Stephen Ridgway - VP, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports - Part 1 #77 Law In Sport Podcast
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In this two-part interview Stephen Ridgway talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career having initially started out in a commercial role IMG before deciding to qualify as a lawyer & later joining Sky Sports as their Head of Legal before moving onto be Vice President, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports.
In Part One, Stephen talks about his unusual career path.
In Part Two, Stephen provides a detail explanation of the piracy battle beIN Sports and beIN Media Group are undertaking against the Saudi based BeoutQ in the Middle East region(see here for more info https://beoutq.tv/) as well as explain why this should be a concern for sports media rights holders globally.
We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.
The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.
For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/
Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events
LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs
LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference
LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements
Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott.
Listen to podcast on:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2
or most Android podcast apps.
In this two-part interview Stephen Ridgway talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career having initially started out in a commercial role IMG before deciding to qualify as a lawyer & later joining Sky Sports as their Head of Legal before moving onto be Vice President, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports.
In Part One, Stephen talks about his unusual career path.
In Part Two, Stephen provides a detail explanation of the piracy battle beIN Sports and beIN Media Group are undertaking against the Saudi based BeoutQ in the Middle East region(see here for more info https://beoutq.tv/) as well as explain why this should be a concern for sports media rights holders globally.
We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.
The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.
For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/
Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events
LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs
LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference
LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements
Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott.
Listen to podcast on:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2
or most Android podcast apps.
20 min