Digital media/marketing exec, teacher & advisor | SVP at https://xitter.cf/t.co/9GnAATmetM | Prof at Columbia @CU_SPS_Sports | @NYVCSports | @lyricbuff 🎸| Ex @NFL @NHL @AOL
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Columbia's Sports Management program officially announces the agenda for the Columbia Sports Management Conference being held next Friday, October 6, 2023.
Buy your tickets now: ow.ly/95HS50PRm9Q
#sportsbiz #InaLeagueofOurOwn
"Cue spoke to me frankly about the ways professional sports—beholden to broadcast needs, or merely organizational inertia—hurt their fans by refusing to change." #thinkdifferent #sportsbiz #CUSDig
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Love to see the experimentation... @MLB "testing the boundaries of baseball content delivery” w/ #VirtualBallpark stream tonight. Logged in fans from anywhere in the world can watch a 3D representation of the game & interact with each other. #CUSDig
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#CUSP Show Drop! 🎙️
Dave Zigerelli explains how Overtime’s content strategy has evolved over the years, including the new docuseries One Shot: Overtime Elite, which is available for streaming now. 🤝
Apple: bit.ly/3RoMiYJ
Spotify: bit.ly/3t1a96C
#TheCUSPShow
Leagues addressing intractable $28B problem worsening in streaming era: pirated livestreaming. Orgs "are reckoning with a new technological era where livestreams are easier to do than ever, which was never imagined in 1998 [DMCA signed]." #piracy #CUSDig
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#CUSP Show Drop! 🎙️
Linda Ong & Sarah Unger of Cultique, a cultural analysis firm, discussed their work w/Cirque du Soleil in a recent interview w/the NY Times & their method of branding.
Apple: apple.co/3Rc7pgK
Spotify: bit.ly/3sDHlRL
#TheCUSPShow #sportsbiz
"The Kafkaesque conditions of the [sports streaming] system have led baseball fans into a life of crime. We are in a golden age of illegal sports streaming: There are many, many easily accessible and surprisingly high-quality sites..." #sportsbiz #piracy
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#CUSP Show Drop!🎙
Miheer Walavalkar explores sports brands' fan engagement growth through technological innovations, what’s next in the VR space, and where Web3 is headed.
Apple🎧: bit.ly/3NSNcKU
Spotify🎧: bit.ly/443Xde4
#TheCUSPShow #sportsbiz
New @DeloitteTMT survey on #sports fandom... "The beginning of the immersive sports era."
Time to focus on "the entertainment value and providing a more interconnected and interdependent digital tapestry of experiences for younger fans." đź’Ż #sportsbiz
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#CUSP Show Drop!🎙
326: Jeff Eisenband talks about his decision to focus his work on golf, gambling, and esports. Also, the PGA/LIV merger and golf's media presence's evolution.
Apple🎧: apple.co/3r17WXQ
Spotify🎧: spoti.fi/3qWOWKi
#theCUSPshow #sportbiz
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We're 6 days out from the next #IsThisAThing!? - our Incubator's virtual #pitchevent!
RSVP @ ipl.vc/i236t to pitch your biz to a panel that includes Fong Wa Chung (Partner, @AkunaCapital), Jason Kirby (Managing Partner, Thunder), & Phuong Ireland (Partner, Interplay).
From @benedictevans's take... "Vision Pro is an argument that current devices just aren’t good enough to break out of the enthusiast and gaming market, incremental improvement isn’t good enough either, and you need a step change in capability." #VisionPro
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Netflix '22: “We’ve not seen a profit path to renting big sports. We’re not anti-sports, we’re just pro-profit."
Netflix '23: “Sports is the baseline now, we all know it, and finding the right properties, the right leagues is a priority..."
#ContentIsKing
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“When this group [Gen Z] spends time online, music, movies, and pop culture trends outrank sports when it comes to grabbing their attention.”
#sportsbiz #CUSDig #attentioneconomy thescore.com/mlb/news/265718…
Part about #VisionPro’s immersive video experiences & sports… eg #NBA game shot from baseline… felt “exactly the same” as sitting courtside. “I would pay the NBA thousands of dollars to get a season pass to watch games captured in this way.” #sportsbiz
stratechery.com/2023/apple-v…
Will be fascinating to see the different ways #spatialcomputing will change and enhance sports & sports viewing.
#Apple #WWDC23 #VisionPro #sportsbiz
The phygital future of collectibles is now.
CUSP Show Drop!🎙
Michael Dub discusses his company, Sweet Chameleon, which bridges the gap between digital & physical collectibles by using 3-D printing to create customizable collectibles.
Apple🎧: bit.ly/3BTq1cP
Spotify🎧: bit.ly/43JlVjt
#sportbiz
.@benedictevans makes some predictions & discusses frameworks spanning the vast realm of #tech - where we’ve been, where we’re going, and what really matters. #AI #VR #Web3 #CUSDig
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