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Information / Communication Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual Programming And Broadcasting Activities 60 - Programming and broadcasting activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
5 April 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
British digital sports media company Perform Group has announced that it will create 100 new jobs at its centre in Katowice. The company is looking for IT specialists, mainly programmers, who will work on IT support for sports broadcasting as well as develop Goal.com, a digital platform for football fans.
Perform Group was founded in 2007 in the United Kingdom; the company collects, produces and distribute content from all sports across one digital platform. The company has been operating in Poland since 2011; currently, the centre in Katowice employs 200 people.
Sources
5 April 2017: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Perform Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90690, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90690.
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