Era Ends For IMG Today As Premier League Takes Production In-House: “It Was Inevitable They Would Want It”

When IMG’s Barney Francis and John Hollywood join Deadline for a virtual interview, they’ve just left a monthly ‘Premier League Huddle’ – a get-together with their teams to celebrate good work and talk about upcoming plans.

Only this one had added significance, being the final meet before IMG-owned Premier League Productions‘ (PLP) 22-year run producing coverage of the English Premier League for broadcast licensees around the world comes to an end later today. “We had a kind of farewell as we part company,” says Francis, IMG’s Chief Business Officer.

Francis said a few words to staff, as did current PLP CEO Nick Morgan. Graham Pratt, IMG’s former Managing Director of Worldwide Sports Production, returned for a Q&A about how the partnership had started and evolved.

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