In this 32-minute edition of the twice-weekly Marchand Sports Media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel go inside the myth of “eventizing” and the streamers in sports, the NFL’s TV issue, as well as critiques of the sportscasting weekend. Plus, more topics, including:
The NFL ratings for the events on YouTube and Netflix have been lower than traditional TV and what it means for “eventizing”
Why there is a myth of streamers “eventizing” on sports when networks already do this and do it well
The streamers bring in fewer viewers than the networks
MrBeast is very popular, but does he move people to watch sports events
How Fox Sports made its live Sunday pregame show feel bigger from
Kansas City
Why Fox’s Joel Klatt is so good
How could the Netflix Canelo-Crawford fight start so late
How the late Sunday Ticket package should work with the local, big 4:25 p.m. kickoff conflicts
YouTube found more viewership for its NFL Friday night game and insiders’ reaction to it
The NFL will continue to dominate, but are there too many games on
Is Fox’s Tom Brady starting to understand the booth with Kevin Burkhardt
Why Fox’s Greg Olsen is arguably the best analyst right now
Evaluating Fox’s Adam Amin and Mark Sanchez
How was watching Yankees-Red Sox on Apple
Meterparel likes Apple’s Wayne Randazzo’s voice
What was NBA commissioner Adam Silver thinking with his comments on the new TV deals
The WNBA ratings grew on ESPN even without Caitlin Clark much of the season and where it can go
What to think of the ESPN app after a few weeks
The WWE premium events begin this week on ESPN
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On Deck Thursday: Ian O’Connor is The Main Event
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