At Sport Production Summit 2019, SVG Europe explored the topic of diversity and inclusivity within the sports TV industry, looking at where the problems lie and how they might be solved.
Sponsored, and introduced, by Eurovision Services, ‘Widening the Playing Field – Achieving Greater Diversity in Sports Broadcasting’ featured Bob Clarke, MAMA Youth Project Founder and Chief Executive, Inga Ruehl, Sky Production Services, Director, and Ekta Hutton, HBS Broadcast Academy, Acting Head.
The discussion centred not just on ethnic origin and gender but also representation issues across class, age and disability. The chair was Heather McLean, SVG Europe, Editor.
The seminar is introduced by Marco Tinnirello, the CEO of Eurovision Services.
You can listen to the whole un-edited session below.
Sport Production Summit 2019 took place at the DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam on 12 September
