COPA90
{{short description|Sports media company}}
{{redirect|Bigballs|other uses|Big Balls (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = COPA90 Limited
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| genre = Sports, Entertainment
| foundation = 2012
| location = London, England, UK
| key_people = Tom Thirlwall (CEO){{cite news|last=Thirlwall|first=Tom|title=Tom Thirlwall, CEO, Bigballs Films|url=https://www.theguardian.com/changingmediasummit/video/tom-thirlwall-legacy-business-model|work=The Guardian|accessdate=12 June 2013|location=London|date=9 May 2011}}
| industry = Sports Media
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| num_employees = 50–100
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.copa90.com}}
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COPA90 is a football media business headquartered in London, England and founded in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05851891|title=COPA90 LIMITED - Overview (Free company information from Companies House)}}
COPA90
Bigballs Media launched COPA90 as a YouTube Channel in 2012,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2012/oct/08/bigballs-launches-youtube-sports-channel-copa90|title=Bigballs launches YouTube sports channel|last=Bulkley|first=Kate|date=8 October 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 January 2018|issn=0261-3077}} providing football related content to digital audiences including documentaries about football culture and interviews with players from the game. In recent years it has evolved beyond YouTube and now distributes its content to over 8.5 million cross-platform followers.
In 2020 it was ranked number 57 on the Sunday Times 'Tech Track 100'{{Cite web|last=TWK|title=Fast Track|url=https://www.fasttrack.co.uk/company_profile/copa90/|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Fast Track|language=en-GB}} and in 2019 named as one of Fast Companies 'Most Innovative Companies'{{Cite web|title=Copa90: Most Innovative Company|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/company/copa90|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}}
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Liberty Global bought a 14% stake in the company for £7 million in 2015.{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/decf3026-6e73-11e5-8171-ba1968cf791a | title=Liberty Global backs youth-focused group behind YouTube channel | newspaper=Financial Times | date=11 October 2015 }}
Time Warner subsidiary Turner International bought an undisclosed stake in the company in 2017.{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/c401bdd2-e89c-11e6-893c-082c54a7f539 | title=Time Warner buys stake in digital football group Bigballs Media | newspaper=Financial Times | date=February 2017 }}