StreamTime Sports

SportsPro's managing director Nick Meacham is joined by senior content manager Chris Stone to talk about all of the latest trends in the streaming industry. From blockchain and NFTs to piracy and the end of the Netflix business model, the pair discuss the top talking points within the space. In this episode, Nick takes a deeper dive into the presentation he originally gave at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium during SportsPro's OTT Summit making for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion. 

Rick Anderson, chief media officer at the PGA Tour joins SportsPro's managing director Nick Meacham to speak about what it's like to navigate one of the most complex media ecosystems in the sports rights holder landscape.   In this episode of the StreamTime Podcast Rick Anderson shares his experiences from a 25-year career, from managing over 200 people at PGA to helping build a billon dollar rights business.  Rick also discusses how the PGA are tackling the age problem in golf, what the betting revolution means for the sport and how they aim to ride the wave of rocketing golf participation numbers.  

Pedro Presa, Eleven's chief direct to consumer officer, joins the StreamTime Podcast to talk to SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham about the next phase of the Aser-owned media company's journey. In a conversation taken from the recent OTT Summit at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Presa lifts the lid on how he led the Mycujoo through its acquisition by Eleven and then his role since the takeover and what it means for the media company's DTC business. The conversation also covers how Eleven is expanding its business globally and building out a network of businesses across the sports broadcast ecosystem, with the likes of LiveNow also in the Aser family. Finally, Presa goes into detail on Eleven's strategic approach to serving fans at all levels of the audience funnel. Then in part two SportsPro media and technology editor Steve McCaskill talks with Greg Burns, Arqiva's head of media products, about the challenges impacting broadcasters in the OTT era.

Andrew Georgiou, Discovery Sports president, joins SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham to talk about the Eurosport owner's wider strategy. The latest episode of the StreamTime Podcast sees Georgiou discuss monetisation models, the role of advertising in subscriptions and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, plus the sports ecosystem Discovery is building with GCN and Golf TV. The conversation also moves on to free-to-air and its place in the wider landscape, as well as much more.  Then, in part two, SportsPro's media and technology editor Steve McCaskill makes his StreamTime debut, talking all things piracy and rights management with Synamedia's Yael Fainaro. 

Blake Stuchin vice president and head of digital media business development at the NFL joins SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham. In this episode of the StreamTime Podcast Blake discusses his winding career path from investment banking to the NFL, the NFL’s blossoming relationship with Twitch and how betting is set to transform the space giving viewers yet ‘another reason to tune in.’

FuboTV’s Co-founder & CEO David Gandler joins SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham to talk about the American streaming service's plans for global domination.  In this episode of the StreamTime Podcast David and Nick explore the origins of FuboTV, dig into the latest Q3 financials and discuss the monetisation strategy behind the platform. David also talks about FuboTV’s recent acquisitions of French streaming service Molotov and computer vision startup Edisn.ai. This wide-ranging conversation covers FuboTV’s plans around betting, David’s thoughts on the wider trends regarding D2C sports platforms and where FuboTV plans to expand and grow in the coming years.

The Olympic Channel's general manager Mark Parkman joins SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham to talk about the rapid rise of the streaming service. In a wide-ranging conversation, discussion covers the first five years of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) in-house channel, from starting with a staff of zero to working with Hollywood producers on long form content. The channel started with a US$600 million budget but managed to break even within its first four years. After the platform created a lot of buzz during a successful Tokyo 2020, Parkman describes the challenge of managing as one of the most extensive archives in the world.

Aura’s CEO Antony Arena joins SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham to talk about his work developing one of the most exciting D2C platforms in the industry.  In this episode of the StreamTime podcast Nick goes down under to talk to Antony about a new way of delivering a D2C experience. Aura is built on a video gaming engine, which has allowed them to create a pretty unique consumer experience for anyone using their platform. In this podcast, we'll be digging into how they got started, what makes them so special and how they are looking to disrupt the industry.

Andreas Heyden, CEO of DFL Digital Sports, joins SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham to discuss the innovation and production behind the Bundesliga. Launched almost ten years ago, DFL Digital Sports is a subsidiary of the Bundesliga with the objective of driving all of the German soccer league's production and innovation as a media business. Andreas has been with the organisation more than six years, and is always one of the smartest people in the room. In this podcast, we dig into the Bundesliga's OTT strategy, how it uses data, works with tech startups and is driving a new fan experience through a range of innovations being rolled out across its channels.

Manchester United’s CEO of media Phil Lynch joins SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham to talk about his work at one of the biggest soccer clubs in the world.  Phil discusses his journey from the sunny beaches of California to the cloudier skies of Manchester to lead the transformation of United's media and digital businesses. This conversation covers how the Premier League side work with players, the impact of ‘the Ronaldo effect’ on social channels and how Manchester United’s focus is to build their audience at scale whilst pushing them into their own platforms.