Football365

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Football365
Owner BSkyB
Revenue undisclosed
URL www.football365.com
Launched1997
Current statusActive

Football365.com is a website operated by Planet Sport Publishing's Planet Sport Network that also includes TEAMtalk, Planet Football, Planet F1 Planet Rugby, Tennis365 and LoveRugbyLeague from its base in Leeds.

Contents

The website primarily covers the Premier League, as well as other European leagues and cups. It takes an informal and humorous approach to dealing with the latest football news and often includes running jokes about individuals connected with the sport. F365 has been noted for the comprehensive coverage it provides, as well as its statistics and comment features. [1]

History

The site was founded in 1997 by Arsenal fan and Internet pioneer David Tabizel, [2] who then teamed up with journalist Danny Kelly, along with Dan Thompson (founder of computer game company Renegade Software) and Simon Morris, a former marketing director of BSkyB and ex-footballer and TV presenter Andy Gray, who also wrote a regular column. [3] In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2012, Tabizel stated that the website was named after a phrase oft used by his mother, Sandy, who would lambast him with "Its football 365 (days per year) with you!" In 1999, the height of the dot-com bubble, the site's former parent company 365 Corporation floated on the London Stock Exchange, peaking at a value of £500 million shortly after launch. [4] In 2006, Sky UK took ownership of Football365 as part of its £96m purchase of 365 Media Group [5] In 2015, Football365 transferred to Planet Sport Ltd based in Leeds. [6]

Regular features

Internet TV channel

The website also had an internet TV channel, F365 TV. Among the programmes broadcast were The Paper Round and The Dugout Podcast - an irreverent fortnightly football show that is available from Thursdays to Mondays on Football365, Teamtalk and iTunes. Presenters included Don Dealio, Ed Draper, Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper.

Regional variants

France

Founded in 1998 by Axel Dreyfus and Pierre Sivel under the name C Sport, and bought in 1999 by 365 Corp, then in 2001 by the Groupe Sporever group, Football365.fr is a site entirely dedicated to football news. Live news, match reports, interviews, live footage: the site has both a large number of videos, a blog service, and the option for readers to provide feedback.

The staff consists of six permanent journalists, helped by the staff of Sport365.fr. Nicolas Puiravau, editor in chief of the site since June 2004, has recently stated in Sport Strategy that the Football365 site gets more than 2 million unique visitors and 65 million page views per month.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Good Web Guide review of Football365". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "D5 Capital". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "365 ways to success". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
  4. ↑ "Net site 365 soars on debut". BBC News. 2 December 1999. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
  5. ↑ "BSkyB hedges bets". 16 December 2006.
  6. ↑ "About Football365".

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