Manchester City announce groundbreaking partnership with entertainment giant

Manchester City and the City Football Group have announced a new strategic collaboration with Sony Pictures Television.

Pep Guardiola’s side have featured on both Amazon Prime and Netflix in recent years, with both streaming service providers documenting Manchester City’s silverware successes across the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.

The Sky Blues’ 2022/23 treble triumph featured during a Netflix series, meanwhile a docu-series revealed Manchester City’s record-breaking 2017/18 campaign on Prime Video.

Manchester City and the wider City Football Group are set for further global exposure on television in the future, following the launch of a groundbreaking partnership with entertainment giant Sony Pictures Television (SPT).

The project will see the co-development of a series of new television programmes for worldwide audiences, combining the club’s in-house City Studios with Sony’s production legacy.

The collaboration will include original scripted, non-fiction, and kids’ television projects for worldwide audiences, with the creation of one-off documentaries, animated projects and children’s programming.

Commenting on the launch of the strategic collaboration, Ferran Soriano, said: “We are incredibly excited to be collaborating with Sony Pictures Television in this joint initiative.

“City Football Group is already a global entertainment company, and this initiative builds on our long-standing track record of innovation in the content space and the growth of City Studios in the last years.

“We will now take an even more dynamic approach to content production, and we are already developing several scripted and nonfiction series that will delight audiences globally. Bringing together the expertise of both CFG and SPT will enable us to create brilliant shows and remain at the forefront of football-led content production.”

SPT’s President Wayne Garvie said: “Our aim is to be part of the next evolution of the game, creating a new generation of innovative football-based entertainment to thrill the world.”

“Football is the great global game, no other sport produces so many heroes, tears and laughter, joy and heartbreak as football.

“The basics are always the same: 22 players, two goals, one ball, but the game always evolves and over the last decade City Football Group have become an unprecedented innovator and global leader.”