Sport Production Summit: OTT and personalisation in focus with DAZN’s Ben Lavender

As streaming service DAZN continues its high profile rollout across Europe, the company’s Ben Lavender is set to appear at SVG Europe’s Sport Production Summit in Amsterdam.

Lavender is chief product officer at the live sports streaming service and will present a special session at this year’s Summit on 13 September in which he discusses how to put fans at the centre of the televisual experience.

(L to R) Andriy Shevchenko, presenter Diletta Leotta, Paolo Maldini and Luis Figo at the recent DAZN Italy launch in Milan

During ‘In DAZN: Disruption, Personalisation and the Future of Televised Sport’, Lavender, the inventor of the BBC iPlayer, will focus on the continuing evolution of personalisation and functionality, offering up some predictions for the future of televised sport along the way.

The session will be chaired by SVG Europe contributing editor Will Strauss and forms part of a packed afternoon of insightful seminars that will also include speakers from FIFA and NEP.

Other topics on the agenda for Sport Production Summit 2018 include the World Cup in Russia, remote production and IP within outside broadcasting.

The Sport Production Summit will be followed by SVG Europe’s Sport Production Awards.

For more details and to register please visit: https://www.svgeurope.org/sport-production-summit-2018

The Sport Production Summit will take place on 13 September 2018 at the DeLaMar Theatre in Amsterdam.