By: Joe Hall

I'm a sports and sports business journalist with City A.M. Follow me for coverage of the industry behind sports and the money made by top athletes. I've provided expert commentary on sports business for both TV and radio, including the BBC World Service. My email is always open to tips and story ideas: joe.hall@cityam.com

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Three charged with insider dealing by FCA in Logica shares at time of CGI takeover

April 29, 2015

Three men, including a former business analyst at IT management consultancy Logica, have been charged with insider dealing by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The UK's financial watchdog formally is charging former Logica employee Majeet Singh Mohal with passing on inside information in 2012 and two other men – Reshim Birk and Surinder Pal Singh Sappal [...]
Don’t Look Now remake: Why Hollywood keeps resorting to reboots

April 29, 2015

Don't Look Now, the 1976 horror film, is the latest classic film to get a modern makeover. The spooky psychological thriller, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, is one of the most critically acclaimed horror films of all time and is widely regarded as a classic of the genre. A [...]
Average Seinfeld episode valued at $1m by Hulu in Sony Pictures deal

April 29, 2015

Video streaming site Hulu is believed to have paid $180m for the rights to classic 90s sitcom Seinfeld. The site, which is expected to announce the acquisition at a presentation later today, acquired the rights to all 180 episodes from Sony Pictures Television, valuing each one at $1m on average, according to Variety. Other estimates [...]
Next share price edges higher following sales jump

April 29, 2015

The figures Next's share price edged slightly higher by more than three per cent this morning, after the company reported batter-than-expected sales in the past three months thanks to temperate winter and spring weather. Full price sales rose 3.2 per cent in the period, beating the zero to three per cent rise the company itself forecast [...]
Standard Life assets rise in face of pensions and annuities reforms

April 29, 2015

The figures Standard Life's assets under administration rose by five per cent to £311.9bn in the first quarter, as the savings and assets manager flexed its muscle in the face of new UK laws allowing savers to cash in their pension annuities. Third party net inflows of £3.7bn – 73 per cent of which came [...]
Wimbledon 2015 prize money makes it the richest grand slam in tennis

April 28, 2015

Wimbledon has increased its prize money by seven per cent for this year's tournament, guaranteeing the men and women singles champions £1.88m apiece. Tennis' premier grass court tournament will this year boast the highest-ever prize money pool in professional tennis at £26.75m, although the growth in the fund did slow down following the 10.5 per [...]
Nepal Earthquake 2015: UK, USA and EU send millions in aid to combat crisis

April 28, 2015

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Bournemouth’s promotion push isn’t as romantic as it seems

April 28, 2015

After smashing Bolton on Monday night, Bournemouth sealed (barring a miracle) their place in next season's Premier League. Just six years after they avoided relegation from the Football League, the final step into the promised land was one of the easier tasks Bournemouth have faced in their steady climb up the Football League. On the [...]
eSports streaming site DingIt.tv secures $1.5m seed funding from Black Green Capital

April 28, 2015

Money continues to be pumped into the UK eSports market with leading streaming platform DingIt.tv the latest to raise seven-figure sums of capital. DingIt.tv, which offers a HD streaming platform to eSports firms around the world, has secured $1.5m of seed funding from London venture capital firm Black Green Capital. The seed and A-round investment [...]
Broadcasters told by Ofcom to make phone-in charges simpler

April 28, 2015

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has forced TV companies to change how they advertise phone-in and mobile voting competitions – because, it says, they're currently too confusing. The watchdog has changed the broadcasting code – the rules which govern TV and radio in the UK – to reflect how they can make pricing clearer. Viewers [...]

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Reality is rugby’s Nations Championship is botched

Inside the trippy French vineyard owned by ousted Claridge’s billionaire

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