Sky Sports’ Head Of F1 To Join Eurosport

Eurosport has announced former Sky Sports Head of Formula 1 Scott Young as its Senior Vice President, Production and Content.

Taking up the role in September 2020, he will be based in both London and Paris and will report to Andrew Georgiou, President, Eurosport and Global Sports Rights & Sports Marketing Solutions.

Young joins from Sky, where he has been Head of F1 for the broadcaster’s Formula 1 coverage since January 2018. Before moving to Europe from Australia, he spent five years as the Head of Television and Content at Australian motorsport series V8 Supercars and also spend more than a decade as Head of Sport Production at broadcaster Network Ten.

Young will be responsible for developing an integrated content offering across broadcast and digital and realising opportunities presented by technology transformation. He will also lead the production and operations for all Eurosport’s flagship events including the Olympic Games, cycling’s Grand Tours, tennis Grand Slams and winter sports World Championship and World Cup events. 

“Scott is one of the most talented and progressive leaders in sports production and it’s hugely exciting to welcome him to the Discovery family,” said Andrew Georgiou.

“He joins at a pivotal time for our business as we prepare to realise the opportunities delivered by the transformation of Eurosport’s global technology infrastructure, one of Discovery’s most significant capital investments. This will revolutionise how we deliver sport to fans, using cloud and remote technology within a unified production ecosystem for broadcast and digital to create and distribute world-class content from anywhere in the world. 

“When you consider a project as complex as the Olympic Games, where Discovery serves fans in 50 markets, localised and in 19 languages, across its full range of free-to-air, pay-tv and digital platforms, it is clear this will be a game-changer for the scale and flexibility of our business.

“Given Scott’s extensive experience and success at delivering major production projects and leading world-class teams, I have no doubt Discovery’s already award-winning sport production and content offering will go from strength to strength and engage even more fans around the world.” 

Young added: “Eurosport is one of the world’s most respected and highly regarded sports producers. I am impressed at how Eurosport’s production and on-screen experience has evolved under Discovery’s leadership. While its record-breaking Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 production and award winning Eurosport cube made waves through the industry, it is clear that the company hasn’t stood still and the production infrastructure it has created is ground breaking. I look forward to getting started.”