In this week's pod I'm joined by Tom Bassam, and you'll also hear from the EVP of Media at the MLS Seth Bacon and Joe Markowski with some insights delivered on the ground at #SPNY24

We had a fantastic time sharing the stage with @WTA at #SPNY24!💥 Thank you to everyone who attended the talk, we certainly enjoyed discussing all things fan engagement with our amazing partners @WTA 🏟️ Thank you to @SportsPro for having us 🤝❤️ #SportsTech #FanEngagement

Last week I spoke to @fuboTV CEO @davidgandler at #SPNY24, and he didn't hold back any punches. In thebelow you'll find some of the key comments he made about their business, the industry, and the joint venture between @WBDsports / @espn and @FOXSports sportspromedia.com/news/fubo-ceo-…

Great couple days at #SPNY24! Insightful discussion and great to catch up with colleagues from around the sports industry. @SportsPro | #SportsBiz

#SPNY24 @SportsPro @SportsProNick I forgot to tag this one properly but what a photo I got here of Scott Young! 💥

“As we are working with athletes and giving them a voice and platform, how do we extend the potential audience of that piece of content utilizing the different levers at our disposal?” Bleacher Report’s Katie O’Mealia @SportsPro #SPNY24

In @SportsPro #SPNY24 Immersive Experiences Panel, Tian Pei, Head of Sports at Roblox speaks to how rightsholders can leverage Roblox to enhance sports fan engagements amid its 72M daily active (majority GenZ and Gen Alpha) users who spend an avg. 2.5 hours on the platform daily.

In @SportsPro #SPNY24 Immersive Experiences Panel, NHL’s Charles Campisi outlines the NHL’s key objectives in its nearly 1x year partnership with Roblox - commuity, monitization, learning, experimentation, and audience expansion -

“How do we get content to our fans faster? How do we get our vast content library to our fans around the world?…We should use the power of AI to develop solutions that resonate with fans no matter their technical fluency…” @NBA’s Chad Evans on the AI Panel @SportsPro #SPNY24

Amanda Weiner, USGA. 10 years ago we didn’t even allow mobile phones on the course, now we have to have mobile charging stations due to so much usage, and we have to have an offline mode due to connectivity challenges. #FutureOfTV #SPNY24

"I come from a different place from most leaders in college athletics. When I see #nil & the transfer portal I see unlimited free agency with no salary cap and that needs to be fixed." @brettyormark #spny24 @Big12Conference #sportsbiz

"We could have easily been the @pac12. We bet on ourselves early and when we had the TV deal early we were able to expand out from there." @brettyormark #marchmadness @Big12Conference #spny24 #media #sportsbiz

Phil Cook of WNBA: We are buying linear spots for the first time in WNBA’s history. We had 10M viewers on last year’s champ game. We decided to advertise to reach out TV viewers & communicate our TV value. #SPNY24 #FutureOfTV

Robert Gottlieb of FOX Sports: Under 35s are not watching games. We are engaging them on social hoping they will eventually watch games. But we don’t know that yet. We are facing an existential shift. #SPNY24 #FuturrOfTV

Robert Gottlieb of FOX Sports: Casuals are essential for us. They make the big moments. The avids are precious about their thing but I’ll take the casuals everyday, you can’t have a truly big moment without them. #FutureOfTV #SPNY24

Didn’t realize how excited I would be learning about Major League Rugby (@usmlr) and its future in the US. America’s favorite sport they just don’t know yet. #spny24 @SportsPro

Been some interesting sessions taking place today here at #SPNY24!

Todd Bender of P+ talked about an ad-supported tier at #SPNY24 #FutureOfTV (HT @TheWilliamMao moderates)

"Since #tiktok is banned in India it is not a platform we use. We have to figure out if there is a way for us to use it here. Right now @JomboyMedia has been key in explaining #cricket to the audience here." Interesting per @ClaireFurlong @ICC #spny24