LeagueApps president Jeremy Goldberg and Gators Baseball Academy partner Joe Lopez speak to SportBusiness US Editor Eric Fisher on the state of the $19bn American youth sports industry amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The second of a two-part series.
Ex-Liverpool CEO Moore sees future of sports broadcasting in Unity’s ‘metaverse’
Peter Moore has spent his career in video games with the likes of Sega and Xbox, and in football as the chief executive of Liverpool FC. His new role at 3D software developer Unity seeks to combine the two worlds, creating virtual recreations of real sporting events to democratise the viewing experience.
Eventellect CCO Kate Howard on the changing dynamics of sports ticketing
In this week’s episode podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Kate Howard, chief commercial officer for Eventellect, a Texas-based ticket distribution advisory firm that has quickly become one of the key industry players in the management of live sports attendance. Eric and Chris also discuss the initial public offering for global sports data provider Sportradar, strong early-season business metrics for the National Football League, a substantial funding round for international esports organization the Mobile Premier League, and revenue distribution recommendations for college sports in the United States from the Knight Commission.
Beijing 2022 pandemic playbooks published as China fights fresh outbreak
Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have published first editions of 'playbooks' detailing measures to combat the Covid-19 threat at the Games
US entrepreneur Kirchner announces interest in acquiring Derby County
American entrepreneur Chris Kirchner has announced his intention to buy the financially-stricken English Championship club Derby County.
Victoria Racing Club strikes deal with virtual racing platform Zed Run
Melbourne's Flemington horse racing track will appear on virtual, NFT-powered horse racing platform Zed Run under a deal with Victoria Racing Club
European Leagues seek change to Champions League reform plans
The European Leagues, a collective of 37 professional football leagues and associations of clubs from 30 countries across the continent, is seeking changes to the Champions League format, which were ratified…
Sport’s human rights procedures a ‘black box’ with no transparency, campaigners say
Over the last five years, sport’s major governing bodies have integrated human rights into their decision-making processes. But for human rights campaigners, there is a lack of transparency around these processes which makes it impossible to assess how they are being applied, or indeed if they are being adhered to at all. Frank Dunne reports.
LaLiga experiments in race for global growth
Imran Yusuf travels to Barcelona to visit the production studios of LaLigaTV, the Spanish top-flight’s 24/7 television channel, to examine how the league is focusing on innovation to compete in a squeezed media rights market.
Pac-12 Conference commissioner Kliavkoff on the transformation of US college sports
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview George Kliavkoff, commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference. Eric and Chris also discuss National Basketball Association’s league-level cryptocurrency sponsorship deal with Coinbase, a $100m (€86m) funding round for startup digital collectibles company Candy Digital, and ongoing turbulence in the United States’ regional sports network business. They also explore the acquisition by OneFootball and Eleven of a pool of international rights for nine European football leagues, as well as increasing scrutiny from the US House of Representatives on the National Football League and Washington Football Team.
Machine learning: What should a sports AI project look like?
A panel of AI experts attempted to demystify machine learning at a recent session of the ‘Access Innovation’ coaching series. Rebecca Hopkins summarises the takeaways from the event.