The Future of Sports Broadcasting
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Panelists:
- Jon Marquard - Chief Operating Officer, Premier Media Group & Fox Sports Australia
- Joe Inzerillo - Head of Multimedia, Major League Baseball, MLB.com
- Peter Holmes à Court - Businessman and Co-owner South Sydney Rabbitohs
- Johanna Adriaanse - Chair International Working Group on Women and Sport, Senior Lecturer in Human Movement, UTS
- Peter Sciberras - Senior Manager, Sponsorship, Licensing and Broadcasting, Football Federation Australia
Moderated by Debbie Spillane - Breakfast Sport, ABC NewsRadio
What will sport look like in 5 years? How are we likely to source, support, engage with and consume sport? What will drive this change? How quickly can we begin to enjoy the fruit of technological developments within Australia and overseas?
The forum was run as a moderated question and answer session and was be broadcasted live using Viocorp’s live stream technology, Viostream. An interactive chat feature allowed viewers to submit questions to the moderator throughout the broadcast. To view the on-demand version of this content click here.
Debbie Spillane, ABC NewsRadio
Debbie Spillane joined ABC NewsRadio in early 2002. The ABC's first fulltime female sports broadcaster in 1984, Debbie has since managed to meander between sport, comedy, music and news on both radio and television, including stints as co-host of Triple J's 'Hard Coffee' program, Sportsbitch on ABC-TV's 'Live and Sweaty' and sideline reporter on ABC TV rugby league.
She has also been media manager and run websites for the Bulldogs NRL team and the West Sydney Razorbacks National Basketball League team, and once even sat as a board member on the NSW Greyhound Racing Authority. In Debbie's words, she's at least reached an age where her Level 1 Coaching certificate in rugby league is less important than her Arts degree, majoring in English and History.
Jon Marquard, Premier Media Group
Jon is the Chief Operating Officer of Premier Media Group (PMG). PMG is a multi platform media company focusing on sports content creation and distribution.
PMG is most well known for producing and operating nine subscription television channels including Australia's leading sports television channels - FOX SPORTS 1, FOX SPORTS 2, FOX SPORTS 3 and FOX SPORTS NEWS. PMG's channels are distributed on the FOXTEL and AUSTAR subscription television platforms.
PMG also publishes Australia's most popular sports website www.foxsports.com.au and distributes sports content to a range of third party ISPs and mobile Telco companies. In addition, PMG distributes more than 60 subscription channels directly to hotels and clubs.
Jon has worked in subscription television since 1996. Currently engaged across the entire range of operational aspects of the PMG business Jon is directly responsible for all its business development initiatives, its digital activities, its statistical services division, and the business & corporate operational units.
More importantly, he has two young daughters who he hopes to persuade to become Wests Tigers fans in the not too distant future.
Joseph Inzerillo, Major League Baseball (MLB.com)
Based in New York, Joe Inzerillo oversees the production of all rich media for the Major League Baseball portal MLB.com and 30 team sites as well as the various sports and entertainment partners MLBAM has across the internet, mobile and interactive spaces. With a deep background in next-generation video platforms, Mr Inzerillo has served on numerous advisory boards, was CTO for a startup stage IP television provider, and a consultant in the media asset management/video production space. Mr Inzerillo started his sports career in 1987 with the Chicago White Sox and is the former CTO of the United Center (home of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Clackhawks). He is celebrating his 30th season in professional sports this year.
Peter Holmes à Court, Businessman and Co-owner South Sydney Rabbitohs
Peter Holmes à Court is an Australian businessman and joint owner of the National Rugby League team South Sydney Rabbitohs together with Russell Crowe. He is the Chairman of the White Bull Holdings, a private investment company, a director of Queensland Rail and a member of the Lord Mayor's City of Sydney Business Forum. His previous positions include Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Agricultural Company where he was responsible for re-listing AACO on the Australian Stock Exchange. Peter is an investor and board member of Viocorp.
Johanna Adriaanse, International Working Group for Women and Sport, Senior Lecturer in Human Movement, UTS, Sydney
Johanna Adriaanse is the Chair of the International Working Group for Women and Sport and Director of Human Movement and Sport Management in the Faculty of Business at the University of Technology Sydney. As an educator in sport and physical activity for more than 25 years she draws on experience gained at a range of institutions in the Netherlands, Italy and Australia.
She is a researcher in and public commentator on gender issues in sport and physical activity. Her most recent projects include 'women on sports boards' and 'role models in sport for adolescent girls'. Apart from her role as Chair of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) 2006-2010, she is also on the Executive Board of Women Sport International and former President of Womensport and Recreation New South Wales.
Peter Sciberras, Football Federation Australia
Peter Sciberras is the Senior Manager, Sponsorship, Licensing and Broadcasting, for Football Federation Australia (FFA). FFA is the governing body for football in Australia and a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Peter has spent the past two years working across all FFA business units, sponsors and Football community stakeholders. Prior to joining FFA, Peter spent six years in sports media rights management and working with rights owners as General Manager of IMG owned company CSI Sports based in Sydney. He has worked with Cricket Australia, New Zealand Cricket, and SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby - the body which operates the Super 14 and Tri Nations competitions in Rugby Union). Peter's focus during this time was on working with rights holders and distributing content throughout Australasia as well as developing content for distribution.