The Business of Sport by Sportsfinda
270 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDiscover the nexus of sports and business with the Business of Sports Podcast. Explore the deals, strategies, and stories shaping the sports industry. Join us for an inside look at the business behind the games you love.
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Episode 19: Is There Value in the Current Australian Esports Market?
August 19, 2019 02:14 - 14 minutes - 13 MBShow Notes: Esports business Gfinity Australia is ceasing operations in November. Parent company, Here, There and Everywhere (HT&E) have cited difficulty in making this “sustainable,” profitable and getting value in the local market. We discuss if there is a problem with finding value in the esports sector in Australia? Lifting off from there, Supercars plans to keep investing in their eseries even though their partner Gfinity Australia is ceasing local operations. We talk through the p...
Sports Tech episode 18: EPL Kicks Off All Behind A Paywall
August 09, 2019 05:43 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBShow notes: With the EPL kicking off this weekend, the rights in Australia are fully paywalled behind Optus. No EPL on SBS for 2019-2020 season! Then from there, Optus have said they have 700,000 active subscribing accounts watching Live & VOD football on Optus Sport. We talk about the telco’s strategy in taking on some many football rights and if it makes financial sense in our nonsensical way. The Nine Network continue their summer tennis push with the rights to the ATP Cup. Ahmad an...
Dire Warning on Sports Rights, Ahmad Also Makes a HUGE Bet on Cricket
August 02, 2019 02:45 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBShow notes: Fortnite World Cup is the biggest sports tech news of the week. We give shouts and ramble on about it. NBL’s new multifaceted, shared rights deal sees SBS offer the entire season via their OTT platform ‘On Demand,’ selected matches will be on free-to-air on SBS Viceland with ESPN televising 59 prime time NBL games as well under a two-year agreement. The NBL will absorb the production costs. It’s a long-term play, by investing in owning and producing their own broadcasts it ke...
Episode 16: Cricket Australia Cops a Whack For Poor Data Collection
July 26, 2019 03:19 - 21 minutes - 20 MBShow Notes: Cricket Australia’s participation figures have been revealed to be false according to a Fairfax investigation. The issue does speak to poor data and record keeping, and what does constitute participation? Tennis Australia and TechStars to collaborate on a sportstech accelerator and incubator in Melbourne post 2020 Australian Open. Tennis Australia is maintaining their evolution as a tech focussed governing body and have found a way of safeguarding their future by collaborating...
Sports Tech Episode 15: After Going AWOL For Two Weeks, We Return
July 19, 2019 06:50 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBShow notes: Rolled out in Australia this week, local Instagram users won’t be able to see how many likes other posts receive, with the social media platform implementing a trial that was first rolled out in Canada in May. Australia will be the second market in the world to participate in the test to remove the total number of likes on photos and video views in the feed, permalink pages and profiles. On the off, the emphasis should hopefully move to quality content and engagement. Indian ...
Episode 14: Canberra Based Company Nets Major NBA Deal
June 28, 2019 05:21 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBShow Notes: Canberra-based digital agency Unbnd has finalised a partnership with the NBA to broadcast the NBA’s dedicated 24-hour channel in Australia and Singapore using its immersive mixed reality broadcast platform. Unbnd’s MIA mixed reality platform will allow viewers to watch live games, highlights, and original programming through a 360-degree virtual theatre environment that displays real-time game statistics and interactive branded content. The MIA app will be available before the ...
Dual Professional Athlete | AFL Player Melbourne Demons | Former Professional Cricketer
June 27, 2019 02:24 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBGuy started his professional athletic career as a cricketer playing five years for the Victorian Bushrangers, Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades, having signed his first professional contract at just 17. Many professional athlete careers are interrupted by injuries, which Guy has experienced, with multiple back injuries and shoulder surgeries. At these times Guy focused on his rehabilitation and desire to get back to playing the game he loved. After losing his cricket contract due to ...
Episode 13: The Scourge of Sports Piracy Keeps Bubbling Away
June 21, 2019 21:34 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBHere are the Show notes: The latest sub-Reddit for sports streaming has been shut down, this one is the NBAstreams subreddit. This follows on from the closures of the Soccerstreams and MMAstreams subreddits earlier this year. Staying with piracy, BeIN Sports has laid off a fifth of its workforce in Qatar, citing Saudi Arabian piracy and BeoutQ for a downturn in revenues. More than 300 staff have lost their jobs at the network’s headquarters in Doha. As reported by AdNews, the interactive...
Episode 12: Fox Sports Cops Another Blow!
June 15, 2019 09:51 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBHere are the show notes: Facebook has secured key content deals with the NRL, AFL and Cricket Australia. The agreement between the sporting codes and Facebook Australia means video highlights of the sports will be shown on the social media platform, with extra content placed on video streaming platform Facebook Watch. The content includes live original programs, some matches, women's and men's game highlights and weekly wrap up shows. US media production company Thuuz Sports has partner...
Episode 11: Big Events Means Broadcasting Rules This Week
June 07, 2019 07:03 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBThe International Cricket Council (ICC) will broadcast content from this year’s World Cup across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for the first time as they build greater access and visibility to the tournament. The ICC will use its official Facebook platforms to enable fans to watch match recaps minutes after games have finished. There’s also exclusive snippets and preview shows for Twitter and YouTube. ESPN live streamed game two of the NBA finals between the Toronto Raptors and Golden Sta...
Episode 10: Rugby Codes Latest Tech Deals Demonstrates Their Differing Social Media Strategies
May 31, 2019 07:28 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBShow Notes Fox Clips, an innovation from FOX SPORTS and Rugby Australia lets fans share any rugby moments from TV. Viewers of a live sports broadcast can create and share clips of sporting highlights and share them on their social media channels. Available for anyone to use in Rugby Australia’s Xplorer app, FOX Clips uses proprietary image recognition technology to identify what program you are watching and then lets you turn it into a clip and share it . Shout out’s to Spalk for winnin...
Episode 9: Optus Throws Down Another Footballing Challenge to Fox Sports
May 24, 2019 06:52 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBVizrt has installed Viz Story across the entirety of Seven News, the news arm of Seven West Media – one of Australia’s integrated media companies. Viz Story is Vizrt’s video creation and distribution tool that allows digital media companies to quickly create captivating and branded content and publish it simultaneously across multiple platforms. All of Seven West Media hubs in Australia’s major cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Maroochydore, and Brisbane) have dedicated ...
Episode 8: Sports Tech Update with Clint from Bullpen Media
May 18, 2019 03:25 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBFoxtel suffers huge losses, which sports will suffer? Is cable Tv on the way out? Should leagues consider broadcasting their own content? Many talking points, Tune in to learn more! https://sportsfinda.com.au/podcast/
Episode 7: Sports Tech Update with Clint from Bullpen Media
May 10, 2019 03:37 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBWelcome to Sportsfinda's all-new podcast, in today's episode Bullpen media Founder Clint Joins me on the show and we discuss all things Sports tech from all around the globe. Bullpen is Australia's leading Sports tech publication. Tune in for an awesome show!
Episode 6: CEO of Interactsport Andrew Walton
May 08, 2019 04:51 - 30 minutes - 28 MBInteractSport is Australia's leading provider of digital and web based sports administration and management solutions. They are a growing organisation with a huge range of clients ranging from high profile national organisations including Cricket Australia, Netball Australia, England & Wales Cricket Board, Australian Rugby Union and Gymnastics Australia through to grassroots based clubs and associations. Their solutions manage the information of over 4 million participants Australia wide a...
Episode 5: AFL & Olymipc Strength Coach Martyn Girvan| owner of Elite Sports Performance
May 08, 2019 04:15 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBMarty is the Founder of Elite Sports Performance #ESP as well as a very decorated career in the AFL and with the Malaysian Cycling Team. He was at the Collingwood AFL Football Club for 10 years as the Strength Program Coordinator and was apart of their 2010 Premiership. He held the same position with the Malaysian Cycling team that went on to win a gold medal at the world championships and an Olympic Bronze in Rio. Tune in as we discuss the Interesting Journey of Martyn Girvan. http://el...
Episode 4: Sports Tech Update with Clint from Bullpen Media
May 03, 2019 01:43 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to Sportsfinda's all-new podcast, in today's episode Bullpen media Founder Clint Joins me on the show and we discuss all things Sports tech from all around the globe. Bullpen is Australia's leading Sports tech publication. Tune in for an awesome show!
Episode 3: "Staying consistent even when things don't look great"
May 02, 2019 22:42 - 8 minutes - 7.66 MBWelcome to Sportsfinda's all-new podcast, in today's episode we discuss the difficulty trying to break through an industry flooded with Multi-nationals and budgets that would equate to more than 10x the value of our company!
Episode 2: Just be Human!
May 01, 2019 21:50 - 6 minutes - 5.63 MBWelcome to Sportsfinda's all-new podcast, in today's episode I go back to where it all started. A small player coming into a world of giants. I had to figure out where to start, how to start and when to start. It happened and ......... Visit our blog to learn more https://sportsfinda.com.au/blog/
Episode 1: "They Spit us to the Sharks"
April 30, 2019 23:41 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBWelcome to Sportsfinda's all new podcast, we will be discussing the current state of the Australian Sport & Fitness retail sector, why small businesses are failing and dying and how we are going to help change that. Visit our blog to learn more https://sportsfinda.com.au/blog/