Having the right data matters
In this digital era where everything is changing, the measurement of sport has remained in old analogue times. Now with sports and sponsorship budgets under mounting scrutiny, futures sport + entertainment can give you the confidence to understand how your investments are really performing in this evolving media multi-billion dollar world.
Rights holders and sports federations have never been under greater pressure to prove the reliability of their claims. Indeed in recent years, many of the world's most influential rights holders have had their credibility damaged by the unjustifiable figures they have published.
Until now, the industry has been reliant on many outdated and unreliable practices - reporting on potential audience reach, manually measuring sponsor exposure and delivering the analysis via huge unusable report files.
This has caused an erosion of credibility, which with the increasing influence of procurement departments has forced sponsors to demand true measurement of their return on investment. This is especially so if the seller is conducting their own research.
This background is the reason for the creation of futures sport + entertainment. We are the new breed of strategic consultant, radically challenging and changing the conventions of the market.
We are already applying new and innovative measurement solutions to blue-chip federations, teams, sponsors and broadcasters to help them meet the challenges and opportunities of the digital age.
We are designed for the future, not built by the past.
A new way of thinking
- As part of Initiative, our heritage is informed by a media agency background. This enables us to provide perspectives from brand marketing communications as well as sport and entertainment
- We supply actual, not estimated, data to our clients
- Our opinions are based on fact rather than just instinct
- We build digital dashboards to equip you with all the data you need, allowing our consultants to invest their time providing you with their commercially insightful advice
Impartial
- We don’t sell athletes or sports properties, enabling us to give you objective advice on their true value
- We are impartial – we will never advise both parties involved in negotiation
Global insight
- Global coverage and knowledge
- All our tools and services operate across all sports in all markets