The Broadcast Sport Podcast

Bubble Agency MD Louise Wells speaks to Atlas Film director/produder Samuel Davies, Cut Media CCO Scott Marshall, and LadBible Group senior creative producer for sport originals Connor Suckling about how to make a YouTube hit. The group cover how to work with athletes and brands, creating new formats, how to get viewers to your videos, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

This summer sees both men's and women's Ashes taking place over June and July, with The Hundred still to come in August. Sky Sports' head of cricket and NFL, Bryan Henderson, spoke to the Broadcast Sport Podcast about its plans for the competitions. The broadcaster is bringing a number of tech innovations to its broadcasts, as well as producing both Ashes series with net zero carbon emissions and...

Recorded at the Broadcast Sport Content Summit 2023 at dock10 Studios, this episode features BBC Radio Five Live commissioning editor Richard Maddock, Crowd Network creative director Tom Fordyce, IMG Productions head of audio Steve Tebb, and Voiceworks Sport managing director Sophie Hind speaking to Broadcast Sport senior reporter Max Miller about how to plan and produce a great sport podcast. The...

The International Hockey Federation and Lawn Tennis Association have had a successful 12 months across their social media channels, growing followers, views, and the former even substantially growing subscribers to its direct-to-consumer streaming platform, Watch. Hockey. Speaking at the Broadcast Sport Content Summit, held at dock10, Salford on 23 March, Paddy Sloane, director at Curveball Digita...

AFTV and DR Sports co-founder Robbie Lyle speaks to Broadcast Sport about social content, how broadcasters could better reach fans, and the latest technology he is looking to bring in with his Global Fan Network company. Hear about how Lyle began with AFTV, how he's grown GFN beyond football, and what broadcasters could learn from fan-created content. He also reveals what he thinks will be next fo...

Recorded at the Broadcast Sport Leaders Forum 2022, which took place on 1 November at BFI Southbank, Little Dot Studios director of sport Robbie Spargo and Chelsea head of publishing Simon Meehan speak to presenter Alison Bender about how they approach social media. Topics include the strategies for different platforms, working within a budget, the types of content that work for sport organisation...

Social Bull co-founders Scott Lavell and Jack Beetlestone speak to Broadcast Sport reporter Max Miller about how to create a YouTube channel from the ground up, and their experience doing so for snooker legend Stephen Hendry. Social Bull has overseen the successful launch of Stephen Hendry’s Cue Tips, which sees the snooker legend giving advice on playing the game, interviewing fellow snooker star...

A session from the Broadcast Sport Leaders Forum, which took place at the BFI Southbank on 1 November 2022. Aurora managing director Lawrence Duffy and Whisper managing director Mark Cole speak to Base head of marketing Emily Pryor about how they approach producing large live sport events such as the Women's Euros, Formula E, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A session from the Broadcast Sport Leaders Forum, which took place at the BFI Southbank on 1 November 2022. Channel 4 head of sport Pete Andrews, Sky Sports commercial director Yath Gangakumaran, and BBC Sport head of radio and digital Ben Gallop discuss the most significant issues impacting sports broadcasting in 2022 and beyond. The landscape is changing, with traditional broadcasters facing inc...

Gary Lineker spoke to Broadcast Sport editorial director Jake Bickerton about his new Audible Original podcast series, How To Win A World Cup. The 14-part podcast sees Gary Lineker and Cesc Fàbregas explore what it takes to win the biggest prize in the game. The podcast including entertaining chat between Lineker (who has never won a World Cup) and Fàbregas (who has!) about the importance of havin...

Broadcast Sport reporter Max Miller talks to Sophie Hind, managing director of audio production house, Voiceworks Sport about how to maximise the potential of podcasts for sports rights holders. Voiceworks Sport works with rights holders, brands, athletes, and more on podcasts, and Hind reveals how podcasts can assist smaller and larger rights holders both with fan engagement and creating a new re...

Claire McArdle, co-CEO of Collective Media Group talks to Broadcast Sport reporter Max Miller about the company's newly-launched sports production wing, Collective Media Sport. The division is behind the highlights programming for golf's The Legends Tour and forthcoming feature doc, Brazil 2002: The Real Story, which tells the story of the team who were victorious at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Colle...

TV and radio presenter Jason Mohammed (Match of the Day, Final Score) and TV presenter and ex-footballer Nathan Blake talk to Broadcast Sport reported Max Miller about their new production company Jams and Mr B.  The company produces sports-focused podcasts (including the Cardiff City podcast A Bit of Swazz), TV and radio productions, and has big ambitions to become a major player in the market. F...

Sampson Collins, the director of the two-hour documentary GAZZA, talks to Broadcast Sport reporter Max Miller about the creative process involved in making the film. GAZZA has been made entirely from archive and home video footage. The film uses this extensively researched and sequenced archive material to meticulously examine Paul Gascoigne's life and career in the context of UK society during th...

Globally renowned filmmakers and photographers Stuart and Andrew Douglas talk to Broadcast Sport's Max Miller about how they made feature-length documentary, Ronaldinho: The Happiest Man in the World. The film is one of the key pieces of content on FIFA's recently launched streaming platform, FIFA+, and tells the highs and lows of one of the world's greatest players. The documentary looks at Ronal...

This is a 'fireside chat' with Sunil Patel, co-founder of Whisper, and Whisper’s director of production, Bethan Evans. They talk about the history of the company, its place in the sports production market, its ownership and earlier funding from the Channel 4 Growth Fund before receiving investment from Sony. The company is only 11 years old but is already the trusted production outfit behind flags...

Little Dot Studios and Team Whistle provide insight into how they work with leading athletes, sports clubs and federations to create and manage YouTube channels that maximise fan engagement and the reach of content made for the platform. What content works best on YouTube, how do you create a YouTube strategy, and what is best practice for growing your sports brand on YouTube? Little Dot Studios r...

A fireside chat with Sunset+Vine's David Tippett, who provides an overview of what’s being done by the host broadcaster as it gears up for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games later in the year. Sunset+Vine won the contract last year and will capture 2,000 hours of TV coverage across 19 sports during the 11 days of the competition (28 July-8 August), for an expected global audience in excess of...

The Buzz16 team behind its award-winning documentary explain their approach to the production and how they created such a powerful, hard-hitting film. In the Sky Sports documentary, the former England and Premier League footballer Micah Richards explores the true scale of the racism problem in British football, and what can be done about it. The production team behind it are young and diverse, inc...

This IWD 2022 podcast is with Gemma Knight, sports director at BT Sport and Bethan Evans, head of broadcast operations at Whisper. They talk about their background and how they got to where they are today, as well as how to encourage better gender representation and diversity in sports production and sports broadcast, to mark International Women’s Day 2022. Knight and Evans also offer advice to yo...

Matt Stagg, director of mobile strategy at BT Sport talks to Broadcast Sport editor Jake Bickerton about sports in the metaverse. Stagg explains what the metaverse is and what it can offer sports fans, through innovative use of VR, AR and XR. BT Sport is currently undergoing R&D projects to see what could be possible utilising cloud computing and 5G, to stream immersive ‘metaverse’ experiences liv...

BAFTA-winning film-maker Matt Smith talks to Broadcast Sport reporter Max Miller about his Prime Video documentary ROONEY. Smith directed the film after gaining the trust of Wayne and Colleen Rooney to tell the inside story of the Rooney’s rise to fame at a young age, and how they handled the intense media interest in themselves and their relationship. In the podcast, Smith explains how he managed...

The BBC’s lead director for the Winter Olympics, Sally Richardson, talks to Broadcast Sport editor Jake Bickerton about how and why the broadcaster created its eye-catching Winter Olympics virtual studio, turning a small green screen space in Salford into a vast ski lodge with seven presenting positions. The BBC handled the design and creation of the studio in-house and is using the space to host...

Some great insight into sports fans' willingness (or otherwise) to pay for sport content, from Jack Genovese, senior analyst at Ampere, recorded at the Broadcast Sport Content Summit at Dock10 Studios in September. The podcast also features Steve Boulton, CEO, Golden Egg Innovation, talking about televising the Gran Turismo esports tournament from an innovative virtual studio environment. The sess...

The third speaker session at the Broadcast Sport Content Summit, held at Dock10 Studios, MediaCityUK. Sara Butler at Shoot the Company and Steve Smith at Sky Sports talk about what broadcasters, production companies and sports organisations are doing to help facilitate cultural change and raise awareness of key issues such as gender and racial inequality and social media bullying. Hosted on Acast....