In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Nikhil Bahel, managing partner for Elysian Park Ventures, the private investment group arm of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers’ ownership group. Fisher and Russo also discuss Wimbledon’s ban of Russian and Belurusian players at this year’s tournament, the precipitous stock fall for Netflix following a loss of subscribers, a run of jersey patch deals in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League, initial returns from the revived United States Football League, and Formula 1’s upcoming Miami Grand Prix.
Will Ahmed on Whoop’s mission to reshape wearable technology and health monitoring
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Will Ahmed, founder and chief executive of wearable technology provider Whoop. Eric and Chris also discuss the expansion of the National Football League’s roster of sportsbook partners in the United States, Facebook’s entry into prediction-based sports games, the Covid-19 pandemic creating new labor issues in the NFL and National Basketball Association, and climate-related matters hitting the sports industry.
Mitesh Mehta on the growth of NBC Sports Next
In this week’s episode podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Mitesh Mehta, senior vice president of betting, gaming, and strategic sports for NBC Sports Next, the network’s technology and innovation division. Fisher and Russo also discuss the still-increasing presence of the cryptocurrency industry in sports sponsorship, New York City’s decision to exempt pro athletes from a Covid-19 vaccine mandate, an accelerating march into United States college sports by data companies such as Genius Sports and Sportradar, and Nike’s recent earnings report that was quickly followed up by a renewed relationship with the estate of the late Kobe Bryant.
Boehly: Chelsea FC pursuit follows big brand-focused strategy
American investor remains on the hunt for 'structural advantages'
Sky reports 71-per-cent Q1 Ebitda uplift amid lower operating expenses
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, recorded $622m (€591m) in adjusted Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) for the first quarter of 2022, a y…
Super Bowl-Beijing Olympics combo pays off for Comcast
Quarterly results show sharp increases in overall revenue, advertising sales, Peacock subscriptions
Digital sports fashion company Fancurve backed by industry executives
Fancurve, a blockchain-enabled digital sports fashion company, has launched with $6.25m (€5.9
“We’re becoming a targeted marketing powerhouse” | Drew Crisp, Liverpool’s SVP digital
Drew Crisp, Liverpool’s senior vice president of digital, explains the importance of first-party ownership of fan data in the modern digital world, how he’s transformed the club into a ’targeted marketing powerhouse’, and how that has helped to boost sponsorship revenues.
Sports Matters Academy | Leadership Matters
Lord Sebastian Coe discusses sports industry leadership with educational content series Sports Matters Academy.
ESPN views commercial-free strategy as ‘differentiator’ in bid to keep US Formula 1 rights
John Suchenski, ESPN's director of programming and acquisitions, tells SportBusiness the strategy behind the sports network's efforts to keep hold of highly prized Formula 1 rights in the United States. Bob Williams reports.
Presa: ElevenSports.com ‘not in competition’ for viewers with Fifa+
Eleven, the media group owned by Aser Ventures, has said its content and technology deal with Fifa does not put it in competition for viewers with the governing body’s new streaming platform Fifa+. Frank Dunne speaks to Pedro Presa, group chief adviser for DTC and strategic projects.