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| Arsenal's Kroenke curbs animal hunting in app | |
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| Stan Kroenke, the owner of Arsenal Football Club, has ordered big game hunting videos to be removed from the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app. | |
| MOTV is a subscription TV channel about hunting, shooting and fishing, and was launched in the US in 2016. | |
| Its app was launched this week in the UK, but immediately attracted criticism for carrying video of hunters with dead lions and other animals. | Its app was launched this week in the UK, but immediately attracted criticism for carrying video of hunters with dead lions and other animals. |
| Mr Kroenke owns the company behind MOTV. | Mr Kroenke owns the company behind MOTV. |
| It is a small part of his huge Colorado-based sporting empire, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. | It is a small part of his huge Colorado-based sporting empire, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. |
| "There has been significant public attention to a small portion of programming on our MyOutdoorTV app that contains content associated with hunting certain big game animals," said Jim Liberatore, the chief executive of Outdoor Sportsman Group. | "There has been significant public attention to a small portion of programming on our MyOutdoorTV app that contains content associated with hunting certain big game animals," said Jim Liberatore, the chief executive of Outdoor Sportsman Group. |
| "Stan Kroenke has directed us to remove all content related to those animals in light of the public interest," he said in a statement. | "Stan Kroenke has directed us to remove all content related to those animals in light of the public interest," he said in a statement. |
| Hunting TV app sparks protests | |
| The company was keen to underline that it operates independently from Arsenal Football Club. | |
| "Arsenal Football Club has nothing to do with any of our media outlets. It has nothing to do with our content or the editorial decisions we make," the statement said. | |
| "We deserve no credit when an Arsenal striker scores a goal. Arsenal deserves no criticism when we offer a program with which some disagree." | |
| Robert Peston, ITV's political editor and one of Arsenal's best know fans, expressed his disgust about Mr Kroenke's connection to the channel. | |
| In a tweet earlier this week he said: "I feel sick I have to pay money to this person." |