• Identifying new business opportunities in sport
• The secret to making sports commercially viable for streamers and broadcasters
• Enhancing the stadium experience for fans and revisiting broadcast infrastructure for TV
• Integrating betting and interactivity for a more engaging sports experience for fans
• Revisiting rights models in light of the rise in different online platforms
• Monetizing content through advertising, branded integration etc

Moderator: Karim Saade, Director Marketing – Jawwy TV and Dawri Plus, Intigral

Panellists:

• Danny Bates, co-founder and CCO, StarzPlay
• Malek Doughan, Marketing and Commercial Affairs Director, UAE Pro League
• Mohamad Yehya, Founding Director, IP Studios
• Peter Einstein, CCO, Extreme Sports Channel

• How can the last mile internet connection cope with an increased demand for live sports in the region. Are all customers streaming at the best quality with a sudden increase in throughput?
• Practices to follow on the application Architecture side to support a significant surge during sports events.
• Recommendations for an end-to-end workflow and the level of resiliency required to deliver such events on an application layer as well as on the CDN layer
• How do monitoring, probing and visualisation of content enhance QoE and QoS to the end user
• A look at user experience expectations when delivering live sports.

Moderator: Charlie Kraus, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Limelight

Panellists:

• Faraz Arshad, CTO, StarzPlay
• Floris Molijn, CEO & Managing Director, Oranda Private Limited
• Micky Edwards, Director of Sales – EMEA at TAG Video Systems
• Peter Van Dam, CEO, AV Consulting LLC

Video plays a vital role in football clubs. The key for those who successfully use video, is sharing content that simply cannot be seen anywhere else. Match footage and highlights, pre and post-match interviews and press conferences are all standard fare. Football clubs have first-class access to hundreds of hours of exclusive material that is spot on for passionate supporters. The most valuable commodity any football club has is its fanbase – provide them with a great engagement experience and they’ll stick with a club forever.