Sport · Multi-platform

Scaling a sport vertical from zero.

A new sport channel from a standing start, built into a repeatable, platform-native video operation that hit 90M+ views in four months.

Client
Sport publisher (anonymised)
Sector
Sport
Services
Strategy · Creative direction · Video
A blank page and a four-month window. The job: a repeatable engine, not a lucky viral hit.
Starting pointNo channel, no audience, no format
Our roleStrategy, creative direction & video system
ChannelsTikTok, Instagram & Snapchat
The outcome, in numbers
90M+
Views across the vertical in four months
0→1
A channel built from a standing start
Weekly
Repeatable format engine the team can sustain

The situation

A major publisher wanted a new sport vertical, fast, without burning a team chasing one-off viral moments.

Standing starts are where most channels stall: no format, no rhythm, no clear reason for each post to exist. Growth comes from a system, not a lucky hit.

What NBK did

We treated reach as an output of a repeatable engine.

We set the editorial angle, designed platform-native video formats, and built a weekly production rhythm the team could actually keep, so volume never came at the cost of quality.

The approach

What we actually did.

  1. Found the editorial angle
    A clear, ownable point of view for the vertical, so the channel meant something from post one.
  2. Designed formats that travel
    A small set of platform-native video formats engineered to repeat without feeling repetitive.
  3. Built a weekly engine
    Planning, shooting and editing on a rhythm the team could sustain, predictable, not heroic.
  4. Tuned on weekly signal
    What worked got doubled down within days, not parked for a monthly review.

90M views wasn't a hit. It was a repeatable engine doing its job, week after week.

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