About this episode

Tony Davies shares his extensive experience in sports broadcasting and discusses the future of viewing sports in the digital age.

Briton Tony Davies has pretty much seen it all when it comes to television sport broadcasting. With over 20 years' experience in broadcast TV as a director, producer and writer, Davies has made a number of documentaries, including the RTS-nominated A Bat and Ball War , and worked on numerous sports events including the FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup, Olympic Games, Paralympics, Asian Games, Wimbledon, Open Championship and Tour de France. His broadcast experience opened the door to event management roles, and Davies has worked as Broadcast Venue Manager on the past three Rugby World Cups. He was also the Broadcast Project Manager for the Special Olympics in 2019. During his early years, he worked on the legendary sports magazine show, Trans World Sport and his interviewed some of the biggest names in world sport, including Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Maradona, Pele, a 13-year-old Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Wayne Gretzky, Kip Keino and even Whitney Houston and John Candy. In this episode we talk about how commentators are chosen, the economics of sports broadcasting, how modern technology is changing how we watch sports and what the future holds in the digital age for viewers…

People in this episode

Hosts: Professor Ross Tucker, Mike Finch

Guest: Tony Davies

Topics covered

• sports broadcasting
• event management
• technology in sports
• commentary selection
• sports documentaries

Keywords

• sports broadcasting
• Tony Davies
• commentators
• technology
• event management
• sports documentaries
• FIFA
• Olympics
• Rugby World Cup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA, Rugby World Cup, Olympic Games, Paralympics, Asian Games, Wimbledon, Open Championship, Tour de France

Books & works: A Bat and Ball War

Places: Nelson, New Zealand, UK, Asia

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