John Ward - Sports and Entertainment TV Operations Executive
The Wormcast: How Sports Media Happens
July 11, 20201h 0m
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Show Notes
This week on The Wormcast, 12-time National Sports Emmy Award winner John Ward discusses how the operations team is vital to the success of a successful sports content department at television networks. John has had a sensation career for over 25 years at FOX Sports, Directv, ATT, Deluxe and iNDEMAND.
Topics discussed:
- How John found a career path on the operations side of the business
- His influences at FOX Sports
- Running NFL Europe operations out of London
- The backstory on the game changing NFL Red Zone channel on Directv
- Adapting to new professional challenges as Chief Technology Officer at iNDEMAND
- Sports televison production changing forever in this time of COVID
Enjoy your exercise or drive with this week's episode.
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