{"id":4568,"date":"2020-05-29T15:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T05:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T04:27:32","slug":"watch-jeff-latch-head-of-spark-sport-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/watch-jeff-latch-head-of-spark-sport-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Jeff Latch, Head of Spark Sport (New Zealand)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333399;\">Leadership from Lockdown<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>This week we welcomed\u00a0Jeff Latch, Head of Spark Sport (New Zealand)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>11.30am \u2013 12.15 pm NZT, Friday 29 May 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">WATCH NOW:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwsFUGCzm40\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Spark Sport entered the New Zealand broadcast scene in February 2019, offering kiwis their first sports streaming alternative to traditional Pay TV. From the very beginning, Spark Sport has been ambitious in its approach to content acquisition, winning the rights to the Rugby World Cup 2019 (men), Rugby World Cup 2021 (women), Formula 1, Premier League, NBA (basketball) and FIH (hockey), to name just a few. It has actively pursued women\u2019s sport content in the past year, with kiwis now able to watch live White Ferns (cricket) and Black Sticks Women (hockey), and tune into WTA (tennis) tournaments. As COVID-19 took hold early March, global and domestic sport came to an unprecedented standstill. This week we talk to Jeff Latch about what this has meant for Spark Sport, what the future looks like for the business, and the role he thinks broadcasters should play in making sure women\u2019s sport is not left behind in the wake of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><em>Jeff Latch is a Senior Executive with an extensive background in Television and Digital Media. He has previously held senior roles at TVNZ including Head of Television, Director of Content and Director of Sales. Prior to his time at TVNZ\u00a0 he was a foundation shareholder and CEO of Sportsinc, a local NZ production company, COO of Touchdown Television and General Manager of Moving Pictures, the standalone subsidiary of TVNZ that was responsible for all TVNZ, Sky TV and Mediaworks Outside Broadcast productions.\u00a0His current role is Head of Spark Sport where he is responsible for managing the financial and operational performance of Spark\u2019s stand-alone Sports Streaming business.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Read some of the media coverage post-interview:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/sport\/417918\/women-s-sports-rely-on-women-viewers\">Women\u2019s sports rely on women viewers<\/a>\u2018, Radio New Zealand. Syndicated on Fiji Times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/health-coronavirus-sport-newzealand\/sports-nz-sports-among-those-woefully-unprepared-for-pandemic-tv-official-says-idUSL4N2DC02C\">NZ sports among those \u2018woefully unprepared\u2019 for pandemic, TV official says<\/a>\u2018, Reuters. Syndicated on ESPN Australia and CNA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>This week\u2019s moderator: journalist and commentator, Zo\u00eb George!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4431\" src=\"http:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small.jpg 755w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-47x50.jpg 47w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-28x30.jpg 28w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-93x100.jpg 93w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-187x200.jpg 187w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-103x110.jpg 103w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-78x83.jpg 78w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/olympics-1-zoe-small-250x268.jpg 250w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"214\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">For week eight, we are excited to announce the return of our new guest moderator!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><em>Zo\u00eb George is a versatile senior journalist with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stuff<\/a>, currently contributing to the sports and business sections. Before making the move to print in 2020, Zo\u00eb spent seven years with Radio NZ, working in music and on major shows producing some of the biggest names in public broadcasting. She also produced and presented the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/programmes\/fair-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fair Play\u00a0<\/a>podcast, made in association with LockerRoom, WiSPSports.com and Radio NZ, covering issues related to women in sport. She was a finalist for long form sports journalist of the year in 2018 for her coverage of issues ranging from pay equality to sexual violence prevention through and in sport. Zo\u00eb co-hosted RNZ\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/programmes\/not-your-average-cricket-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not Your Average Cricket Show<\/a>\u00a0for two seasons and is a regular sports commentator on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/nights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RNZ Nights with Bryan Crump<\/a>. She also has a background in international sports administration, travelling the world with international men\u2019s and women\u2019s cricket teams as a team and communications manager. She has a keen interest in sports academia too, with a focus on sport and its sociological impacts, addressing issues from funding and media coverage to access for LGBTQI+ communities and those with disabilities. Her work can be found across\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stuff.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stuff.co.nz<\/a>, Radio NZ, LockerRoom and The Spinoff.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership from Lockdown This week we welcomed\u00a0Jeff Latch, Head of Spark Sport (New Zealand) 11.30am \u2013 12.15 pm NZT, Friday 29 May 2020 WATCH NOW:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/watch-jeff-latch-head-of-spark-sport-new-zealand\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-4568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insight-hub","tag-iwg"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4612,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions\/4612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}