Return to play: The Athletic’s Matt Slater on resuming soccer and BT Sport’s Jamie Hindhaugh talks Bundesliga broadcasts

May 28, 2020, 05:00 AM

SportsPro shifts its focus to sport’s tentative return to action, as editor at large Eoin Connolly and deputy editor Sam Carp are joined by the Athletic’s Matt Slater to talk about the steps the Premier League, and soccer as a whole, is taking to get back on the pitch. (02:09) 
 
Sam also provides an update on the US major leagues planning to resume play, including the latest from the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Hockey League (NHL). (21:01)
 
Then, digital editor Tom Bassam talks with Jamie Hindhaugh, chief operating officer at UK pay-TV’s BT Sport, who lifts the lid on the network’s Bundesliga coverage, as well as the broadcaster’s wider live sports strategy. (28:37)

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