Tech Chairs - The Sports Technology Podcast

Today there are countless ways and formats for watching sport – but how did this happen? Rebecca and John talk to two of the men directly responsible. Paul Davies is a leading figure from TV and determines Wimbledon’s annual broadcast, while Dave Roberts founded football’s very first club TV channel- but can you guess which one? The team talk everything about sports tech in sports broadcast, from how audiences watch sport in different countries, the advent of colour TV and ...VAR!
If you have discovered your inner sports tech geek, there’s lots more to listen to. Why not hear listen to Paul Hawkins reveal all about Hawkeye. For all sports tech news and insights, don’t forget to subscribe to the Tech Chairs series and sign up for Access Innovation, our fortnightly newsletter.

Say ‘sports technology’ to most people and they think ‘wearables’ but how did we get to this point – and what is that market worth? John and Rebecca talking through this multi-billion-dollar market with two experts with vastly different backgrounds. Phelen Hill is an Olympic rower turned market analyst with Nielsen Sports, and Sandra Halliday is a leading fashion industry commentator and UK Editor in Chief of The Fashion Network. Stop your fitness tracker, slip off your trainers, pop in your ear buds and listen to this edition of Tech Chairs.
If you watch a lot of sports, why not hear from the men who determine how you see it? All is revealed in When Did One Screen Stop Being Enough? For all sports tech news and insights, don’t forget to subscribe to the Tech Chairs series and sign up for Access Innovation, our fortnightly newsletter.

This episode of Tech Chairs takes us into the DNA of elite athletes – literally! Rebecca and John hear Andy Steele’s story. Andy was an Olympic athlete who wanted to know why he could run fast but kept getting injured. A random test took his career – and how elite stars train – in a whole new direction courtesy of DNA-fit. So, is being a world-beater all in the genes? This week’s Tech Chairs reveals all.
Sports technology is the single biggest force shaping sport and if you want to know how we got to this point, listen to How Tech Snuck Up on Sport. Alternatively, share in another Olympian’s sports tech story and listen to Ben Ainslie’s episode. You can subscribe to Tech Chairs or sign up for Access Innovation, our fortnightly newsletter.

Anyone who is a self-proclaimed ‘sports nut’ probably thinks they know how sports works.
Think again.
Tech Chairs is the podcast that lifts the lid on how elite sport is getting faster, stronger and better. From F1 to football, sailing to sprinting, tennis to test cricket; whatever your favourite sport, you can be sure that tech is shaping its future.
Presented by veteran sports broadcaster, John Inverdale, and sports entrepreneur, Rebecca Hopkins, the conversation gets unashamedly geeky but if you love sports, you’ll love the learning.
Listen to Tech Chairs and you’ll hear something that is sure to surprise you.

This is part two of our brief history of the relationship between sport and technology. In this show we look at the tech-led revolution of the past two decades, as data, new realities and wearable tech shapes how we train, view and engage with the sports we love.
Rebecca and John talk to experts Andy Harland, Naomi Stenhouse, Andy Miah and Ben Langdown, who guide us through these recent changes. And if you thought Mohammed Ali, Michael Jordan or Lionel Messi was sports’ GOAT (greatest of all time) you’ll want to hear why we might disagree.
To find out more about sports tech and tech-led innovations, listen to Part One of How Tech Snuck Up on Sport or if you are fascinated at the impact Hawkeye has had on sports, the next episode is for you. Don’t forget to subscribe to Tech Chairs or sign up for Access Innovation, our fortnightly newsletter.