Owen Scannell - Founder & CEO, Premier Rugby Sevens
08/01/23 • 61 min
00:00 - Open
01:00 - Introduction to Owen Scannell
01:37 - How Owen started Premier Rugby Sevens and how Collegiate Rugby Sevens helped new viewers understand the sport.
07:00 - Premier Rugby Sevens Clip from Pittsburgh Tournament
08:50 - When Owen thought he had a viable new sport in the U.S.
12:15 - Growing PR7s with partners were incremental
14:10 - How he’s built the league with a strong team of people who understand rugby.
19:20 - Objectives on game day for PR7s.
24:00 - PR7s community involvement to grow the sport.
33:00 - PR7s bringing in international players to help with the rugby culture in the U.S.
38:10 - Star players in PR7s and how they can help contribute to building the new league.
41:35 - Getting buy-in from the sports television networks when the product is very new.
44:48 - How to get sponsors for a new sports league.
46:50 - What went into the naming of franchises that help develop the PR7s brand.
53:35 - Why Franchises are under the PR7s umbrella.
55:55 - What PR7s future looks like.
58:20 - PR7s website plus Don’s visit to England for rugby
1:00:00 - Wrap up
00:00 - Open
01:00 - Introduction to Owen Scannell
01:37 - How Owen started Premier Rugby Sevens and how Collegiate Rugby Sevens helped new viewers understand the sport.
07:00 - Premier Rugby Sevens Clip from Pittsburgh Tournament
08:50 - When Owen thought he had a viable new sport in the U.S.
12:15 - Growing PR7s with partners were incremental
14:10 - How he’s built the league with a strong team of people who understand rugby.
19:20 - Objectives on game day for PR7s.
24:00 - PR7s community involvement to grow the sport.
33:00 - PR7s bringing in international players to help with the rugby culture in the U.S.
38:10 - Star players in PR7s and how they can help contribute to building the new league.
41:35 - Getting buy-in from the sports television networks when the product is very new.
44:48 - How to get sponsors for a new sports league.
46:50 - What went into the naming of franchises that help develop the PR7s brand.
53:35 - Why Franchises are under the PR7s umbrella.
55:55 - What PR7s future looks like.
58:20 - PR7s website plus Don’s visit to England for rugby
1:00:00 - Wrap up
Previous Episode
Mike DesRoches - National Accounts Organization, Sports & New Media, Sony Electronics, Inc.
0:00 - Episode Introduction to Mike DesRoches
1:15 - Where Mike’s love of sports came from
2:10 - Mike played D1 college baseball
2:40 - How Mike started working for Sony
4:00 - What Mike does with Sony now with broadcast sports
6:00 - How I met Mike at the Denver AVEXpo and how Mike helps the sports networks
9:10 - The kinds of innovations that cameras have achieved and where camera technology is going
14:15 - How autofocus has improved drastically (with video)
16:10 How the camera operator benefits from the autofocus technology on broadcast tv
22:50 - Mike having a relationship with the broadcasters
23:30 - What the blend is between artistic and executing shots during a broadcast
25:00 - How long the tests take before revealing the technology on-air
28:35 - How cinematic cameras are readily available for producers and directors
29:30 - How many possibilities there are for camera placement in a broadcast
32:30 - Working with stadiums and arenas to enhance the entertainment value for video
36:00 - Where the future trends of camera technology will be with virtual, esports, etc.
38:40 - Mike’s favorite events he’s been a part of
41:40 - Photos & stories from some of the events he’s been a part of (Al Michaels)
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ASU Sun Devils
Clemson in-house video crew
Larry Fitzgerald
NHRA
Minnesota Vikings
LA Dodgers
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55:15 - How Mike got his foot in the door with Sony, how he got to his current position and how he changed the way Sony reached out to clients
59:40 - Mike on building relationships
1:00:15 - Mike’s most special credential
1:01:55 - Favorite sports movie
1:03:25 - How people can get in touch with Mike DesRoches
1:04:40 - Episode Wrap
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Jed Drake - Emerging Technology Consultant & Former ESPN SVP & Executive Producer
0:00 - Episode #38 Introduction
1:20 - Introduction to Jed Drake and how he started in broadcast television, first as a local reporter covering the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980.
5:38 - Jed reconciling his Olympic coverage with Roone Arledge
7:05 - When Jed joined ESPN as a production assistant
10:35 - Working the early days at ESPN and how he got opportunities with a start up sports network.
12:40 - What the most fun working at ESPN was for Jed.
14:00 - What makes people standout in a producer role and how the producer has to have confidence in the thousands of decisions they need to make.
16:05 - What some of the announcers are like at ESPN with Chris Berman and Mike Tirico stories.
19:40 - Announcers’ commentary must be dynamic.
20:25 - How personality was a core part of ESPN’s growth and how John Walsh told Jed to “hire intelligence.”
23:00 - Where Jed has had the most impact with the 2014 and 2016 FIFA World Cups.
27:45 - How ESPN’s executive team decides on what budget to allocate to big sporting events.
30:20 - What the date, September 27, 1998 means to Jed - debut of First-And Ten Line.
33:10 - NFL Network’s program Amazing Technology! With technology developments from scratch, Jed talks about believing in what you are doing to continue it and the team that works on those innovations.
37:20 - Mike Patrick’s iconic words introducing the First-And-Ten line and what Jed’s state of mind prior to and after the first airing.
42:00 - How the K-Zone came to be at ESPN behind Jed’s idea.
47:45 - Did the success of these game innovations influence ESPN’s technology group.
49:55 - How the Pylon Cam had to be cleared by the NFL for use on games.
54:00 - How the Ed Placey pitched the Blue Line was added to broadcasts and how those who reported to Jed were encouraged to pitch new ideas.
57:55 - What Jed Drake & Associates does in broadcast television.
59:15 - What Jed is doing with C360 and Cosm.
1:03:30 - What products C360 has and what they do and how sports data will provide new avenues for sports coverage.
1:09:30 - Where Jed sees broadcasting in the next five years (recorded August 18, 2023)
1:13:10 - How the end user may have control over the content they watch.
1:14:50 - What Jed’s favorite sports movie is.
1:15:40 - What sports memento or credential is most special to Jed.
1:17:45 - What advice Jed has for someone who wants to get into sports broadcasting.
1:21:00 - Episode Wrap Up
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