{"id":1400,"date":"2018-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/publish-62\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:32:44","slug":"leaders-podcast-behind-scenes-leaders-beijing","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/leaders-podcast-behind-scenes-leaders-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Podcast: Behind the scenes at Leaders Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/olympic-marketing-podcast.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Jul 30, 2018                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Podcasts<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Podcast: Behind the scenes at Leaders Beijing<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/brands-sponsorship-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brands &amp; Sponsorship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/digital-media-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Digital &amp; Media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/leaders-podcast\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leaders Podcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/strategy-and-commercialisation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strategy &amp; Commercialisation<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/leaders-podcast-behind-scenes-leaders-beijing\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/leaders-podcast-behind-scenes-leaders-beijing\/&#038;text=Leaders Podcast: Behind the scenes at Leaders Beijing\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Leaders Podcast: Behind the scenes at Leaders Beijing. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/leaders-podcast-behind-scenes-leaders-beijing\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/leaders-podcast-behind-scenes-leaders-beijing\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>Just how transformative will Alibaba&#8217;s Olympic deal turn out to be? Why is DDMC Fortis&#8217;s capture of AFC rights a milestone moment in the evolution of the global sports industry? And how, exactly, can you shift your Chinese strategy from engagement to monetisation?<\/h4>\n<h6>By James Emmett<\/h6>\n<p>These were a few of the questions posed to the speakers at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Beijing on 25th July.<\/p>\n<p>250 senior international executives gathered at Sina&#8217;s headquarters in the &#8216;Beijing Silicon Valley&#8217; in the north west of China&#8217;s capital to discuss strategies for growing sport and sports businesses in China, and to forge some valuable connections along the way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/china\/leaders-beijing-inside-line-2\/\">Leaders in Beijing &#8211; the inside line<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Backstage, we spoke to a selection of the speakers to get the inside track on their activity in one of the most beguiling but challenging markets in world sport.<\/p>\n<p>On the podcast:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Leon Xie (9:00)<\/strong> \u2013 the GM of Olympic Business at Alibaba on plans to activate the biggest deal in Olympic history; Alibaba&#8217;s objectives and how it intends to measure success; and whether there are other major international sponsorship deals in the pipeline;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Scott O\u2019Neil (21:15)<\/strong> \u2013 the CEO of Harris Blitzer Sports &amp; Entertainment on the Philadelphia 76ers upcoming two-game trip to China; and what teams can do for their own commercial ends within a tightly controlled league environment;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Yu Hang (28:28)<\/strong> \u2013 the Executive Director of DDMC Fortis on how the deal for all AFC commercial rights from 2021 to 2028 came about; revenue targets and execution goals; why it represents a breakthrough moment for Chinese sports business; and his thoughts on international media rights values and consolidation in the Chinese market;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Victor Cui (40:45)<\/strong> \u2013 the ONE Championship CEO on the series&#8217; dominance in Asia; and why a China-specific strategy is imperative for cracking the market;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Kevin Sim (52:45)<\/strong> \u2013 the new Head of Asia Pacific at Bundesliga International on why China is on the verge of another huge growth cycle; and how the Bundesliga is going about trying to unearth the Yao Ming of football;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Kylie Rogers (1:01:39)<\/strong> \u2013 the Commercial GM of the AFL on playing the long game in China; and plans to supercharge China&#8217;s participation in contact sports;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Alex Kaplan (1:07:21)<\/strong> &#8211; the President and GM of golf for Discovery on the gigantic new deal with the PGA Tour and why Asia &#8211; and China specifically &#8211; is key to its success;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Sam Li (1:13:02)<\/strong> \u2013 the Head of International Business for Sina Sports on why the organisation&#8217;s burgeoning offline events business is providing a valuable new revenue stream distinct from the pure advertising media model that its competitors rely on.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-podcast-dfl-digital-sports-ceo-andreas-heyden\/\">Episode 39: DFL Digital Sports CEO Andreas Heyden\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/china\/leaders-podcast-inside-chinese-football-part-i\/\">Episode 32: Inside Chinese football &#8211; part i<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listen to the interview below, and subscribe today on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/leaders-podcast\/id1126762453?mt=2\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/leaders\/the-leaders-podcast\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1126762453\/leaders-podcast\">Overcast<\/a>, or your chosen podcast platform.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/35907192\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n              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