Business of Sport: The Power Of Sports Documentaries

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Mark Chapman & Matt Slater discuss the rise of sport documentaries that pull back the curtain on the lives of professional athletes and attract new fans into watching live sport. Guests include Christian Horner, Team Principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One who features in the hugely successful Netflix series Drive to Survive. Then we’ll hear from Leo Pearlman from Fulwell 73 who has produced multiple hours of television and feature films including Sunderland Till I Die & I am Bolt. And we’ll get a commercial overview with sports media rights expert Murray Barnett of 26 West Sport who has also worked for the likes of Formula 1, The NBA, World Rugby and ESPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:03.0	Hello I'm Mark Chapman.
0:14.5	Welcome to the Business of Sport Podcast on the Athletic, Matt Slater,
0:18.0	with us as usual.
0:19.5	Coming up today, we're going to discuss the rise of sport
0:21.7	documentaries that pulled back with
0:23.1	curtain on the lives of professional athletes and attract new fans into watching live
0:28.3	sports. So our guests are Christian Horner team principle of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team,
0:35.0	and they feature in the hugely successful Netflix series Drive to Survive.
0:39.0	We'll also hear from Leo Perlman of Fulwell 73 who's produced multiple hours of TV and
0:45.8	feature films including Sundal until I die and I am Bolt and also Murray Barnet will
0:51.9	give us a commercial overview.
0:54.0	He is a sports media right expert with 26 West Sport.
0:59.0	Roll cameras.
1:03.0	Action.
1:06.0	Forma one is open for business again.
1:08.0	Good morning.
1:09.0	But I've got to be able to block it all out and focus on the one dot.
1:18.1	Kicking some ass. You want an umbrella?
1:25.0	No, f-off.
1:27.0	That will turn off my ego, you know.
1:30.0	So F1 is already one of the most watch sports globally and it has enjoyed a huge boost in popularity since featuring on the hugely successful Netflix series Drive to Survive.
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