71 - Widening The Field: Achieving Greater Diversity in Sports Production

We broach a very important topic on this episode of The SVG Podcast: diversity in sports production. Progress has been made in front of the camera in this regard, but when it comes to behind the scenes, its been slower to progress. We have a special roundtable conversation for you to address this issue on the show today. We're joined by Bob Clarke, the founder and chief executive of MAMA Youth Project, Inga Ruehl, a director for Sky Production Services, and Ekta Hutton, Acting Head of the HBS Broadcast Academy to share practical steps that broadcasters can take in order to promote equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion in their work places. This talk took place at SVG Europe's Sport Production Summit, which was held on September 12 at the DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam. Your moderator is Heather McLean, Editor, SVG Europe. This episode of The SVG Podcast is supported by Amazon Web Services. The game of live sports streaming is changing. On November 14, tune in to Behind The Stream—an online webcast series covering the latest tips, tricks, and trends for live sports media. AWS video experts will show you how organizations are enhancing the sports fan experience, guide you through whiteboard architecture "plays" to visualize how you can implement AWS services, and inspire you to deliver next-generation fan experiences. Visit AWS.amazon.com/media to register today. The SVG Podcast is for the sports-video–production professional looking to keep up with the latest in sports-video–production operations and technology. The program features interviews with some of the biggest, most influential names in the sports-video business talking trends and topics that are making an impact on the industry.