Billionaire football club owner launches bloodsports channel

Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has been accused of scoring a “massive own goal” after his company launched an outdoor sports television platform in the UK which includes bloodsports and hunting shows.

My Outdoor TV has been available in the United States since 2016 and has recently been launched in the UK.

The channel, which operates in a similar way to other streaming services such as Netflix, is run by Outdoor Sportsman Group, which is part of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE).

Kroenke, 70, owns over 67 0 Stan Kroenke’s company runs US bloodsports channel per cent of Premier League side Arsenal.

My Outdoor TV, which charges subscribers a $9.99 (£7.61) a month, claims to show “thousands of hunting, fishing and shooting episodes featuring the biggest names in outdoor TV”.

The launch has been condemned by Philippa King, the chief operating officer of the League Against Cruel Sports.

“We’re living in a world now where most people can see how brutal and shameful trophy-hunting is, yet the Arsenal boss is choosing to launch his sick TV channel in the UK,” Ms King said in a statement.

KSE spokesman Simon Barr told a newspaper: “MOTV will present ethical, fair chase hunting and as long as it’s legal it will be on there.”