Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

(TV and streaming rights, online content, social media, analytics)

Event Management and Tournament Organization

Saidja Drentje: Finding solutions to padel’s broadcasting paradox

May 29, 2026

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8 min read

Saidja Drentje: Finding solutions to padel’s broadcasting paradox

Media rights moves: Why is a sport with 35 million players yet to become a billion-dollar audience?

Padel Business Magazine

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

Premier Padel launches new mobile game with Red Bull

May 29, 2026

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1 min read

Premier Padel launches new mobile game with Red Bull

Players control both members of their pair in real-time online matches while managing their own club in new free-to-play online mobile padel game.

Jonathan Dyson

Sporting Equipment Manufacturers & Suppliers

VVV Sports plans £5m raise to boost US padel market push

May 29, 2026

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2 min read

VVV Sports plans £5m raise to boost US padel market push

UK publicly listed business focused on emerging racquet sports is seeking a dual listing on Nasdaq as it plans a major expansion into the US padel market.

Jonathan Dyson

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

WPN report: Search interest in padel up 121% in UK and 72% in US

Apr 24, 2026

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2 min read

WPN report: Search interest in padel up 121% in UK and 72% in US

The Padel Global Search Report 2026 from World Padel Network reveals that global search interest in padel rose by 49% in 2025.

Jonathan Dyson

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

Patty Camps: Why the next phase of padel investment will be platform-led

Feb 27, 2026

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8 min read

Patty Camps: Why the next phase of padel investment will be platform-led

Digital play: As padel matures in key markets, the conversation is moving beyond building courts to creating connected communities.

Padel Business Magazine

Sporting Equipment Manufacturers & Suppliers

PBM Insight Report: What next for padel’s investment drive amid wave of new capital?

Feb 27, 2026

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20 min read

PBM Insight Report: What next for padel’s investment drive amid wave of new capital?

Investor appeal: Padel competitions, teams, court operators, tech, apparel and equipment are all sparking interest from venture capital funds and private wealth alike.

Padel Business Magazine

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

PBM PARTNER INSIGHT: From court to content – how smart court technology is reshaping the economics of padel

Feb 27, 2026

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13 min read

PBM PARTNER INSIGHT: From court to content – how smart court technology is reshaping the economics of padel

Democratising tech: What was once the preserve of elite training or broadcast environments is becoming accessible to clubs across the padel ecosystem.

Padel Business Magazine

Event Management and Tournament Organization

Tournated links up with World Padel Rating to launch USPA digital platform

Feb 26, 2026

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4 min read

Tournated links up with World Padel Rating to launch USPA digital platform

A first US governing body partnership marks Tournated’s largest padel federation project to date, with fully automated rankings, and a scalable digital foundation designed to support the rapid national growth of padel.

Jonathan Dyson

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

Padel enters gamification era as Lucra and No Strings launch rewards platform

Oct 23, 2025

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4 min read

Padel enters gamification era as Lucra and No Strings launch rewards platform

The entrepreneurs behind ‘eatertainment’ ventures Bounce, Flight Club Darts and Puttshack have partnered with social competition platform Lucra to turn “rallies into rewards, products and real-money competitions”.

Jonathan Dyson

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

Acenta Group acquires Swedish booking platform Padelappen

Jun 27, 2025

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4 min read

Acenta Group acquires Swedish booking platform Padelappen

The SEK1.8 million (€161,000) deal is designed to help Acenta “build a fully integrated digital platform” for padel.

Jonathan Dyson

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

Playtomic data: UK fifth largest and ‘most social’ padel nation

Jun 6, 2025

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4 min read

Playtomic data: UK fifth largest and ‘most social’ padel nation

Booking app reveals the number of its users in the UK has risen from 35,000 to 156,000 over the past year.

Jonathan Dyson

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

Rocket Padel to switch booking platform to Padel Mates

May 8, 2025

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4 min read

Rocket Padel to switch booking platform to Padel Mates

The UK and Denmark operator says full access to member data and time-saving features are among the reasons for the move from Playtomic and Matchi.

Jonathan Dyson

Broadcasting, Media, and Digital Platforms

Chen Shachar interview: PlaySight co-founder on using technology to help drive padel's growth

Mar 26, 2025

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10 min read

Chen Shachar interview: PlaySight co-founder on using technology to help drive padel's growth

Creating connections: Through its technological innovation, PlaySight is helping padel clubs worldwide increase membership and add new revenue streams.

Padel Business Magazine

Event Management and Tournament Organization

Hexagon Cup set for global expansion after striking partnership with Premier Padel and FIP

Feb 20, 2025

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4 min read

Hexagon Cup set for global expansion after striking partnership with Premier Padel and FIP

The Madrid-based tournament has begun the process of becoming a recognised FIP tournament and will also be a partner of the inaugural FIP Intercontinental Cup.

Jonathan Dyson