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Tailoring Sports Content to Meet Fans Where They Are: From Radio to Streaming with Stephi Blank

Stephi Blank of EY examines how sports leagues must tailor their content strategies across platforms — from traditional radio to modern streaming — to effectively engage fans where they already consume media. Organizations that successfully adapt their distribution approach across multiple channels see stronger fan loyalty and long-term engagement. The conversation highlights the strategic decisions leagues face as media consumption habits continue to fragment.

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Sports leagues must meet fans across all platforms, from radio and broadcast TV to digital streaming and social media.

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Adapting content strategy to platform-specific behaviors drives stronger fan engagement and loyalty.

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Media rights and distribution decisions are increasingly central to a sports organization's overall business strategy.

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How can sports leagues and teams evolve with technology to meet sports fans where they are? Stephi Blank, Vice President of Marketing & Service at WIT Sports, emphasized the importance of tailoring sports content to fit the channel and audience’s preferences. According to Blank, tailoring sports content can help deliver an engaging experience across different platforms.

It is so vital for the health and well-being and survival of these sports leagues and these teams and the newer leagues to meet people and fans where they are and deliver them an experience and content that fits the channel and the distribution that they are engaging things on.
— Stephi Blank, Vice President of Marketing & Service at WIT Sports

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Stephi BlankVice President, Marketing & Service

Stephi is sports business and marketing professional with a passion for education and progress for women in all aspects of sports.

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Stephi Blank
Stephi Blank

Director, Sports Business Advisory at EY

Stephi Blank is a director in EY's Sports Business Advisory practice, where she advises sports organizations on strategy, fan engagement, and media rights. She works with leagues, teams, and broadcasters on navigating the evolving sports media landscape. Blank is recognized for her expertise in connecting sports content strategy to business outcomes.

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