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IBM on the future of AI, and sports broadcasting right now at Eleven, DAZN, ESPN and Sky Sports

SportsPro Podcast
SportsPro Podcast
Episode • Oct 15, 2018 • 46m

SportsPro editor-at-large Eoin Connolly is joined by print editor Michael Long, who talks through the wealth of sports broadcasting features in the upcoming issue 102 of the magazine. With the likes of Eleven Sports, DAZN, ESPN+ and Sky Sports' Barney Francis on the agenda there is plenty to discuss, including Eleven's provocative decision to air La Liga matches during the UK's traditional Saturday 3pm TV soccer blackout.

Then Jeremy Waite, the chief strategy officer at IBM for Watson Customer Engagement in Europe, joins the pod to talk through the possibilities and challenges that artificial intelligence will create for sport and entertainment. What will we learn about fans? Will AI change how sports formats are created? And what impact will voice and visual search have?

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