{"id":1326,"date":"2020-04-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/publish-27\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T10:57:54","slug":"podcast-at-home-with-leaders-neville-upton-simon-thorp","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-at-home-with-leaders-neville-upton-simon-thorp\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: At home with Leaders – Neville Upton & Simon Thorp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Asif Kapadia\u2019s Diego Maradona viewed through sportsbiz goggles | The BBC\u2019s Italia 90 semifinal coverage under the microscope | Where esports is plugging the gap left by the lack of live sport.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Episode 80 of the Leaders Sport Business Podcast – brought to you in partnership with Onside Law<\/span><\/a> – <\/span>features a conversation with Neville Upton, founder and president of esports events and production company Gfinity, and Onside Law founding partner Simon Thorp (discussion starts at 18:58).<\/span><\/p>\n

On the conversational agenda:<\/span><\/p>\n

– How esports is helping to plug the programming gap;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

– The different approaches being taken by traditional rights holders and athletes moving into virtual sports;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

– The extra activity, audience, and engagement and if, when, and how it’s translating into revenue;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

– The specifications and resource needed to set up virtual events;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

– The short-term impact and opportunities, and the long-term legacy for esports.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Episode 79: Circe Wallace & Andrew McQuaid<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Episode 78: Paul Stretford & Jamie Singer<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Episode 77: Paul Smith, Sydney Kings<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Episode 76: Richard Conway & Chris Hana<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Episode 75: Simon Bazalgette & Simon Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Let us know what you’d like to talk about and who you’d like to hear from on At home with Leaders. @JamesEmmett<\/a> and @DavidCushnan<\/a> on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Thanks again to\u00a0Onside Law<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for their support for this podcast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Stay safe, keep in touch.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on iTunes<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a>, Overcast<\/a>, Spotify<\/a> or your chosen podcast platform.<\/p>\n