Michael Bucklin
Full Name
Michael Bucklin
Job Title
Senior Vice President, Digital
Company
FOX Sports
Speaker Bio
Michael Bucklin serves as Senior Vice President, Digital, FOX Sports, where he manages content production & distribution, content & product integration, as well as business development & strategic partnerships across digital platforms, including the award-winning FOX Sports app and FOXSports.com, FOX Sports social media, video, and audio channels, plus emerging immersive & mixed reality platforms. His team develops digital strategies to complement FOX Sports’ world-class linear coverage of the biggest events in live sports, including the Super Bowl, FIFA Men’s and Women’s World Cup, and the MLB World Series; as well as year-round sports coverage for NFL, MLB, NCAA football & basketball, NASCAR, INDYCAR, LIV and more; in addition to the network’s acclaimed daily studio programming & storytelling initiatives.

Bucklin and his team have developed several successful original digital franchises, including event-based packages like Tom Brady’s LFG Player of the Game, Jameis Winston: FOX Sports Super Bowl Correspondent, and FOX Soccer NOW; to year-round digital shows like the award-winning Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, The Joel Klatt Show, Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union, Bear Bets and many more.

With a roster of more than 250 broadcast and multimedia personalities, FOX Sports’ digital department serves industry-leading personality and perspective for the American sports fan. Bucklin and the FOX Sports Digital have been recognized with numerous industry honors, including Emmy, Sports Business Journal, Webby, Shorty and Cynopsis awards.

Prior to joining FOX Sports in 2016, Bucklin spend 10 years at ESPN, rising among the ranks to lead social media production.

Bucklin is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where he played basketball and studied marketing.