{"id":22752,"date":"2023-12-07T12:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/?post_type=vlog&#038;p=22752"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:11:36","slug":"leaders-in-focus-in-conversation-with-alex-green","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/leaders-in-focus-in-conversation-with-alex-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders in Focus &#8211;  Amazon&#8217;s European sports chief, Alex Green"},"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\/2023\/12\/Amazon-Coming-Into-Prime-249-scaled.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 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vast engineering capacity and why we&#8217;re simply not talking about latency in sports streaming as much any more.<\/p>\n<h6><em>The conversation was recorded shortly before the Premier League announced its new domestic media rights deal.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the agenda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0:00 &#8211; Introduction and opening remarks<\/li>\n<li>0:54 &#8211; The Familiarity of Thursday Night Football being on Amazon<\/li>\n<li>2:24 &#8211; The First Top Tier Football Property shown exclusively on a Streaming Service<\/li>\n<li>3:49 &#8211; Addressing Firsts in Streaming and a New Interactive Sport Broadcast<\/li>\n<li>5:22 &#8211; Introducing Innovations: Stadium FX, X-Ray Service and Rapid Recap<\/li>\n<li>8:26 &#8211; The Amazon Culture, Technology and Membership driving success<\/li>\n<li>10:58 &#8211; Launching UK Champions League Coverage in 2024<\/li>\n<li>13:05 &#8211; Tackling Latency and Spoilers<\/li>\n<li>16:50 &#8211; A Career of Positive Momentum and Processing Setbacks<\/li>\n<li>21:57 &#8211; Art of Negotiation and Building a Rights Portfolio<\/li>\n<li>28:10 &#8211; Consumption Habits and Belief in Long Form Broadcast<\/li>\n<li>30:19 &#8211; Alex Green in 2024: Champions League and Catching a Green Wave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to the podcast version below, and subscribe today on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/leaders-sport-business-podcast\/id1126762453\">Apple<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.co.uk\/podcasts\/2479cb82-ffc9-49bd-847c-c25a75416d8d\/leaders-sport-business-podcast\">Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2bmUlpixbMfrRGdEs6FKWz\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0or your chosen podcast platform.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" 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