Sean Callanan catches up with good friend Shane Harmon to discuss the big stories and trends of 2019.
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- The naming rights change for Westpac Stadium, will be Sky Stadium in 2020
- How OTT is changing the sports broadcast landscape
- Sports rights and what the next deals might look like
- What Sean has learned about esports running Gravitas
- How ticketing is evolving to solve “cheeks on the seats”
- The upward trend of Women's sports and athletes
- Crazy sponsorship story where $13M was stolen

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Top Articles from Sports Geek News
All of these articles are worth a read and here are some of the articles discussed on this podcast with Shane Harmon (@ShaneHarmon on Twitter)
- 2019 will see a change in how Sports are processed over social media
- The fan of the future requires venues to be smart
- 20 Four collapses
- Inside Dodgers' plan to revolutionize the fan experience:
- NBA reveals jersey of the future
- Esports as the new frontier of entertainment – early adopter or left behind?
- World's richest sports teams
- Mets launch Netflix style ticketing
- How the Masters leaves millions on the table & sponsorship
- How Chargers won social media off-season
- Clear now at 11 MLB Ballparks
- Biggest Sports Marketing trends of 2019
- 6 Tips from the Sacramento Kings creative team
- What are naming rights deals in MLB really worth?
- Mary Meeker Report for 2019
- Seahawks use data to win off field
- Instagram's new explore ads signal potential changes to organic reach
- What sports people watch on TV
- Addressing the football rights plateau
- LAFC food ordering technology
- Foxtel boss tells Aussie sports codes – Cut costs or we will cut coverage
- Has a sports streaming leader emerged?
- Most marketable athletes of 2019
- Stop saying no one watches Women's sport
- LAFC ticketing technology fighting scalping
- Empty seats cast new shadow on Doha hosting of world champs
- TV Ratings explained
- What the All-Blacks revolutionary TV rights deal could mean for sports
- NBA & Sleep – The dirty little secret everyone knows about
- Sports rights make up 26% of global content spend
- 49ers ticketing deal, would you like fries with that?
- Facebook on sports streaming rights investment
- NBA Patch sponsorship values
- CMO trends according to Mastercard CMO
- Streaming wars explained
- How NBA executive Jeff David stole $13M from Sacramento Kings
- Why NBA TV Ratings are down
- How the Country's Goofiest Baseball Team made millions
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Join us at SEAT Conference in Salt Lake City Utah on July 14-15 2023. Many of our podcast guests are SEAT attendees.
SEAT is the conference where sports technology executives unite to discuss and solve the tech problems the sports industry is facing. Collaboration across multiple tracks of technology, digital and data has helped the sports industry deliver improvements across stadium access, wi-fi, security, fan engagement, social media, digital content, ticketing and sponsorship revenue. Sean Callanan, Sports Geek