UP534 Barney Francis on Media Rights and Wrongs

Barney Francis offers an insider's view of the sports media economy, drawing on his huge experience as MD of Sky Sports in the UK and EVP, Studios at IMG, the company's production business. The conversation spans new sports formats, piracy, streaming disruption, rights economics, the creation of The Hundred, the Premier League's move to in-house production, and the structural challenges facing rugby in the UK.  

1. New Formats: Additive vs Disruptive
2. Resilience of Incumbent Rights Holders
3. Piracy: From Nudge and Wink to Cultural Norm
4. The Netflix Value Equation
5. Rights Fragmentation vs. Consolidation
6. The "Home of" Strategy
7. Sky's Consumer-First Philosophy
8. Rugby's Structural Failures
9. The Creation of The Hundred
10. Premier League Production In-House
11. Remote Production and Efficiency

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