Information Technology

United shirt sponsor TeamViewer recognised some of the pandemic ‘Frontline Heroes’ through a digital-first contest delivering VIP days out at the December 2021 match v Arsenal.

A pandemic-linked data initiative from Siemens tracked fan heartbeats during Bayern games to showcase the connection between the club and its fans, while raising money to support local businesses.

Running through the 2019-20 season and culminating around Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Microsoft’s multi-channel, 360-degree campaign aimed to show how the Surface tablet helps people be anything but ordinary.

After the pandemic forced the 2020 US Open to take place behind closed doors, USTA partner IBM conceived, created and executed a consumer and business-to-business virtual tournament experience in just three months.

In May 2020, Cisco stepped in as a ‘content integration’ partner of ‘The Match: Champions for Charity’, the blockbuster live golf matchplay event featuring Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning.

Launched to leverage the restart of the Uefa Champions League in 2020, Manchester City official technology partner Cisco rolled out a campaign promoting its Webex video conferencing brand.

In the 2019-20 season, IBM’s ‘Raise Their Game’ partnership with semi-pro Leatherhead FC sought to demonstrate that its Watson AI technology could improve any team’s performance.

NFL sponsor Microsoft activated around the 2020 Super Bowl with an inspirational, equality-focused campaign based on the story of 49ers coach Katie Sowers.

As part of Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich’s 120th anniversary celebration in February 2020, the club invited fans to vote for the most emotional moment in its history through an initiative run in harness with new partner Google.

Sponsorship will represent a far greater proportion of the International Olympic Committee’s income in the four-year cycle from 2017 to 2020 because of “significant increases” at TOP partner level, Chris…

The 2018 ‘Goals Beyond the Game’ campaign showcased Rakuten and Barcelona’s shared support for the United Nation’s Social Development Goals.

Make Believe Happen was a multi-channel, multi-phase campaign that ran the length of the 2018-19 NFL season, pushing Microsoft’s Surface products to a wide audience by showing how star player ambassadors use them in their personal lives.

Isobar and Aston Villa developed an immersive digital platform specifically to launch the club's 2018-19 kits.

With sports statistics more readily available than ever, SAP’s ‘Who’s the Blue?’ campaign tested the knowledge of Manchester City fans through a global social media campaign.

Dutch Eredivisie football club Ajax has agreed a partnership with Chinese iGaming software supplier BBIN. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it will run for at least the 2019-20 season

German Bundesliga football club Borussia Dortmund has agreed new partnerships with banking group Comdirect and IT security specialist ESET, along with extending its deal with beverages manufacturer Coca-Cola

Japanese IT services company NEC has agreed a partnership with Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Angels