The Media Awards
An evening celebrating the deals, campaigns, and teams redefining the sports media landscape.
For nearly a decade, the SportsPro Media Summit has brought the sports media industry together to debate its biggest challenges, explore emerging opportunities and shape its future. As broadcasting, streaming, technology and media rights continue to evolve and intersect, the Summit provides a space to look beyond individual parts of the industry and understand the bigger picture.
Uniting over 1,000 senior leaders from across the global sports media ecosystem, the Summit offers a unique cross-industry perspective on the changes reshaping the business of sports media.
From creating and distributing content to reaching new audiences and unlocking revenue, attendees will learn what’s working across the industry, explore new opportunities and connect with the people who can help bring their next ideas to life.
The biggest conversations in sports media, featuring senior leaders, major rights holders, leading platforms and the strategic topics shaping the whole industry.
The commercial future of sports media, covering rights strategy, revenue models, distribution, platforms, advertising, sponsorship and new partnership opportunities.
The future of how sports content is created, delivered and consumed, covering production innovation, storytelling, AI, data, media technology and changing audience behaviour.
How rights holders, broadcasters and platforms are packaging, valuing and monetising sports media in a changing market.
How sport is reaching audiences across broadcast, OTT, FAST, YouTube, social and emerging digital platforms.
How fan behaviour, creator-led formats, athlete voices and digital communities are reshaping the sports media ecosystem.
Our speaker lineup features the executives leading major rights, media, streaming and technology strategies. You’ll gain first-hand perspectives on what works, what it takes to implement change and where the next opportunities for growth are emerging.
EVP, Sports
Groupe TF1SVP & GM, Networks & Sports, EMEA
The Walt Disney CompanyChief Digital Officer
The FAHead of Content, Sports
JioStarChief Media Officer
Formula EEVP, Sports
RTL DeutschlandChief Content Officer
Olympics.comCEO, Spain & Portugal
DAZNHead of Content, Sports
JioStarChief Media Officer
Formula EEVP, Sports
RTL DeutschlandSVP & GM, Networks & Sports, EMEA
The Walt Disney CompanyChief Digital Officer
The FAChief Content Officer
Olympics.com+75% decision-makers. +35 countries.
From rights holders and broadcasters to streaming platforms, technology providers and content creators, the Summit brings together the people redefining the industry to share their experiences, build relationships and unpack what’s driving transformation.
Sports media is a broad and fast-moving landscape, and no single organisation can keep track of everything.
Whether you want to get more from your media rights, reach new audiences or find new ways to generate revenue, our agenda brings together the full breadth of sports media in a way no other event does.
In this keynote conversation, ESPN leaders will explore that growth, from major rights including LALIGA and the UEFA Women’s Champions League to how ESPN’s production expertise, analysis and storytelling are helping bring sports fans closer to the competitions they love.
Launching an owned platform requires moving beyond mere video delivery. This session explores how rights holders must build end-to-end DTC ecosystems that convert passive viewers into long-term commercial relationships.
In this fireside chat, Frank Robens outlines how the combined entity is navigating an increasingly fragmented media landscape, optimising marquee sports rights portfolios, and scaling new digital formats.
Highlighting TF1's landmark distribution partnership with Netflix, Millereux unpacks the rationale, initial outcomes, and broad vision behind collaborating with global streaming platforms while keeping live sports a cornerstone of linear TV.
As India’s digital landscape undergoes a monumental shift, live sports broadcasting and fan engagement are being rewritten. This session explores how JioStar reshapes the fan experience.
As live rights splinter across linear, streaming, and tech platforms, rights holders must rethink distribution to maximise revenue without losing viewers to churn.
Centred in the heart of Madrid, the value of the Summit continues beyond the stage. You’ll experience 12 dedicated networking hours, exclusive meeting tools and curated activations to help build genuine relationships.
Looking to get in front of the decision-makers and influencers within the sports media ecosystem?