IABM Awards 2020 – Connect BaM Award® Winner
Announcement of the Connect BaM Award® Winner from the IABM Awards Ceremony 2020.
How Cyclevox covered a major growth season with LiveU
British Cycling, the main national governing body for cycling in Great Britain, approached Cyclevox to find a more cost-effective way while maintaining quality and to help them satisfy viewers who didn’t want to watch a half hour TV show about each event.
Cycling is not an easy sport to cover: it’s high-speed and can be very close racing; the terrain/style of racing varies hugely, from inner-city criterium (crit) races to much longer road races and then there’s the track too; and connectivity options vary greatly, even across a single event. Additionally, when an event closes down a city center production companies don’t have all day to lay the fiber cables needed for full coverage of the race.
Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) goes live with LiveU’s Remote Production Solution
Rugby is one of the most popular sports in South Africa and has been growingin popularity in other African countries, with Morocco, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast and others having impressive results.
Rugby Africa is he administrative body for rugby union across Africa, including 38 member nations. It runs several rugby tournaments for national teams, including the Rugby Africa Cup which is the main 15-a-side competition for African nationsal teams. In 2019, Rugby Africa (RugbyAfrique.com) initiated the new Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) international rugby union tournament in a format that was "easier to follow for spectators and more inclusive for teams across the continent".
Discussing Risk: Designing Resilient Media Supply Chains Panel
This panel of supply chain experts examine the state of business, operational and technical risk at media companies. With the pandemic accelerating established technology transitions such as the move to virtualized infrastructures, have media companies effectively managed the security risks that this transition implies. And what about the increasing use of data to drive media operations, will that pose new challenges that media professionals have not been accustomed to deal with? This session is laser focused on every type of risk encountered by media companies in today’s volatile media world. It is an ideal session for media technology professionals wanting to grow their awareness of new types of risks that could radically affect their work as well as how to manage them effectively.
How Sport is Navigating the Storm
David Shield, SVP Global Director Engineering & Tech at IMG presents how they adapted to remote working, new challenges faced and how they have adopted new technologies.
Discussing Transformation – As-a-Service Economics Panel
This session features a panel who examine suppliers’ transition to as-a-service models. The expedited move to remote working caused by the pandemic has forced technology suppliers in the media industry to accelerate their transition from large and infrequent monetary inflows to smaller and more continuous cash streams. At the same time, the pandemic has also forced suppliers to prop up virtual and continuous engagement with their customers due to the absence of trade shows. What are the major implications of this for technology providers in the media industry? How do you plan, develop and price the new as-a-service offerings? How do you forecast revenue streams in a time of unprecedented change? We try to answer these questions with a panel of leaders at major technology suppliers in our industry who explore the challenges and benefits of as-a-service models, and how to make it work.
Flexible Development and Payment Models: Red Bee Interview
IABM Head of Knowledge Lorenzo Zanni interviews Margaret Davies, Chief Marketing Officer at Red Bee Media about the value of outsourcing media operations and the seismic shifts in the outsourcing business model driven by the changing media ecosystem.
Enabling Creative Collaboration Remotely Panel
This panel discussion examines a topic close to everyone’s heart: creativity. According to many, serendipity and social interactions are the engine of creativity. Steve Jobs said about this: “You run into someone, you ask what they’re doing, you say ‘wow,’ and soon you’re cooking up all sorts of ideas – If a building doesn’t encourage [collaboration], you’ll lose a lot of innovation and the magic that’s sparked by serendipity.” The pandemic-induced remote working may have endangered serendipitous innovation by significantly reducing face-to-face interactions between creative professionals. Will remote collaboration prove to be a driver or a constraint for innovation? How can technology tools help creatives alleviate the absence of in-person interactions? What does the future look like?
In The Hub Ep 12 – How Sports Can Emerge From 2020 – w/ Matthew Baxter
Welcome to Episode 12 of the In the Hub podcast! In this episode, Neil chats with Matthew Baxter, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Stellwagen Ventures. Matthew takes us back to his start in the sports industry, the recent launch of Stellwagen Ventures and how we can expect sports and music to emerge from a whirlwind 2020.
In The Hub Ep 8 – The Future of Sports Broadcasting – w/Oli Slipper
Welcome to the eighth episode of the In the Hub podcast! In this episode, Neil speaks to Oli Slipper - a former pro cricketer, founder of Perform and current Chairman of Pitch International, a leading sports marketing agency. Neil and Oli discuss his incredible career within sports and technology, how OTT is powering the future of sports broadcasting, and what we can expect for the future.