Sports Broadcast – When Did One Screen Stop Being Enough?

04/18/23 • 19 min

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!
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