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In the 42-minute podcast, MoffettNathanson’s Robert Fishman joins “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand” to discuss his belief of how Netflix could change the way the NFL is presented, MLB/UFC/F1’s next rights deals, the legacy media forthcoming sports pricing dilemma, Google-YouTube’s “king of all media” potential sports aggregator status, what Disney-ESPN-Hulu should be doing and the battle between Amazon and Netflix.
Here’s what you need to know:
“Netflix is going to keep getting bigger and better in sports,” Fishman says
How Netflix could end up with the top NFL games by the end of the decade
Will the traditional networks be able to afford what the NFL wants to be paid for top games by the end of the decade
Where Netflix could be on UFC, ESPN’s MLB opt-out package and F1
Did ESPN make the right move in opting out of its MLB package
Will MLB come close to the $550 million per year average for ESPN’s opt-out package
What should MLB be trying to do by 2028 when all its media deals are up
Can MLB shift regular season regional dollars to national ones
Where does Fox stand after being the winners of the first round of the sports streaming wars
Will Fox’s DTC pricing playbook be similar to Disney/ESPN’s
How ESPN/Disney/Hulu must simplify its price point as NBC/Peacock and CBS/Paramount + have done
How YouTube could be the great sports aggregator of the future
Could Netflix recreate what Fox did in the mid-to-late 1990s
If Fishman were to put money on who will be the biggest sports streamers by the end of the decade, he would say …
Where does Apple stand in the sports streaming game
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On Tuesday, May 6th, NBC Sports President Rick Cordella will be the guest for the second OTR in midtown Manhattan. Click here or the above image to request a spot.
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