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The sports media fight between ESPN, legacy media, Amazon, Netflix & YouTube

John Ourand joins The Main Event with Andrew Marchand

In the 35-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand provide inside information and opinions. Here’s what you need to know:

  • What will be the impact of ESPN’s DTC launch in the fall

  • The ESPN and NFL Media talks are ongoing and what is in them

  • How Red Zone is a potential game-changer

  • How MLB has a big shot with its local games

  • It would be surprising if YouTube just did a three-year deal for ESPN’s MLB opt-out rights

  • YouTube is not the future of media, it’s the present

  • YouTube has the perfect combo to be the dominant force in sports

  • Why Netflix will be in sports, but may not takeover sports

  • How the NFL could sell its championship games differently in the future with Amazon well-positioned

  • What do Marchand & Ourand think of Fox One

  • Why NBC/Peacock think sports are so important

  • Why CBS could become bigger spenders in sports soon

  • Why MLB could have a good hand for 2028

  • Ourand explains (offers excuses) why he lost the big ESPN DTC bet to Marchand


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