10 Things we learned at the Sport Innovation Summit

The Sport Innovation Summit is the place where leaders of the international sport industry share their latest success stories, network with their peers, and get inspired to innovate and transform their business.

This year’s event  – taking place in Mexico featured a number of guest speakers with the likes of Barcelona FC, UFC and Twitter speaking at the event.

Here iSportconnect’s Tom Lane looks at the things we learned from #SIS16

 

“Learning is not enough, we must create value” – FC Barcelona

Head of Technology at FC Barcelona Raúl Peláez believes we must create more value for consumers of modern technology:

 


Sport is vital as a tool for health:

Christine Baugh from Havard University is focused on health issues in sports and the effect of contusions in health.

SIS 2016 she talked about “Sport as a Public Health Tool: Possibilities and Pitfalls”.

 

UFC are constantly adapting content to target different fans

UFC’s SVP in Latin America Jaime Pollack spoke at SIS about creating attractive content accepted by the public across the Americas.

Here he explains how they alter their content for different bases.

 

The US Olympic Committee are looking at how to innovate stadiums to attract fans

Mounir Zok is a Senior Sports Technologist for the US Olympic Committee, in the video below he talks particularly about stadia 

 

There are 5 trends that will make or break a companies technology system

Zok also spoke about what he believes are the ‘mega trends’ all businesses should look at.

 

AS Roma have completely revamped their digital output

Paul Rogers, Head of Digital and Social Media at Roma explains how they rebuilt Roma digitally.

 

Liverpool are trying to create an “Ultimate Global Community” through their digital media and fan engagement

Matthew Baxter, Liverpool FC’s Chief Media Officer has developed its digital platforms in the UK as well as in the rest of the world.

Here he explains how they have engaged with their fanbase online:

 

Under Armour are aiming to empower athletes everywhere 

Tom Luedcke from Under Armour explains how they created an innovative product and their passion for sports.

 

The SAM car is an innovative product for disabled people

Joe Verrengia from Arrow Electronics explains how the SAM car – which works via head movement.

 

SIS 2016 was a fantastic event!

With so many guest speakers and things to see, The Sport Innovation Summit was a great opportunity to learn, engage and network.

Looking to the future of sport and the latest innovation, iSportconnect is looking forward to the next SIS event!

 


Discovery acquire a stake in RugbyPass

Discovery Communications have announced an agreement to acquire a minority stake in RugbyPass – a digital content platform that reaches passionate rugby fans across 23 Asian markets with the world’s best competitions – live or on demand – from any device.

To further boost the RugbyPass offering to fans, select content from Discovery-owned Setanta Sports Asia will be immediately available to all RugbyPass subscribers.

Arthur Bastings, President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said: “In partnership with CSM, our investment in RugbyPass will provide sports fans with greater access to the world’s best rugby competitions, making content that they love available on more screens, when and wherever they choose to watch it.” 

Tim Martin, CEO at CSM, said, “RugbyPass is a successful product with an increasingly strong and loyal following, and now with Discovery’s added resources and expertise, we are excited to not only expand the sports content available on the site through Setanta but also invest in further growth.”

 

The launch of RugbyPass in Asia complements a boom time for the game, including World Rugby’s deal with Chinese broadcaster Alibaba, the return of Singapore to the World Rugby Sevens circuit and the inclusion of Japan’s Sunwolves in this year’s Super Rugby competition.

FIFA Wins Court Ruling to Ban Third-Party Ownership

FIFA has won its battle to uphold a ban third-party ownership (TPO) in football after winning a ruling from a Belgian court.

Doyen Sports Investments, denture Belgian second-division club Seraing United took the case to the court against FIFA, UEFA and the Belgian FA for a temporary injunction to suspend the implementation of the worldwide ban on TPO

Full story HERE.

USOC And Boston 2024 Confident Over Legacy

Leaders from the USOC and Boston 2024 Partnership had meetings in the Massachusetts’ capital today to discuss Boston’s detailed planning to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Referred to as Bid 2.0, which is the next phase of Boston 2024’s Games Concept, the plan for building Olympic venues and operating the Games relies on private financing. It also includes safeguards to make sure tax dollars are not put at risk.

These details and other next steps for the bid were reviewed this afternoon as part of regularly scheduled meetings to be held throughout the multi-year bidding process.

In addition to a meeting with Mayor Walsh, USOC and Boston 2024 leaders also discussed with Governor Baker the status of its ongoing cooperation with the Brattle Group’s analysis of Bid 2.0.

“We’re grateful for the USOC’s continued partnership, full support and active participation,” said Steve Pagliuca, chairman, Boston 2024 Partnership.  “During today’s meetings, we shared details of our progress and our continued engagement with the community to ensure that Boston hosting the Games delivers legacy benefits that will enrich our region and the Olympic movement for years to come.

Our collaboration with Mayor Walsh and with the USOC reflects the strengths of partnership across the board and the collaborative approach we’re taking to bring the Games back to the U.S., right here in Boston.”

“Today we reviewed the progress that Boston 2024 has made over the course of the last two weeks and confirmed that the Brattle Group is working diligently on its assessment of the financial viability of the new bid plan,” said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. “We’re pleased to have the support of the Mayor and look forward to working with Steve Pagliuca and the entire team at Boston 2024 to make this bid a success.”

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Directors’ Club Set for Fifth Region of the Year With Another Date in Paris

iSportconnect, the world’s largest private network of sport business executives, is delighted to announce the Directors’ Club, in association with Sporsora, will be making its third appearance in Paris later this month, with Mathieu Moreuil, Head of European Public Policy at the Premier League and Philippe Diallo, CEO of UCPF, confirmed as the first panellists.

The event will be returning to the French capital on June 30th.

This will be the fifth Directors’ Club of the year already and in its fifth different region following on from Moscow, London, Mexico and Dubai.

Once again, the event will feature a panel discussion with senior figures in the sports industry in France with a Question Time style debate, followed by a networking session.

iSportconnect Chairman Michael Cunnah said: “We are delighted to be taking the Directors’ Club back to Paris for a third time. It has been a popular destination for us with the previous two editions proving to be successful. We look forward to continuing that with the help of Mathieu and Philippe as our first panellists.”

Magali Tezenas, General Secretary of Sporsora, said: “SPORSORA is a unique organization bringing together the leading French experts in Sports business & Sports marketing in France; nearly 200 companies and 650 people.

“Our partnership with iSportconnect is one of our international connections and we are proud to give a more international overview to our members.

“Through the iSportconnect platform and also events like the Directors’ club in Paris, our objective is to share experience about football between France and the UK.”

Invitation Policy: iSportconnect Directors’ Club is an invitation only event open exclusively for chief executives, chairmen and director level executives from governing bodies, sports teams and sponsorship brands.

To register your interest in attending the Directors’ Club event in Paris, please contact Sylvia-Line Lamaro at sylvia-line@isportconnect.com

To watch highlights of previous iSportconnect Directors’ Club events click http://www.directorsclub.biz/

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Putin Approves Gazprom Sports TV Channel

Gazprom Media is to launch a free sports TV channel in Russia later this year, arthritis after approval from President Vladimir Putin.

The channel will be based on NTV-Plus’ Sport Plus and will be broadcast terrestrially as well as online.

President Putin referred to the channel as “one of the most powerful resources to promote a healthy lifestyle, pills giving a positive example to young people and the so-called family audience”.

Gazprom Media chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko, cialis formerly of Sochi 2014, said: “One result of the success of the (2014) Olympic Games in Sochi was the growth of interest in sport and a healthy lifestyle. Our new project is aimed primarily at young and family audiences and seeks to meet the demand for high-quality sports.

“We hope that the new channel will be a showcase for the projects of the NTV-Plus family of sports channels, and the basis for the development of a ‘360 degree’ sports media business using a variety of media platforms and resources. We intend to use all the synergies within the holding company, including the optimisation of production costs, and purchase content through the formation of a unified system of procurement and use of television rights.”

Read more HERE.

IRB Conference 2014: IRB Transform into World Rugby

IRB Conference Day Two Round-up

By Christian Radnedge

The International Rugby Board entered a new era on Tuesday as it officially became World Rugby.

Brett Gosper (pictured left), CEO of the organisation, unveiled the new logo to go with the new name at the close of the 2014 IRB conference.

The rebranding was part of World Rugby’s plans to help grow the sport worldwide and make it easier to enter new territories.

“The World Rugby name will make our marketing and communications’ dollars travel a lot further and will also align the organisation’s objectives, and ” Gosper said.

“The brand reflects the journey we have been on, where we are now, and also prepares us for the journey ahead.”

World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: “Global Rugby participation has boomed by more than two million to 6.6 million players over the past four years, driven by the commercial success of Rugby World Cup, World Rugby’s development strategies and record investment, strong and vibrant Unions and Rugby’s re-inclusion in the Olympic Games.”

“Today’s launch embodies our mission statement to grow the global Rugby family beyond our traditional family and fan base and reflects the federation’s evolution from Rugby regulator to Rugby inspirer.”

The rebrand will have no impact on the Rugby World Cup 2015 branding or positioning, which will remain as it is throughout the event.

Reedie Olympic hosting warning to Doha

International Olympic Committee vice president Sir Craig Reedie has warned Qatar that they would need to fulfil the values of the Olympic charter, would they to ever host the Olympics.

Reedie (pictred below) was speaking at the IRB conference in London on Tuesday just moments after news emerged that Doha had been chosen as the host city for the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

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The Scot admitted that the lure of the “financial strength” of the gulf nation was hard to resist for some sports. But he stressed issues such as human rights abuses were not something that the IOC took lightly.

“There is a modest change in the Olympic charter which talks about discrimination and they would have to fit the Olympic charter before they were awarded an Olympic Games,” he said.

“In many ways we have dealt with that issue.

“Whether sport in general takes a different view, I can’t comment on. Some sports see the attraction of the financial strength of Qatar and certainly after their last Olympic bid which didn’t get into the second round, they seem to me to be concentrating pretty much thereafter on individual sports.

“Their first success was an individual sport but quite a big one and they’ve done tennis, they’re doing short-course swimming, handball and their now doing world athletics – all individual sports.”

Doha has bid for the Olympics before, both for the 2016 edition and the 2020 event. However they failed to make it to the final candidate city shortlist on both occasions.

Reedie, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, also suggested that the IOC would need to be assured that venues at the Games would easily be sold-out in the small gulf nation.

“There is a size issue in Qatar that they are aware of,” he added.

Changes to the Olympic charter will be discussed by the IOC next month when they meet to review the Agenda 2020 proposals, released today.

Rugby World Cup to bring £1billion to UK economy

England/Great Britain should continue to bid to host large scale sporting events for the good of the economy, according to England 2015 ceo Debbie Jevans.

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Jevans (pictured above) made her comments amid the announcement of a study which suggests that the Rugby World Cup next year will contribute a total output of around £2.2 billion to the country’s economy.

The study undertaken by EY on behalf of the Organising Committee for Rugby World Cup 2015, estimates that this will translate into a contribution of £982 million to the national GDP.

“The decision to bid for a big event is still relevant because the impact of hosting a big event tangible and intangible. The impact after the Olympic Games and that feel-good factor is really important to us and also the impact economically on the whole country.

“We’re expecting a £2.2billion impact, almost £1million of which will contribute to the national GDP and that’s really important. Jobs created will be around 40,000 and that’s very important. For us about rugby about what it can do to galvanise nation. Along with an increase in participation, there’s been an increase in rugby clubs, rugby in schools; there are many benefits.”

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Bath Rugby Made to Wait for Stadium Expansion

A decision on Bath Rugby’s proposal to increase the Recreation Ground has been delayed by the council.

The Premiership Rugby club want to increase the capacity of the Rec from 12, impotent 000 to just under 14, viagra 000 seats.

Also included in the plans are upgrades to the club’s facilities, herbal but Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) were unable to make a decision on the proposal.

Nick Blofeld, Bath Rugby’s CEO said he was “disappointed” with the outcome and said it provided the club with “significant challenges” to be ready for the new season.

“We are clearly very disappointed that B&NES Development Control Committee has chosen to delay the decision for our temporary application proposal,” commented Blofeld.

“This presents us with significant operational challenges to be ready for the start of the season, however, we will of course work hard with B&NES to assist them in coming to a positive decision, and still hope to increase our capacity during the period of our 150th anniversary.”

The matter will be discussed again at the next B&NES meeting at the end of July.