Netflix’s VP of Sports Gabe Spitzer lays out the vision for Netflix in sports from the NFL to MLB to the Women’s World Cup to WWE and what is next.
The 43-minute sports media podcast was shot in front of a live studio audience as part of the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” series.
THE RUNDOWN …
Why Netflix’s vision for sports is not just a sports strategy
The evolution of Netflix’s strategy and what sports provides for the business
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Why Netflix added more NFL and wanted to own Christmas
How the NFL game deal sprung out of social media
The race to the first game and setting a then streaming record
Why boxing has done so well on Netflix
The surprise of Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul
Assessing how the World Baseball Classic did in Japan
Netflix has MLB’s Opening Night, Home Run Derby and Field of Dreams, why does that work
Marchand criticized Netflix’s Opening Night presentation in a column for The Athletic, Spitzer gave his response
The difficulty of networks, like Fox and ESPN, not allowing their exclusive on-air personalities to appear on Netflix anymore
Why Netflix wants to be the most talent friendly network
How the Elle Duncan deal works
How does Spitzer looking at adding more on-air personalities
The Women’s World Cup next year is the most ambitious project yet
What is the thinking behind acquiring the Women’s World Cup
What is Gabe Spitzer’s backstory
How he started at ESPN in 2005 out of Wesleyan
Learning how to make documentaries at HBO
How he moved from Fox Sports to Netflix
What is the culture of Netflix
Why failing is important at Netflix
How the first big live deal with WWE came together
Grading the WWE deal
What is the best documentary that Spitzer has been a part of
What’s it like working on “Harry and Meghan”
How do you get subjects to buy in on documentaries
Beckham’s reaction around the world to his doc
The one big documentary still out there is …
How interested is Netflix in the Men’s World Cup
How does Spitzer look at AI
Where does Spitzer see Netflix in sports in five years or 10 years
What’s the hardest part of Spitzer’s job
How many pitches does Spitzer receive
Who have been the most important mentors for Spitzer
Does Spitzer wish he had become a sports writer
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