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The quest to keep up with fast-moving industry changes brought executives to New York last week for speakers and networking.
PHOTOS BY MARC BRYAN-BROWN
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| Scott Gutterman of the PGA Tour, Casey Morton of the PGA of America, Brian Carroll of the LPGA and Henry Smokler of the USGA
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| Rick Perko of Immersion Media, Greg Kirkorsky of Stats Inc. and Jonathan Norma of Bespoke Sports & Entertainment
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| James Kozak and Mike Armstrong of CBC and Brian Selander of Whistle Sports
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| The UFC’s Dana White: “When these big events happen, the pay-per-view numbers will come back. But we’re much more than a pay-per-view company.”
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| Discovery Communications’ David Zaslav, on recent acquisition Eurosport: “The strategy is that we have the equivalent of ESPN across all of Europe. Then, we have the equivalent of a regional sports network in a number of countries.”
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| The NHL’s John Collins: The new Rogers Communications deal “provides an opportunity to better serve the Canadian fan, and the network is making a huge investment in innovating hockey on television.”
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| Luntz Global Partners’ Frank Luntz shared his thoughts on his trademark of using the right words to influence and motivate.
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| NBC Sports Ventures’ Rob Simmelkjaer: “This year, you can get more EPL matches in the U.S. than you can in the U.K.”
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| Facebook’s Dan Reed: “Virtual reality will be the next major consumer media platform.”
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| ESPN’s Chris Fowler: “We’re extremely biased toward the best teams in the sport. We’re biased toward the top of the rankings, and we always have been for 25 years because those are the high-impact games.”
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