Leaders Sport Business Podcast

Leaders Sport Business Podcast


Drinks on the IOC; Major League Soccer launches a lab; Getting real on artificial intelligence

January 18, 2024

Leaders' Editorial Director James Emmett and Content Director David Cushnan pick over the big issues of the sports industry week, with the help of Veritone's Head of Sports and Entertainment, Gary Warech.

 

They discuss AB InBev's big deal to sponsor the Olympics, the launch of Major League Soccer's Innovation Lab and the relentless wave of sports documentaries, before Warech explains when and how AI should be embraced by the sports industry; what sport's leaders need to know and the skillsets they should be looking for; and creative approaches for using AI to generate revenue.


On the agenda:


  • 00:00 – 04:46: Introductory remarks
  • 04:47 – 07:28: The key weekly sports business stories reviewed (in 180 seconds)
  • 07:34 – 11:10: A welcome to Gary Warech, Veritone’s Head of Sports and Entertainment and a look at AI
  • 14:21 – 19:10: Placing sports documentaries under the microscope
  • 21:47 – 24:20: Major League Soccer’s pioneering Innovation Lab
  • 27:02 – 34:32: Major sponsorship deals dissected including AB InBev x Olympics and BYD x Euro 2024
  • 34:40 – 42:45: A deeper dive on AI in 2024 with Gary Warech
  • 42:46 – 46:08: Advice to CEOs of sports organisations on using AI
  • 50:47 – 57:34: Recommendations: what to read, watch and listen to

 

 


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