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Andrew Ryan, corporate lawyer turned sports executive, currently Managing Director of FIBA Media, from a small town in Australia to the big wide world of sports including Perform, IOC to FIBA.\xa0 We are taking a close look into Andrew\u2019s career and the ongoing FIBA World Cup 2023 in Asia.\n\xa0\nKey Highlights\nGrowing up in a small town near Brisbane, with lots of access to sports in his youth and Brisbane clubs making their mark. Impact of Sydney Olympics in 2000 on him\nCorporate law taking him to London and New York in 2006, after Lehmann collapse joined a radio station (Absolute Radio), sports commentary, unlikely and unexpected forays into sports broadcasting with the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and BBC Sport for the 2005 Ashes series.\xa0 First contact with Perform.\nGroup Head of Legal at Perform for four years \u2013 buying media rights, WTA deal and the growth of the business from his view\nBetting rights key to Perform\u2019s competing with traditional agencies in the content distribution business\nGetting DAZN off the ground and the work behind the scene and spinning off Perform\nNext stop Head of Media - Legal and Business Affairs, IOC TV and Marketing services \u2013 business strategy and more commercial role\nMedia rights, tender processes, Olympic channel, sponsorship deals, etc\nOlympic Channel, what happened to it?\n\nFIBA Media \u2013 what it is and how it works \u2013 JV with DAZN (compared to FIBA Marketing, JV with Infront)\nFIBA Asia (ABC) my experience in Basketball in mid 90s\nFIBA\u2019s direct to consumer approach vs traditional broadcast rights sales globally\nFIBA Courtside 1891 platform\xa0www.courside1891.basketball\xa0- Courtside 1891 is a live and highlights platform for FIBA games and a lot of other leagues around the world\nFIBA\u2019s unique global set up \u2013 managing regional events and rights from HQ\nFIBA Eurobasket 2022, etc\nFIBA Club competitions\n\nFIBA World Cup 2023 \u2013 across Philippines, Indonesia and Japan\nWhat to expect from production and new innovations for the event\nFIBA and NBA relationship and players at the World Cup\n\nFIBA Women\u2019s World Cup \u2013 importance and looking back at last year\u2019s event in Australia\n\xa0\nAbout\nAs Managing Director of FIBA Media, Andrew leads the 17-year joint venture between FIBA and DAZN which encompasses all production and rights commercialisation (broadcast, OTT D2C and data) for FIBA\u2019s premium events. This includes FIBA\u2019s World Cups and Continental championships (and their qualifiers), global junior events and the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. FIBA Media has around 25 dedicated staff but collaborates extensively with sales and production teams within DAZN and scales up for events, managing 800+ personnel at the FIBA World Cup 2019. In addition to its core production and commercial activity, FIBA Media houses its own third party marketing division and established the Courtside 1891 digital brand and joint venture with Two Circles.\nAndrew was previously the Head of Media Legal and Business Affairs for the International Olympic Committee TMS and was part of the Leaders Under 40 Class of 2020.\n\xa0\nFollow us\xa0on our social sites for the latest updatesInstagram:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/sportsentrepreneurs/Facebook:\xa0https://www.facebook.com/marcusluerpodcastLinkedIn:\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-entrepreneursWebsite:\xa0https://marcusluer.comPodcast:\xa0https://marcusluer.com/podcast\nTo get in touch, please email us at\xa0podcast@marcusluer.com\nFeel Good by MusicbyAden\xa0https://soundcloud.com/musicbyadenCreative Commons \u2014 Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported \u2014 CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream:\xa0https://bit.ly/_feel-goodMusic promoted by Audio Library\xa0https://youtu.be/bvgIqqRStcQ