Opinion
What do FCC spectrum auctions mean for sports networks?
When it comes to live sports, billions of dollars in rights fees, advertising commitments, carriage agreements and affiliate revenues depend on reliable national distribution. For decades, that distribution has relied on C-band satellite spectrum, the infrastructure that moves live games from venues...
If you want to reach Gen Z, follow the road map emerging from women’s sports
Gen Z is often described as distracted or disengaged. But new research suggests something very different: Young people are paying attention. They are paying close attention, in fact, to sports, gaming and the social issues shaping their world.
F1’s real asset isn’t speed — it’s intellectual property
Formula 1 is among the most technologically advanced sports in the world. It is also, structurally, an intellectual property (IP) business. Its commercial architecture has the power to transform a city, as the recent Miami Grand Prix demonstrated, with its impact continuing to reverberate across Sou...
Colleges celebrate women’s sports, then ask donors to save them
America is finally falling in love with women’s sports. College athletic programs are dismantling the very system that built them.
Every sports team is about to become a software company
The next competitive advantage in sports won’t come from a better sponsorship deal, a renovated premium club or a new ticket package. It will come from organizations that think and operate like software companies.
86% of fans say live sports are becoming a luxury experience
The sports industry has spent the better part of the previous decade proving it can maximize revenue inside the venue: Premium seating, dynamic pricing, all-inclusive hospitality and a booming secondary market have all pushed per-cap spending and franchise valuations to record levels. From a busines...
Forum: One person’s journey in sports business
Closing a dinner conversation in Charlotte earlier this month, I asked sports executives to share one word about what they look for in hiring a young person who wants to work in the sports business. Some answers won’t surprise, but do inform:
Why your sponsorship dollars are wasted if you’re not playing
Sports brands didn’t miss the gaming revolution, but many are still misplaying it.
The global game has outpaced the talent pipeline
The sports industry has gone global. Its talent pipeline hasn’t.
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It doesn’t take account of all the investments we make in many things, the costs of delivering the Championships to the standard that we deliver it to -- which, of course, builds a value in our brand, which, particularly for the top-10 players, they’ll see the benefits of when you look at the kind of contracts that they will have personally. Our business model, really carefully balanced over 150 years, has delivered that value -- yes, to us, yes, to British tennis -- but also back to the players.-- All England Lawn Tennis Club CEO Sally Bolton, on how a source of frustration for AELTC leadership is the player group’s proposed revenue share structure as the mode of deciding the total prize money pool.
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