Marchand Sports Media

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In the 33-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Puck’s John Ourand go deep into if there is a breaking point for networks with the NFL looking to strike new, even more expensive deals for this upcoming season, despite the fact the league’s opt-outs are not until the end of the decade.
Why Paramount will go first, the potential billions in play, the extra bidders involved, the FCC angle, the network budget factor, does the NFL ask for double, the setting the market angle, Sunday Night as the pressure point, YouTube lurking, Amazon maybe wanting more, NFL creating leverage, the minimum networks could spend, how it impacts other leagues’ deals, examining the MLB local streaming dreams, NHL’s position and the biggest story from CBS-TNT Sports confab.
It’s The Monthly, Marchand & Ourand.
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In the 32-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel discuss the NFL, YouTube and what distribution dominance means.
The duo goes into if college football pooling its TV rights together could work, the standout out college basketball regular season TV story, the upgrade of an ESPN booth, NBC’s old and new moves and Gorilla Monsoon.
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The RUNDOWN …
* What YouTube’s desire to be an even bigger part of the NFL distribution strategy means
* Why winning distribution historically leads to domination in media
* Nets’ radio play-by-player Chris Carrino going into the Hall of Fame is well deserved
* Breaking news: Meterparel’s take on John Smoltz, Fox & the WBC
* The NFL wanting deals before next season is bad news for networks
* TMZ’s story on Momma Kelce was ridiculous
* Why YouTube’s strategy feels unbeatable
* YouTube TV is on pace to be the No. 1 cable-like distributor
* Can college sports bundle all of its rights for TV
* TNT Sports’ Jamal Mashburn has been the standout newcomer on regular season college
* Evaluating the Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler team
* The NBC Bob Costas led throwback game
* The potential of the WBC as a TV event
* Tyler Kepner’s strong column
* Judging Jason Benetti’s move from Fox to NBC
* NBC going with local announcers
* The pod controversy of using the word “misnomer” wrong
* Papa Clicker Review of the Gorilla Monsoon book by Brian R. Solomon
* Meterparel’s Larry Bird book recommendation for Papa Clicker

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In the 48-minute sports media podcast, YouTube VP of Subscriptions, Christian Oestlien, is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.” Oestlien is quickly becoming one of the most important executives in all of sports as YouTube and YouTube TV grow as dominant platforms in sports viewing.
Oestlien explains what YouTube is trying to accomplish in sports, its interest in the NFL and other rights, how it syncs with YouTube TV, its network partners and leagues. And much more.
The podcast was part of the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” series.
Previous guests have included Jimmy Pitaro, Rick Cordella, Gary Bettman, Jay Marine, Mark Shapiro and Hans Schroeder.
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The Rundown …
* Oestlien had 16 interviews for his first job at Google and any of them had veto power
* His childhood gives him unique experience for YouTube’s global goals
* What should people understand about YouTube & YouTube TV & sports
* The 2015 mission to become the home of clips & highlights
* 40 billion hours of sports content were watched on YouTube last year
* YouTube wants to become great partners for leagues, broadcast and media companies and for the fan experience
* How creator partnerships with leagues work
* Should leagues be scared that young fans may want to watch creators more than the game
* The Brazil example of creator Casimiro Miguel, who turbocharged soccer viewership more than the league channels … and this could be next in the United States
* What was the biggest milestone over the past decade … MLB is one
* Sunday Ticket was a wake-up call to everyone about the seriousness of YouTube with sports
* Cristiano Ronaldo got to how many subs in a week …
* YouTube has the upcoming World Cup rights in Brazil, which feels like another testing ground
* What were the reasons behind completing the seven-year, $14 billion Sunday Ticket deal with the NFL that began in 2023
* Oestlien’s father played for Norway’s national soccer team
* How good was Oestlien
* YouTube wanted to evolve Sunday Ticket
* How many subscriptions does Sunday Ticket have
* How YouTube TV melds with Sunday Ticket
* How did YouTube’s first NFL game last year go in Oestlien’s opinion
* The 100 day sprint to produce the Chiefs-Chargers game
* YouTube is confident it can drive even bigger numbers on NFL
* Repetition is the key and “whole household” events
* The idea that live sports are going toward the creators
* Why is YouTube interested in the four NFL regular season games up for auction for this upcoming season
* Does YouTube want to have a full NFL package
* The relationship for YouTube is to attempt to be the best partners with networks, leagues and all platforms
* YouTube was involved in the NBA’s last negotiation in a big way, but didn’t get one of the three packages
* Do live global sports really work
* How YouTube looks at it
* The NBC Olympic example is a potential global model
* How can YouTube solve the local problem for MLB, the NBA and the NHL
* YouTube could eliminate artificial boundaries
* How does YouTube and YouTube TV make it simpler for the consumer
* Oestlien apologized for the YouTube TV-ESPN blackout
* The positive results of the NBC and ESPN negotiations
* Oestlien turns the tables and asks Marchand how he views the aggregation
* Spectrum has brought the apps into its service
* The price point for YouTube TV new sports package
* What are the chances of adding local sports games to YouTube, which the RSNs used to provide
* When will ESPN Unlimited be available for YouTube TV customers
* How “Ask YouTube” uses AI
* The many and varied ways AI will impact YouTube
* AI will solve the discovery issue
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* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel

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In the 41-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand is joined by Frank Isola, who is in for the vacationing Jon Meterparel.
Isola — the SiriusXM/ESPN/YES star — joins Marchand to analyze the new NBA deals and how they are shadowing the upcoming NFL TV rights negotiations. Plus, a deep dive into what Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.-Discovery means. And more.
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The Rundown …
* How to assess the new NBA TV deals with NBC/Peacock, Amazon Prime Video & ESPN so far
* Netflix’s Ted Sarandos is now in even a better position in sports
* The Apple MLS deal is improved this year
* Who is going to fill all these NFL TV studio openings …
* The unfairness to Charles Barkley and company for “not celebrating the game”
* Judging the Prime Video and NBC/Peacock’s NBA hires
* Tony Dungy is out as a regular on an NBC’s pregame … his last hurrah was not good
* Judging the Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit’s booth
* The NFL is the biggest winner of the Paramount-Warner Bros.-Discovery deal
* The NFL deals could impact the rest of TV and there are some intriguing players
* The NFL should be greedy, but not too greedy with the networks
* Isola is concerned if Paramount’s Champions League will be impacted by the Warner Bros.-Discovery deal
* What is Isola’s take on the insiders game
* You want to hear the “why” of situations
* How Fox’s World Cup coverage will be impacted by politics
* Isola likes Alexi Lalas
* The parking for the World Cup is going to cost, “What?”
* Isola paid for World Cup tickets
* Apple’s MLS adjustments
* Why the World Cup may not give MLS an uptick
* How the Premier League is planting seeds with kids
* Big Papa Clicker Book Review for Paul Knepper’s Moses Malone: The Life of Basketball Prophet
* Isola’s classic stories on Malone
* On Deck: YouTube VP of Subscriptions, Christian Oestlien, is The Main Event
* Frank Isola’s trip from New York sports media institution to the national spotlight
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In the 42-minute sports media podcast, ESPN/Omaha Productions’ Kevin Clark, 37, explains how he quickly made it to the top of the sports media industry and what it is like to work for Bill Simmons, Peyton Manning and ESPN. Plus, his wife has a Pulitzer.
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THE RUNDOWN …
* Clark’s self-effacing stories about how his wife, the Wall Street Journal’s Emily Glazer, has a Pulitzer for her coverage that has included Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates & Elon Musk scoops
* The reaction to her WSJ’s stories and Clark’s Kobe Bryant story
* What’s it like when Musk goes after your wife
* How Clark grew up in a newspaper newsroom
* Why sports writing is one of the best jobs in the world
* The Orlando Sentinel featured young writers — Jeff Darlington, Charles Robinson, Jemele Hill, Rick Maese and Joe Schad — which inspired Clark
* Clark met Bill Simmons when he was 16 years old and was more starstruck than seeing Tom Brady or Rodney Harrison
* Simmons made him feel like a million bucks with a simple question
* How he got his big breaks, while in college
* Clark took a semester off from college to cover the Miami Dolphins
* He got hired as a sports writer by the Wall Street Journal at 22
* What editor Sam Walker taught Clark about being different
* A story Clark has never told before about his fear of being fired
* The Andrew Luck complimenting defensive linemen story that got Clark on the national map
* What he learned from Sun Sentinel columnist Dave Hyde about reporting
* He had many offers to leave WSJ before deciding on The Ringer
* Simmons is Clark’s hero
* How his job went from writing to audio and video
* How sports writing can be applied to podcasting
* John Mulaney and “Slow News Day” and the New York Post
* Clark had great chemistry with Phil Simms, and then CBS called
* What it is like to work for Peyton Manning & Omaha Productions
* His advice on where sports media is going
* What Burke Magnus told him about ESPN
* The difference between six-figures and 7-figures in the media
* What content Clark pays for
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