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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 gq.com/story/apple-sp…

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 mlb.com/fans/virtual-b…

#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 theverge.com/2023/8/29/2385…

#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 theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Meet the new boss Same as the old boss #Threads #caveatemptor

#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." 💯 #sportsbiz www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights…

#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

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 ben-evans.com/benedictevans/…

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 deadline.com/2022/11/netfli…

#TheJoker enjoying his new #VisionPro w/ it’s trophy-shaped battery pack. #Nuggets #NBAChampions

“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/26571…

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-vis…

@joefav Golf, but uglier

"set to pump billions of dollars," "best golfers together" maybe handled better w messaging & timing but reality is this is the messy, complicated global world we are in & few if anyone, including leagues & all aspects of #sportsbiz are going to have to decide if messy is worth the $$. US team sports be ready for what's next. #PGALIV

Will be fascinating to see the different ways #spatialcomputing will change and enhance sports & sports viewing. #Apple #WWDC23 #VisionPro #sportsbiz

@BenFischerSBJ @XFLNewsHub #mistake . . . sales ≠ marketing.