Here's some links from my talk for SBI on January 18.

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Sports Media trends 2017

http://nielsensports.com/world-sports-review-2016/

http://www.globalsportsjobs.com/article/five-trends-for-2017-in-sports-media-and-broadcasting/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Company&utm_content=Trends%20Series

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consumer-business/articles/sports-business-trends-disruption.html

Premier League

11% drop in Premier League ratings

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-01-16/football-is-losing-its-grip-on-tv

Twitter’s PL deal

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/27/twitter-sky-sports-premier-league-goals

Is Football (US and UK) under threat?

http://www.mrrichardclarke.com/blog/2016/10/26/isfootballunderthreat

EPL TV figures under threat

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/24/sky-sports-bt-sport-people-switching-football-off

NFL

Can the NBA catch the NFL?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/can-the-nba-catch-the-nfl-1477339774

NFL’s Thursday nights on Twitter

http://www.mrrichardclarke.com/blog/2016/9/21/will-twitter-and-nfl-both-win-thursday-night-football-games

NFL streaming on Weibo

http://www.sporttechie.com/2016/12/28/sports/nfl/nfl-becomes-first-sports-league-live-stream-games-china-weibo/

UFC/Boxing

http://www.mrrichardclarke.com/blog/2016/11/20/how-ufc-is-beating-boxing-to-the-punch

UFC sold for 4$bn

http://www.espn.co.uk/mma/story/_/id/16970360/ufc-sold-unprecedented-4-billion-dana-white-confirms

MLS on the Rise

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markjburns/2016/10/26/mls-records-banner-year-in-2016-cements-position-among-top-u-s-pro-sports-leagues/#15f740265677

eSports

Is eSports affecting sports viewership?

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602664/are-e-sports-eating-up-traditional-sports-viewership/

http://www.espn.co.uk/esports/story/_/id/17637299/76ers-acquire-esports-teams-dignitas-apex

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/09/29/manchester-city-esports-player-plays-history-fifa-mark-renewal-clubs-ea-sports-deal

VR

In stadia

http://mrblairhughes.com/how-sports-teams-are-using-virtual-reality-to-enhance-the-fan-experience/

https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/15/how-virtual-reality-is-transforming-the-sports-industry/

In 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/oct/21/virtual-reality-changing-sport-game-nfl-nba

Social Media

http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2016/08/25/snapchat-versus-instagram-war-stories

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38652604/instagram-rolls-out-live-video-and-disappearing-photos-in-the-uk

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/instagram-live-video-stories