Interview

Interview with Rainer Geier, managing director of Sportradar’s digital platforms and services, about the agency’s launch of a B2B OTT platform for rights-holders.
American Football
Global

Interview with Simon Denyer, Perform Group chief executive, on the agency’s deal to market NFL rights outside Europe and the US.

Interview with Sabine Kesseler, managing director, and Nino Ockhuysen, Executive Director, Fight Globe, on the agency's purpose, growth and the state of the combat sports market.
USA

Interview with Marc Watson, executive chairman of Eleven Sports Networks, about the channel's launch in the US on the back of acquiring One World Sports’ distribution assets.
United Kingdom

Interview with Andy Haworth, BT Consumer’s head of strategy, on the telco’s renewal of Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Sub-Saharan Africa

Interview with Joseph Hundah, chief executive, Econet Media, on the launch of Kwesé TV, Kwesé Free Sports and the challenges that lie ahead.
Football

Interview with Guy-Laurent Epstein, marketing director, Uefa Events, on the new European club competition media rights sales cycle.
Germany

Interview with John Gleasure, chief commercial officer of DAZN, on the Peform-owned OTT platform's launch in Japan and Germany, Austria & Switzerland.

Football
Japan

Interview with Simon Denyer, chief executive of the Perform Group, on its acquisition of J-League rights for 10 years from 2017 to 2026.

Boxing
Global

Interview with Craig and Richard Miele, chief executives of Fight Sports, on their acquisition strategy and wider business.

Rugby Union

Interview with Dominic Hayes, Premiership Rugby’s commercial director, about new deals in sub-Saharan Africa for the top-tier rugby union league

Wrestling
China

Interview with George Barrios, WWE’s chief strategy and financial officer, on the promotion’s media-rights deal with digital operator PPTV in China.

Darts
Global

Interview with Barry Hearn, president of the Professional Darts Corporation and founder of Matchroom Sport, on the company’s media-rights strategy and key international deals.

Football
Global

Interview with Christian Seifert, chief executive of the Deutsche Fußball Liga, about the new domestic deals for the German Bundesliga.
Caribbean

Interview with James Tooke, SVP (media & content), Cable & Wireless Communications, on the Caribbean sports rights market and the strategy behind Flow Sports.

Basketball
Global

Interview with Eduard Scott, chief operations officer of Euroleague Basketball, on the league’s complaint to the European Commission about Fiba and the recent Munich Court injunction against Fiba Europe sanctions.

Interview with Carsten Koerl, chief executive and founder of Sportradar, on the betting and data services company’s acquisition of Sportsman Media Holding and what it means for the betting rights sector

Football

Interview with Ludwig Sneyers, chief executive of the Belgian Pro League, on the decision to change the structure of Belgian professional football and the deal with Proximus for the revamped second tier.