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Join SportsPro writers and guests for comment, insight and analysis on the matters of the moment in the global sports industry.

    IPL 2024... can anything stop the big business of Indian cricket?

    IPL 2024... can anything stop the big business of Indian cricket?

    The opening day of the 2024 IPL season brought in 590m video views for JioCinema, showing nothing moves the needle in sports like Indian's Twenty20 franchise cricket behemoth. How far will the tournament's influence grow? Here trying to answer that question are SportsPro's Ed Dixon, Josh Sim and Tom Bassam.

    • 30 min
    Does Fubo CEO David Gandler have a point about the 'streaming cartel'? Answers from on the floor at SportsPro NYC

    Does Fubo CEO David Gandler have a point about the 'streaming cartel'? Answers from on the floor at SportsPro NYC

    Amid a very publicly announced antitrust lawsuit, FuboTV CEO David Gandler has described the new streaming service from ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery as a 'streaming cartel'. With Gandler one of the speakers at SportsPro New York, we took the opportunity to take the temperature of the industry from on the ground at the Marriot Marquis.

    • 20 min
    NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman... new season, new teams, growing interest

    NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman... new season, new teams, growing interest

    The NWSL is back for the 2024 season with an expanded 14 franchises, a new raft of TV deals and growing interest from fans, as well as investors. Here, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman speaks exclusively to Tom Bassam in a broad-ranging interview about the direction of women's football and how the top league in the US is working to grow the game.

    • 45 min
    Darts is arrowing up on the Luke Littler wave so we spoke to PDC CEO Matt Porter

    Darts is arrowing up on the Luke Littler wave so we spoke to PDC CEO Matt Porter

    4.8 million people tuned in to watch the 2023/24 World Darts Championship final between Luke Littler and Luke Humphries across Sky Sports' channels - a record for a non-football broadcast on the UK pay-TV network. Since then, Premier League Darts' has also seen increased interest and a spike in viewers as fans tune in to see 16-year-old sensation Littler's matches. The man making sure the sport capitalises on this wave in interest is PDC CEO Matt Porter, so we invited him on the podcast to discuss the booming business of darts.

    Talking points:


    Porter's journey to PDC CEO (1:04)
    Professionalising darts (3:13)
    Luke Littler and the 2023/24 World Darts Championship (15:50)
    Reaching new audiences and changing times (26:34)

    • 40 min
    What does allyship truly mean?

    What does allyship truly mean?

    In this special NEW ERA podcast, SportsPro's Katie Preston, Yin Khoo and Jatila Blake discuss the true meaning of allyship and the importance of active support to achieve gender equity.
    Then, in part two (33:20), Elena Kouyoufa is joined by Santo Raggiri, the founder of Fair Play Project, where he shares practical advice and insight to the work that needs to be done to achieve gender equality in sports.

    • 56 min
    F1 2024 season preview: The big off-track storylines

    F1 2024 season preview: The big off-track storylines

    Formula One returns this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix and, to mark the start of the new season, BlackBook Motorsport writer Cian Brittle joins the pod to discuss all the major narratives from the paddock.

    Talking points:

    - Andretti's rejected bid to join the grid (2:56)

    - Keeping fans engaged when the competition is lacking (12:50)

    - New team sponsors and partnership challenges (22:36)

    - The expansion of F1 Academy (30:21)

    - Season predictions (37:31)

    • 41 min

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