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Sports Media & Technology convened for its 14th year,
drawing executives to New York City last week for two
days of panels, interviews and networking.
Photos by Marc Bryan-Brown

The conference opened Wednesday morning with “From the Top: Insights on Sports Media” (above), a panel featuring (from left) David Levy, Turner Broadcasting president of sales, distribution and sports; John Skipper, ESPN president and Disney Media Networks co-chairman; and NBA Commissioner David Stern, with moderator John Ourand.
Below, Stern and Levy join SportsBusiness Daily/Global/Journal publisher Richard Weiss.


Greg Willis and Chris Wagner of NeuLion and Eric Grilly of NBC Sports Group


Vivek Ranadivé of Tibco Software and the Golden State Warriors addresses the audience.


Paul Levy of Burst, Oliver Slipper of Perform and Jeff Price of Sporting News


Ed Desser of Desser Sports Media, Lesley Visser of CBS Sports and Ted Shaker of Mercury Media


Joe Bailey of RSR Partners and Peter Zern of Covington & Burling

Tom Richardson of Convergence Sports and Media and Paul Levy of Burst


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