An innovative conference summit will complement your business and networking meetings. With a focus on the Americas, explore the latest trends, shifts and evolutions in the sports media and tech industry.
Eric FISHER
U.S. Editor
Eric Fisher is the US Editor for SportBusiness, joining the organization in 2019, and he leads North American editorial for the global sports industry intelligence service. Fisher has covered sports business for more than a quarter century, having previously written for Sports Business Journal, the Washington (DC) Times, and Easton (Maryland) Star-Democrat. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University.
Tomash DEVENISHEK
CEO & Founder
Tomash is a technology industry veteran with a vision of elevating digital sports consumption experiences to match those of other apps such as TikTok and Instagram. His company Kero Sports works with some of the largest names in sports to deliver curated in-game betting experiences that make fans watch longer and be more engaged with the broadcast.
Chris BEVILACQUA
Co-Founder & CEO
Chris Bevilacqua is the Co-Founder and CEO of Simplebet. Over the past 30 years, he has established himself as a leader in the sports and media business, including being at the forefront of two transformative eras in sports media history. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of CAA Sports Media Ventures (a joint venture between CAA and Evolution Media Capital) and founded College Sports TV Networks, which was sold to CBS in 2006 and evolved into CBS Sports Network.
Bo HAN
Founder & CEO
Bo is the founder and CEO of Buzzer, the new mobile platform delivering short-form access to the best moments in live sports. Founded in 2020 and officially launched in October 2021, Buzzer's mobile platform identifies, notifies and provides short-form access to the best moments in live sports - personalized based on each fan’s preferences. Partners have included NBA League Pass, WNBA League Pass, PGA TOUR, the NHL, DAZN and FanDuel.
Will MCDONOUGH
VP Business Development Sports Partnerships
Will McDonough currently leads business development for Team Whistle’s sports agency group. Team Whistle is an entertainment and sports media company that creates, curates and distributes positive, brand safe and relatable content experiences across the passion points defining today’s generation. He is a brand and sports partnership specialist with over 15+ years within the sports, entertainment, and gaming/esports spaces developing and leading brand and partner strategy. He’s worked at NBC, MTV Networks, Live Nation, Major League Soccer, COPA90 and VENN. He currently resides in New York with his wife and children.
Angela SUGGS
President & CEO
As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Sports Foundation, Angela Adams Suggs works to support Florida’s $57.4 billion sports industry. In her role, Suggs leads the organization’s efforts to assist communities with securing, hosting and retaining sporting events and sports-related business through the Foundation’s grant programs; provide participation opportunities in the Sunshine State Games and Florida Senior Games; serve as Florida’s leading resource for sport tourism research and facts; assist in the promotion of targeted leisure sports industries in Florida; and assist national and state governing bodies to promote amateur sport development.
Anthony MESA
VP Sales
Anthony heads North America sales for ViewLift, a leader in end-to-end streaming platform and OTT solutions. Anthony has worked in the CDN and OTT space since 2008 providing critical solutions to sports, broadcast media, and entertainment businesses.
Santiago SLUZEWSKI MONTI
Commercial Director
Santiago (Uki) is TORNEOS’ Commercial Director. He is currently in charge of the acquisition and commercialization of events and competitions’ rights; the full organization, operational management and TV production of events such us Daytona Soccer Fest, Copa Argentina, Supercopa Argentina and Córdoba Open ATP 250 - among others - and a complete range of sports marketing services, including license management and e-commerce of the main clubs and sports federations.
Pedro FREIRE
Programming Head
Pedro has worked in the media industry for 30 years, occupying different positions in TV production, with a few stints in radio, web and graphic production as well. After graduating in Journalism, Pedro went to work for Torneos y Competencias (TyC), and later held various roles at this multimedia group. He is currently in charge of TyC Sport's acquisitions and programming of multiplatform contains, and is also engaged as professor at Universidad Argentina de la empresa (UADE).
Avoid the queues on DAY 1. Stop by to print your badge and collect your badge holder onsite, (or just to say HELLO to the team!), plus exhibitors are authorised to access the meeting space from 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Come play in Florida and Miami and mix and mingle in a relaxed setting over locally inspired welcome food and drinks
Join Florida Sports Foundation and Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau for our Opening Party celebrating 25 years of SPORTEL international events
It's GAME DAY ! Welcome to SPORTEL Rendez-vous
Start the day the healthy way
Join participants for the first rendez-vous of the day over a buffet breakfast
Laurent PUONS, CEO, SPORTEL / MONACO MEDIAX
Professional Fighters League CEO, Peter Murray, will share insights with Torneos Commercial Director, Santiago (Uki) Sluzewski Monti, around PFL's recent multi-year agreement with DIRECTV for Latin American media rights heading into the highly anticipated 2022 PFL season. The deal highlights PFL's global expansion plans and efforts to deliver premium MMA content featuring elite fighters to fans around the world.
• Emerging production techniques adding to the game day experience: Cineamatic quality, drones with live AR and more
• Broadcast enhancement - traditional broadcasters fighting back
• Theatres and drive-ins providing viewer enhancement, combatting piracy and keeping media rights bubbles from bursting during COVID
• League and broadcast partnerships to attract new audiences
• What else can rights holders do to create new channels for enhancing the viewing and broadcast experience?
Driving Innovation means change and media companies need to continue to invest in a diverse staff structure to serve audiences that have often been unfamiliar to date. They must also continue to develop optimal formats for female fans and also for the increasing number of women's sports. A panel discussion on the importance of diversity in leadership positions, the relevance of representation in media coverage, and a look at best practices from different sports with a regional focus.
How the ManningCast, Nickelodeon and Snoop Dogg Are Driving Fan Engagement
People have always wanted to watch sports with the people they love. Now, broadcasters/rightsholders are taking this a step further by doing broadcasts with multiple types of broadcasters to reach fans no matter their areas of interest. Kiswe has been enabling exactly this sort of broadcast for several years and will explain how this leads to increased fan engagement.
Continue the discussions whilst enjoying a selection of locally inspired and international culinary delights and beverages
Finding the most effective delivery method for distribution of content
Digital Role Reversal: OTT & Streaming partnering and licensing with linear to diversify revenues
• The challenges of monetising top tier rights fees through subscription / OTT
• Viewing trends influencing linear / OTT
Network Giants Expanding the +
• Bundling sports & entertainment for added value programming
• The value of acquiring viewer data
• US cord cutting, revenue output, satellite TV, and the shift in the domestic market
Tata Communications
The world of Sports is changing - the way sports is captured and delivered, immersive and richer fan engagement, the power of big data and AI, agile cloud workflows, growing need for customisation and localisation along with newer ways to monetize content, the entire sports ecosystem is transforming! And in this hyperconnected digital-native world, Tata Communications is playing a leading role in driving innovation, business efficiencies across Sports, live events and the entire media value chain. From motorsports to football, Tata Communications' #trustedtowin partnership is enabling leading broadcasters and sports federation to stay ahead of the game! Join Jeremy Dujardin, CTO- Global Media, Entertainment & Sports Services,Tata Communications, to know more about the future of connected sports!
Join LaLiga and attendees in their ElClásico Lounge for a coffee and networking break
The US football media rights market is booming. What's next for the America's?
The last World Cup to be held in the US was in 1994. Soccer didn't develop commercially for a number of years, then came the launch and relaunch of the MLS, which is sometimes seen as a challenging franchise model of salary cap structures. Fast forward to the present day, with some of the best soccer content now readily available from Europe, alongside US and South American league games. How is it changing the perception os soccer in the US? What are the opportunities around this for the top European leagues? How are broadcasters creating programming to pull in younger viewers? How will it shape the road to 2026?
Join the Telstra team and continue the conversations with a beer, a glass of wine and canapés and wind down from Day 1's meetings and sessions.
Put on your running shoes for the one and only SPORTEL RUN!
Join us for an early morning run in Miami on Tuesday 15 March at 7:15 AM
Run. Smile. Share!
1 DOWN, 1 TO GO. Full Focus for DAY 2
Start the day the healthy way
Join participants for the first rendez-vous of the day over a buffet breakfast
• Status of live sports betting and legalisation in the US, data protection and latency
• Will the impact be as huge as earlier predictions? What are revenue potentials versus amount of high marketing spend? What is the long term ROI?
• Fantasy sports v traditional sports betting
Fight Nation is the digital platform dedicated to essential combat sports in France and soon to be in Europe. The Live streaming platform is 100% dedicated to Fighting Sports, with a freemium access for fans.
Fight Nation offers today, full end to end support to all rights holders and event organizers, from production to editorial, to marketing and broadcast.
Powered by Sportall's technology, Fight Nation operates its dedicated OTT platform and runs it independently, promoting its own contents while benefiting from a shared global fan base and from all other services provided by Sportall (webcast options, revenue generation models ) in a true partnership.
Discover how an innovative business model together with a unique combination of players with additional fields of expertise has led in only a couple of months, to a successful start after designing the project. Fight Nation is hosted on the Sportall platform.
This panel will take a deep dive into the latest and creative ways the industry is embracing fan engagement, including gamification, D2C platform strategies, data ownership and maximising the ROI around fan marketing.
- Platform & Technology Overview
- Rugby Pass Case Study
- Supercross Case Study
- Monumental Sports Entertainment Case Study
Continue the discussions whilst enjoying a selection of locally inspired and international culinary delights and beverages
What changes first the sport or the fan?
• Should traditional sports be changing to meet the fans or keeping true to the sport and how it has traditionally been commercially successful?
• Social Media giants were going to be the next BIG thing in sports distribution - What are the evolving trends in partnering with broadcasters for added value and potential subscription revenues as
well as the power of short form for marketing opportunities?
• What happens when the audience doesn't want the long live format any more? Are there dangers in the missing of media rights revenues?
• How major sports are bringing in short(er) form from F1 sprint races to NBA last quarter subscriptions to engage new audiences consuming shorter clips, when they want, how they want and
where they want
Are NFTs seen as a real value to the wider international sports media industry, or primarily for merchandise and collectibles?
From video highlight collectibles to gamification fan tokens and memorabilia, learn about best practices for rights holders to create an authentic digital NFTs strategy through Blockchain and the potential of cryptocurrency as the future of sports content
It's au revoir but not good-bye and join your peers for the closing rendez-vous networking gathering over drinks and snacks
The Miami HEAT invites you to come out and enjoy the SPORTEL Family Night at the FTX Arena when the Miami HEAT host the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 starting at 7:30 PM!
Enjoy a fun, action-packed night as you cheer on your Miami HEAT, when they battle against one of the top teams in the NBA!
Tickets are available at a discount and start at $30! Be sure to invite your family & friends!
Questions? Contact Miami HEAT Group Sales Account Manager, David O'Brien at david.obrien@heat.com
COVID-19 FAN SAFETY
All guests, including fully vaccinated guests over the age of two, must wear a face mask. Bags are prohibited. Food & beverages may now be consumed while seated in your seats, or at designated eating areas but not while walking or standing in the concourses, at the concession stands, bars, etc. These policies are subject to change at any time. View Miami HEAT Fan Safety Guidelines. For full terms & conditions, please go to HEAT.com/TicketTerms.
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