StreamTime Sports

On this week’s episode of the StreamTime Podcast, SportsPro’s chief executive Nick Meacham is joined in an interview with Warner Bros Discovery’s president and managing director for sports, Andrew Georgiou.  Prior to the chat with the interview with Georgiou, Meacham and SportsPro’s community lead, Chris Stone share their takeaways from the SportsPro OTT Summit. The two discuss what they learned from sessions that included the NBA, Sky Sports, Dyn Media, DAZN and many others. Running order: OTT Summit Takeaways – (3:30) Andrew Georgiou on the future of Warner Bros Discovery – (27:45)

On this week's episode of the StreamTime Podcast, co-hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone are joined by Mike Falconer, strategy director at sports betting and data giant Sportradar. During the episode the trio discuss the convergence of content, betting and commerce, and how this has led to a growing number of partnerships between media and tech companies. They also consider the impact hyper-personalisation will have on monetisation opportunities and offer predictions on the role Web3 could play in broadcasting in future. Talking points: 05:20 - What to make of the convergence of content, betting and commerce companies 17:05 - How difficult is it to set up a sportsbook within a streaming platform? 22:30 - How will hyper-personalisation enable better monetisation opportunities? 32:15 - How can AI help solve the challenge of working with large data sets? 39:35 - The role Web3 could play in broadcasting

SportsPro chief executive Nick Meacham and community lead Chris Stone return with a reflective podcast, looking at the narratives dominating the sports media space over the last 12 months. Talking points:  ◦ (7:00) - Goodbye subscriptions numbers, hello profitability and time watched ◦ (15:10) - The consolidation of media businesses has begun ◦ (19:50) - Big tech will continue to spend, Google is coming to the table ◦ (23:25) - Amazon is a must have partner ◦ (27:10) - Ecommerce is a key and social is bringing solutions ◦ (31:25) - The gap is widening between tier one and tier two sports ◦ (39:45) - Broadcasters are still playing a traditional game

SportsPro’s Nick Meacham and Chris Stone mull recent developments in the sports media space. This week’s episode focuses on the macroeconomic pressures impacting decisions made by the likes of Disney, FuboTV, and Netflix. Talking points:  – Analysing FuboTV’s third quarter results (3:50) – How are investor expectations impacting ESPN+? (15:00) – Did it make sense for Netlix to approach purchasing the World Surf League? (21:50) – How much impact can Google deliver for the World Cup? (26:40) – Viaplay making more headway into the UK with the PDC (32:15)

Join Nick Meacham and Chris Stone as they discuss the big talking points in the world of sports media. On this week’s episode of the StreamTime Podcast, SportsPro’s Nick Meacham and Chris Stone mull recent developments in the sports media space, including Overtime’s streaming deal with Amazon, Comcast’s options for offloading Sky Germany, the outlook for Major League Soccer (MLS) on Apple and more. On the agenda: • Overtime Elite to Amazon (5:45) • OneFootball developing smart TV app (13:45) • Comcast to sell Sky Germany (19:48) • Can MLS succeed on Apple (25:25) • BT Sport cutting emissions 25% (31:40) • Dapper Labs laying off 22% of staff (36:45)

Nick Meacham is joined by Amanda Laing, Foxtel’s chief commercial and content officer to discuss their strategy in the Australian market. In the interview, Laing discusses Foxtel’s ‘one kitchen, many restaurants’ approach to ensure fans are served content how they want it. Amanda also discusses how Foxtel’s sports Kayo streaming platform operates as an aggregator delivering greater value for fans and emerging sports. As mentioned in the introduction of the episode Nick Meacham and Chris Stone are looking forward to this year’s upcoming SportsPro OTT Summit. For those in the StreamTime community who are interested in coming you can take advantage of a 30% discount using the code STREAMTIME30. You can register for a pass here: https://eu.sportspro-ott.com/registration/

On this week’s episode of the StreamTime Podcast Nick Meacham and Chris Stone share news and insights on a busy week of sports broadcast news. The pair look at a series of stories from prominent rights holders including the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Fifa.  Talking points:  Will the NFL be able to turn things around after a slow start to the launch of NFL+?  Will the Los Angeles Clippers set a template for NBA teams going DTC?  Is the Women’s World Cup being undervalued by broadcasters? Is DAZN turning around after its pandemic struggles?  What now for FuboTV after pulling out of betting?

The global motorsport series has been as effective as anyone in the sports industry with its media product over the last few years. In this in-depth interview F1's director of media rights, Ian Holmes, explains why.

This week’s two-part episode of the StreamTime Podcast starts with hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone rounding up some of the major recent developments in the sports media industry. The pair offer their thoughts on Formula One’s long-term, multi-territory media rights extension with pay-TV broadcasting giant Sky, World Rugby’s acquisition of the RugbyPass digital media platform, and reports suggesting that LIV Golf has been offering to pay broadcasters to air its events. Then, in part two, SportsPro technology editor Steve McCaskill is joined by Tom Janicot, managing director of video assistant referee (VAR) specialist Vieww and director of video solutions at Sportec Solutions, a technology joint venture between Deltatre and the German Football League (DFL).  In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss how innovations being pioneered in German soccer’s top-flight Bundesliga could be applied elsewhere in the sporting world – driving performance and fan engagement.

John-Paul McKerlie, vice president of sales and marketing at TOD, tells Nick Meacham and Chris Stone about the launch of BeIN Media Group's new streaming service and the role of sport on the platform.