Toyota, BP sponsor C4’s Paralympic games
January 6, 2020
Channel 4 has signed agreements with Toyota and BP to become joint sponsors of programming across the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The two deals will see official IPC and BPA partners Toyota and BP share sponsorship equally, spanning programming across Channel 4, More4 and All 4.
The agreement with Toyota follows on from a successful 2018 Paralympic Winter Games partnership with Channel 4, whilst the deal with BP marks the company’s first TV sponsorship with the broadcaster.
Channel 4 is aiming to deliver more hours of coverage of live sport than from any previous Paralympic Summer Games shown in the UK, including almost 200 hours on Channel 4 and More 4.
The partnerships will see dual sponsorship branding on All 4 and site sponsorship of the dedicated Channel 4 Paralympics website which will carry live streaming throughout the Games from Tokyo from August 25th to September 6th.
This marks the first time Paralympic content will carry sponsorship across linear, digital and social platforms. On social, there will be a substantial presence in the build up to and during the games, with exclusive behind the scenes content prominent from January 2020 through diary exerts from ParalympicsGB hopefuls across C4 owned social platforms.
Jonathan Allan, Channel 4 Chief Commercial Officer, said: “Following the great success of the Rio games, we are thrilled to be building on our partnership with Toyota, whilst joining forces with BP for the first time in a major collaboration that will take coverage of the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 to a new level.”