Digiday·2026-04-09

Ford and Nissan are embedding their brands in sports as they chase fandoms

Rather than sponsor sports leagues and clubs, advertisers like Nissan, Google and Ford are putting themselves in the role of ringmaster and producing their own branded content built around sports fandom. Ford Bronco has been working with the Pro League Network (PLN), an extreme sports channel available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, to create sports programming featuring their vehicles in a star

Rather than sponsor sports leagues and clubs, advertisers like Nissan, Google and Ford are putting themselves in the role of ringmaster and producing their own branded content built around sports fandom. Ford Bronco has been working with the Pro League Network (PLN), an extreme sports channel available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, to create sports programming featuring their vehicles in a star