Teamtalk media
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TEAMtalk media is an independently owned online media company. The business is made up of four main units: Editorial, Mobile, Customer Service Call Centre and Ad Campaign Management.
. 365 Media Group and its subsidiaries including TEAMtalk media were acquired by BSkyB
in January 2007. The company became an independently owned entity in February 2011.
TEAMtalk media creates and supplies online and mobile sports content, including live editorial and statistics for football, rugby, cricket, golf, F1 and extreme, among other popular sports. The company contributes content for sites such as Skysports.com, Skynews.com, Sportinglife.com
, TEAMtalk.com
, Sport365.com, Football365.com, Golf365.com, Cricket365, Extreme365, PlanetRugby, PlanetF1 and Football365.co.za
.
Mobile
TEAMtalk media is a supplier of information services and downloadable content, providing sports and non-sports related content. Mobi sites include m.football365.co.za, c365.co.za and Planet-Rugby.mobi.
Customer service
TEAMtalk media ’s offices also house an outsourced Customer Service team for Sky Betting & Gaming's online gaming websites, such as skybet.com
, skypoker.com
, skyvegas.com
and skybingo.com
.
Advertising campaign management
The Ad Campaign Management team are responsible for managing advertising campaigns across Sky's network of sites. TEAMtalk media is the official sales house for Sky.com, skysports.com and News.Sky.com in Africa.
Background
TEAMtalk media was founded in 2005 as the South African-based operation of 365 Media Group Ltd365 Media Group
365 Media Group is sports media company employing over 100 people in Leeds, England and Cape Town, South Africa.Between 2001 and October 2006, the company was known as ukbetting plc and grew through the acquisition of a number of businesses including: ukbetting.com Ltd, PA Sporting Life Ltd, the UK...
. 365 Media Group and its subsidiaries including TEAMtalk media were acquired by BSkyB
British Sky Broadcasting
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....
in January 2007. The company became an independently owned entity in February 2011.
Operations
EditorialTEAMtalk media creates and supplies online and mobile sports content, including live editorial and statistics for football, rugby, cricket, golf, F1 and extreme, among other popular sports. The company contributes content for sites such as Skysports.com, Skynews.com, Sportinglife.com
Sporting Life (newspaper)
The Sporting Life was a British newspaper published between 1859 and 1998 that was best known for its coverage of horse racing. Latterly it has continued as a multi-sports website....
, TEAMtalk.com
TEAMtalk
TEAMtalk.com is a football website based in Leeds and since 2002 has been part of 365 Media Group, now a subsidiary of BSkyB.The site grew out of the premium rate football phonelines phenomenon of the 1980s and early 1990s, developing into a website with on a tabloid media style of reporting.The...
, Sport365.com, Football365.com, Golf365.com, Cricket365, Extreme365, PlanetRugby, PlanetF1 and Football365.co.za
Football365.co.za
http://www.football365.co.za is a football website owned by TEAMtalk Media based in Cape Town, South Africa. The website is loosely based on Football365.com but differs in that it focuses on African football....
.
Mobile
TEAMtalk media is a supplier of information services and downloadable content, providing sports and non-sports related content. Mobi sites include m.football365.co.za, c365.co.za and Planet-Rugby.mobi.
Customer service
TEAMtalk media ’s offices also house an outsourced Customer Service team for Sky Betting & Gaming's online gaming websites, such as skybet.com
Sky Betting and Gaming
Sky Betting and Gaming is a British-based gambling company, and a subsidiary of BSkyB, with offices at Sky's headquarters in Isleworth, London and in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company consists chiefly of five websites and two TV channels...
, skypoker.com
Sky Betting and Gaming
Sky Betting and Gaming is a British-based gambling company, and a subsidiary of BSkyB, with offices at Sky's headquarters in Isleworth, London and in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company consists chiefly of five websites and two TV channels...
, skyvegas.com
Sky Betting and Gaming
Sky Betting and Gaming is a British-based gambling company, and a subsidiary of BSkyB, with offices at Sky's headquarters in Isleworth, London and in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company consists chiefly of five websites and two TV channels...
and skybingo.com
Sky Betting and Gaming
Sky Betting and Gaming is a British-based gambling company, and a subsidiary of BSkyB, with offices at Sky's headquarters in Isleworth, London and in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company consists chiefly of five websites and two TV channels...
.
Advertising campaign management
The Ad Campaign Management team are responsible for managing advertising campaigns across Sky's network of sites. TEAMtalk media is the official sales house for Sky.com, skysports.com and News.Sky.com in Africa.
External links
- TEAMtalk media
- BSkyB in £96m 365 Media takeover
- TEAMtalk media expands call centre after successful learnership
- TEAMtalk media recognised for excellence
- Beating homelessness through football
- TEAMtalk Media page on LinkedIn
- Laduma! Acceleration Media partners with TEAMtalk Media to launch Telkom's online campaign
- African Soccer Social Media Renaissance
- Football365 launch exclusive blogs for Siphiwe Tshabalala and Itumeleng Khune.
- Local soccer stars score blogs.
- TEAMtalk media shortlisted for 2009 Bookmark Award.