MindShare wins TalkSport Premiership coverage task

LONDON - MindShare has won the media planning and buying task to promote TalkSport's first entry into broadcasting Premiership League games.

The UTV-owned station was awarded the contract in October last year. it won one of seven 32-game Premier League packages for three seasons from 2007/2008.

The other six packages went to the BBC, which has been the only national radio broadcaster to cover live, top-flight games since it first aired live commentary on Arsenal vs Sheffield United in 1927.

The station plans to fit pre-match build-up and post-match phone-ins around the live games.

In September, TalkSport won the national radio commentary rights for Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool UEFA Champions League matches. The station has also netted London-only coverage of all Chelsea and Arsenal Premiership home games

MindShare is currently defending its position on the £50m pan-European media planning and buying account, due to a pitch announced earlier this month.

TalkSport confirmed that the media planning and buying brief for promoting the Premiership broadcasts had been awarded to MindShare.

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