to their iconic facility in the UK. The winner immediately boards McLaren s private jet as he is whisked straight to Abu Dhabi to begin his new career in Formula 1. DELIVERY Season 1 available now. 4x 24 minute Programmes. Season 2 available Summer 2019. 4x 24 minute Programmes. Satellite & Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGES English, LatAm Spanish & Japanese. 32
THE WORLD SAILING SHOW SEASON 2019 THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE SERIES OF THE WORLD SAILING FEDERATION. The World Sailing Show is the official international sailing series of the sailing federation World Sailing and is a monthly digest of everything that matters in the sport. From Olympic sailing to the round the world races and the America s Cup, the show includes personality profiles of the top players and technical features from the cutting edge of the sport where the access provided behind the scenes at major events is unparalleled. DELIVERY Available January 2019. 12 x 26 minute HD programmes. Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGE English. 34
52 SUPER SERIES AVAILABLE NOW FIRST PAST THE POST WINS. The 52 Super Series is the world s leading Grand Prix monohull racing circuit. From the very first event it was impossible to predict a form guide - everyone was capable of winning and everyone was going to have a bad day at some point. This film tells the story. DELIVERY One Hour Highlights Programme. Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGE English. 36
2018-19 SAILING WORLD CUP SERIES 4 EVENTS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN OLYMPIC SAILING. The series is an annual circuit of Olympic sailing for elite and professional sailors with all Olympic classes being represented over three rounds plus a final regatta. Round 1 Japan September 2018 Round 2 USA January / February 2019 Round 3 Italy April / May 2019 Final France June 2019 DELIVERY Live (Digital Feed) Finals Weekend. HD programme. Satellite & Cloud Delivery. 1x 60 minute Highlights programme delivered one week post event. LANGUAGE English. 38
SUPER LEAGUE TRIATHLON 4 ROUNDS THE ULTIMATE SWIMMERS, BIKERS & RUNNERS ON THE PLANET. Featuring the best 50 triathletes in the world in a unique condensed format that is both unpredictable and challenging, requiring the athletes to race hard and think smart. Round 1 Jersey 29-30 September 2018 Round 2 Malta 27-28 October 2018 Round 3 Mallorca 3-4 November 2018 Final Singapore 23-24 February 2019 DELIVERY Four hours Live per day delivered to BT Tower. One hour Highlights delivered via Cloud one week post event. Daily VNRs. LANGUAGE English. 40
HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA 3-7 JULY 2019 THE WORLD S MOST CELEBRATED ROWING REGATTA. Henley Royal Regatta is undoubtedly the best-known regatta in the world. It is a highlight of both the summer sporting calendar and the social season. The Regatta attracts thousands of spectators who are thrilled by over 200 races of an international standard, which includes both Olympians and crews new to the event. DELIVERY Five days of fully produced Live & Delayed Coverage. HD programme. Satellite & Cloud Delivery. 1 x 60 minute Official Film. LANGUAGE English. 42
ECB & BBC CRICKET ARCHIVE THE HOME OF ENGLISH CRICKET. Sunset+Vine has extensive experience in the management and exploitation of sports rights, both nationally and internationally. From 2014 Sunset+Vine has managed the sales of England cricket footage on behalf of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the BBC. CLIP SALES World archive rights for cricket played in England & Wales. Match footage available for Broadcast & Commercial Use. Over six decades of action from all forms of the Great Game. 44
HONG KONG WORLD FESTIVAL OF CRICKET 25 OCTOBER - 2 NOVEMBER 2019 A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION OF THE VERY BEST OF GLOBAL CRICKET. A showcase of cricket s innovation and inclusivity in Hong Kong featuring two major events. World Sixes 12 National Teams 25-27 October. T20 Blitz Five all-star franchise teams 29 Oct - 2 Nov. Plus two supporting tournaments, the East Asia Cup and the China Women s Exhibition and a host of exhibition cricket demonstrating cricket s inclusiveness and reach. DELIVERY Live Digital Feed. Daily highlights programmes. HD programme. Cloud delivery. LANGUAGE English. 46
THE FUTURE OF TENNIS AVAILABLE NOW THE CHANGING IMAGE OF GLOBAL TENNIS. The Future of Tennis profiles all of the new formats which have emerged in the sport over recent years, including the battle to create a FIFA style world cup of tennis. Presented by Mark Petchey featuring interviews with the world s best players and officials including Rafa Nadal, Coco Vandeweghe and ITF President David Haggerty. DELIVERY 1x 30 minute film. HD programme. Cloud delivery. LANGUAGE English. 48
GILLETTE WORLD SPORT 2019 SEASON THE SERIES THAT S ALL ABOUT PRECISION IN SPORT. The world s most widely distributed sports series. Sunset+Vine will produce and distribute 12 shows, starting in January 2019. The programme will live across all media platforms and will be supported by a comprehensive social media campaign. The series that s all about precision in sport and how it can make the difference between winning & losing. DELIVERY Available January 2019. 12 x 26 minute HD programmes. Satellite & Cloud Delivery. LANGUAGE English. 50
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09 BROADCAST AWARDS BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME BBC Horse Racing Grand National 12 THE AIBs 2012 AWARDS BEST COVERAGE LONDON 2012 2012 Paralympics for Channel 4 CREATIVE DIVERSITY NETWORK AWARDS BEST COMEDY & ENTERTAINMENT The Last Leg for Channel 4 RTS AWARDS 2012 SPECIAL JUDGES AWARD 2012 Paralympics for Channel 4 13 BAFTA SPORT & LIVE EVENTS 2012 Paralympics for Channel 4 BROADCASTING PRESS GUILD AWARDS BREAKTHROUGH AWARD Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Channel 4 14 THE AIBS 2014 LIVE SPORT COVERAGE 2014 Premiership Rugby Final for BT Sport RTS SCOTLAND LIVE SPORT COVERAGE Friday Night Football for BT Sport 16 RTS SCOTLAND SPORT: BEST LIVE EVENT SPFL for BT Sport 17 RTS CRAFT & DESIGN AWARD MULTICAMERA WORK - SPORT IAAF World Athletics Championship London 2017 BROADCAST AWARDS BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME Rio 2016 Paralympic Games for Channel 4 SJA AWARDS BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME BT Sport - UEFA Europa League Final RTS AWARDS BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME Rio 2016 Paralympic Games for Channel 4
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