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    A welcome from this year's Broadcast Sport Summit host, Adam Smith!
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    Sports presenter Adam Smith sits down with motorsport broadcaster, pundit, journalist, and New York Times best-selling author Will Buxton for a candid fireside chat spanning his remarkable career in F …
    The sports production landscape is rapidly evolving, and traditional broadcasting is being forced to adapt at speed. Fragmented rights and the rise of creator-led content is reshaping how live sport i …
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    Sports audiences no longer rely solely on broadcasters for coverage, analysis and storytelling. Creators, fan channels, podcasts and social-first personalities are becoming influential voices within the sports ecosystem. This session explores how rights holders and broadcasters can work alongside creators to reach new audiences, deepen engagement and future-proof sports content.
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    This summer saw the BBC and ITV both use differing levels of remote production on their World Cup coverage, and, generally, remote production has become the norm for sport productions around the world …
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    After another record-breaking World Cup, TikTok and the BBC reveal how they collaborated around the tournament, using social not as a replacement for broadcast, but as a way to build excitement, reach new audiences and ultimately drive more eyeballs to BBC coverage, helping it to reach hundreds of millions online in addition to the tens of millions on linear.

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    This session looks at how different established and emerging niche-interest sports are making a push towards getting a bigger audience, through a mix of free-to-air, pay-TV and streaming rights deals, …
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    As Twitch expands beyond gaming, sport has become one of its most exciting growth opportunities. In this session, Normanno Pisani explores how the platform is evolving its strategy to bring together s …
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    The role of sports media talent is changing. Presenters are no longer simply the faces and voices of other people’s programmes, while sports stars are increasingly developing their own platforms, content and production businesses. 

    This panel discusses what it takes to build a career beyond the traditional presenter role. All three speakers have extended their careers beyond the traditional presenter/broadcaster role into creating, owning or developing content and formats.

     

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    As women's football enters a new era of growth, traditional broadcasters are no longer the only storytellers. Podcasts, creators, former players and fan communities now shape discussion, analysis and culture around major tournaments. This session explores how fan voices are becoming a powerful force in women's sport.

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    The role of on-screen sports talent is evolving with presenters and athletes no longer just talent appearing on broadcasts, they’re brands, creators, commentators, podcasters, influencers and sometime …
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    This session focuses on the role technology is playing in driving innovation in sports production, and what the future holds for tech-enabled innovation and the topics to be covered include the growing use of AI in automating the creation of highlights, clipping, metadata, commentary and personalised content.

    The panel will also discuss how tech is continuing to make remote production more seamless, reliable and obtainable for all levels of sports production including Data-driven sports graphics and on-screen insights bringing different aspects of sports to life for audiences.

    Other tech-enabled developments will also be debated, including innovations in studio presentation, virtual studios and virtual set extensions; the demand (or lack of) for immersive VR sports content; cloud-based production innovations; and how technology is enabling teams to more easily create content for multiple platforms (broadcast, social, vertical, short-form, live, etc) at the same time.

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    M2A Media

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    Federations, leagues, clubs and everyone else now take digital platforms seriously, but making a real impact there can still be hit and miss. Hear from some recent success stories in reaching new audi …
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    This session offers practical advice for broadcasters, rights holders, production companies, clubs and athletes looking to turn live and non-live sports content into successful social content. You wil …
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    From virtual studios and immersive LED environments to AI-powered graphics and real-time data visualisation, the technology transforming sports broadcasting is changing how audiences experience live s …
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    How do you build a resilient remote production workflow when connectivity varies, sub-second latency is non-negotiable, and the setup must easily scale across multiple football grounds and engineering teams?

    Vivid Broadcast describes the journey behind their Women’s Super League (WSL) remote production architecture and how it adapts for future growth. The session explores the engineering decisions made whilst working with Intinor and Zest Technologies and to deploy a flexible and resilient contribution solution.
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    Intinor

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    In this session, Substack’s Arthur Guisasola explains why the platform is targeting sports content makers, athletes, clubs and sports federations, and what he believes are the key benefits to creating …
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    With their own video production teams, studios, and hit shows, publishers formerly known for their written content are fast becoming a fixture of the video world. Hear from panellists at the heart of …
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    Content creators have fast become a vital part of any campaign or coverage, but how can brands, federations, production companies and broadcasters get the best out of them? Is it a case of giving them …
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    TNT Sports and Channel 5 talk about their successful partnerships in broadcasting the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Tour de France 2026.  For the Commonwealth Games, TNT Sports showed more than 6 …
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    In a world where sport fans watch more behind-the-scenes content than ever before, the sport documentary is clearly operating in a potentially popular place. However, following the post-pandemic commi …
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    Branded content and sport partnerships have come a long way from a sportsperson woodenly reciting a script about how they love a product, with documentaries, sport entertainment series, and even full …
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