StreamTime Sports

On this week's episode of the StreamTime podcast hosts, Nick Meacham and Chris Stone, share some of their bold predictions for 2023 alongside guests Steve McCaskill and Marion Ranchet.  • Bengals heartbreak and Fight Club - (0:15) • SportsPro Ignition - (7:38) • 2023 Bold Predictions - (12:19) • Netflix will partner with DAZN - (16:56) • The UK 3pm black rule will end - (19:34) • We have reached subscription fatigue - (24:09) • Viaplay will supplant Eurosport across pan-Europe - (27:30) • The NBA will offer a streaming only package for bidders - (31:47) • Apple or Roku will create a Spotify moment in sports - (36:00) • Lean in experiences will fall short of expectation - (39:54)

On this special episode of the StreamTime Podcast hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone are joined by Timo Lumme, who spent the last 18 years of his career working as the International Olympics Committee's managing director for the television and marketing services.  Lumme's achievements include the industry setting deal with NBC, building the highly successful TOP programme and launching the Olympic Channel. The podcast covers Lumme's life and career, provding an insight into one of the most influential figures in the sports broadcast industry.  Lessons growing up - (1:17) Favorite Olympic moments - (5:20) A life-changing moment at Heathrow (15:37) The Nike experience - (24:40) Learnings from Quokka - (32:38) Olympics and NBC deal - (38:55) Olympic TOP programme - (50:00) How streaming impacted the Olympic’s broadcast strategy (58:23) What role does the Olympic Channel play (1:06:25) What’s one thing you’d tell your younger self (1:14:13) Timo Lumme was inducted into the inaugural SportsPro OTT Hall of Fame at the 2022 OTT Awards in Madrid.

Jeff Nathenson, Whistle Sport's international managing director, joins Nick and Chris to discuss social media's impact on sports, covering topics such as Elon Musk's Twitter influence, Logan Paul and KSI's Prime launch, the role of platforms like TikTok and Instagram, growth of influencer athletes, and the potential for social media platforms to purchase live rights.

On this week's episode of the StreamTime Podcast hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone publish their next set of power rankings.  For this edition the duo focus on which sports networks and platforms they feel have outperformed the rest:  (5:11) - YouTube & NFL (14:03) - Sky (16:05) - ESPN+ (19:58) - Peacock  (25:09) - Netflix (28:42) - Apple  (34:47) - Discovery (37:45) - Viaplay (40:45) - Amazon (46:03) - DAZN & FuboTV

On this week's episode of the StreamTime Podcast SportsPro's chief executive, Nick Meacham, sits down with the NBA's managing director of Europe and Middle East, Ralph Rivera.  The two discuss the league’s international broadcast strategy, what the launch of the NBA App means for the business, and how to drive fan engagement.  Talking points: Intro  (6:50) - Interview with Ralph Rivera  (51:26) - Analysis of the NBA's strategy

On this week’s episode of the StreamTime Podcast, SportsPro’s Nick Meacham and Chris Stone power rank which sports properties they believe are currently doing it best in the OTT and streaming space. The likes of the NFL, NBA, Premier League and Fifa, are sorted into categories ranging from love, to like, through to jury’s out. Talking points:  • PGA Tour, NBA, and WWE – (3:15) • NFL – (5:30) • Formula One - (10:50) • Fifa+ - (13:15) • Volleyball World & Rugby Pass – (18:15) • Premier League – (21:30) • MLS – (27:30) • LIV Golf – (32:30)

On this episode of the StreamTime Podcast hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone are joined by SportsPro's technology editor Steve McCaskill as they provide stats, figures, and insights from the biggest sessions at the SportsPro OTT Summit. Talking points: • DAZN's evolving strategy - (5:00) • The FAST Channel opportunity - (13:50) • Dyn Media's distruptive approach - (21:40) • Impact of the NBA App - (31:30) • Next steps for Warner Bros Discovery - (36:30) • The WSL's growth on Sky Sports - (44:55) • ICC's blueprint for OTT platforms - (49:45) • The new role for social media - (55:30) • From spicy content to sports content on OnlyFans - (1:02:45) 

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