Brave Bison Group PLC Launch of Rebel FC - YouTube Football Super-Team

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Brave Bison Group PLC

05 April 2017

BRAVE BISON ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF REBEL FC

- A NEW YOUTUBE FOOTBALL SUPER-TEAM

London, April 5th, 2017: Brave Bison, the independent digital media and social video broadcaster, today announced the launch of Rebel FC, a new football super-team founded by YouTube star Callum Airey, better known as Calfreezy, and developed in partnership with Brave Bison.

Launching across all key social media platforms, new venture Rebel FC is part sports digital media enterprise, and part football team. It aims to disrupt the existing sports ecosystem by operating independently of existing leagues and federations, focusing on creating entertaining content for the football-obsessed millennial demographic.

Rebel FC is the embodiment of DIY football and will redefine what it means to be a professional footballer and the journey to becoming one. Fans will be able to join the team on its voyage from footballing zeros to heroes as they take on all manner of teams from across the footballing world. Programming will go behind the scenes of the action every step of the way, from fly-on-the-wall dressing room drama, to last-gasp goals.

Callum Airey (Calfreezy) commented: "Rebel FC is a team of passionate football fans who instead of choosing the traditional route to the top in football, are rebelling against the system and taking a chance on a different way in. They're aiming high and committed to taking Rebel FC to the highest reaches of the footballing world."

Content from influencer football teams is one of the fastest growing entertainment sectors on YouTube, as proven by Slash Football, Brave Bison's popular multi-platform football network. Slash Football represents Eltham SF FC whose matches are viewed more than 500,000 times a week - this is almost double the number of viewers who tune into Sky Sports to watch a Championship game. With over 5.7 million followers and over 368 million video views, Calfreezy is a major force in youth culture and football is one of his main content focuses. With the huge reach and influence of Calfreezy and other YouTubers in the team, including Mike Fox (2.4 million followers) and Reev (750,000 followers), Brave Bison's expectation is that Rebel FC will quickly establish a huge fan base to rival some of the biggest football clubs in the world.

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For further information please contact:

 
 Brave Bison Group plc 
  Kevin Deeley (Chief Operating       via FTI Consulting 
  and Finance Officer) 
 Stockdale Securities Limited 
  Richard Johnson / Andy Crossley     Tel: [phone] 
 FTI Consulting 
  Rob Mindell / Charles Palmer        Tel: [phone] 
 

About Brave Bison

Brave Bison is an independent digital media and social video broadcaster, proudly working with some of the biggest brands and most-followed YouTube and Facebook talent in the world. Clients include Coca Cola, P&G, Microsoft, 20th Century Fox, CNBC, Universal Pictures and Google.

Brave Bison is the largest multi-platform video network in the world outside North America, with headquarters in London and offices in Singapore and Australia.

Brave Bison makes it simple for content owners, creators, brands, publishers and platforms to unlock the value of online video, whether on a licensed, ad-funded, direct to consumer or paid placement basis.

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