Marchand Sports Media The Next NFL TV Slice & Dice
In the 44-minute Marchand & Ourand, The Monthly, reunion, Andrew Marchand & Puck’s John Ourand reunite to discuss how the NFL potentially may slice up another TV package, MLB’s strong hand in one area, Netflix’s audacity, Amazon’s lead and a bullish ESPN outlook. More details below.
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Rundown of topics:
* How the NFL could take more from Fox and CBS to create another package without adding an 18th game
* Ourand says the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” with Jay Marine event was great, but asks how it is off-the-record when there is a podcast
* The NFL seemingly front-loaded the schedule to start a strong ratings narrative … not that it needs it
* NFL has scarcity, but YouTube’s so so ratings might have been partly because fans may not want Friday opening week games
* Baseball’s big argument against football that MLB should scream
* MLB local ratings story is intriguing
* Red Sox president Sam Kennedy saying that Boston would be on-board with national digital package and explaining the “Big 6'“
* How Amazon’s League Pass with the NBA kind of works in the platform’s favor long-term
* Ourand doesn’t know how to reference days of the week even four years after he and Marchand started doing pods
* Why Ourand says a digital local world will be so much more fan friendly
* MLB’s attempt to entice Netflix
* We list all the platforms you need to watch the Yankees next year
* The Marchand Plan for MLB’s long-term packages
* Why live sports streaming is a bit of myth right now, but probably not long-term
* Does YouTube drive people to events
* Amazon is the leaders of the digital players
* All the ratings on streaming would be higher on broadcast
* Streaming makes it harder to bring in the casual fans
* MrBeast vs. the Manningcast
* Good guy Ourand trusts that the NFL was happy with YouTube numbers
* Ourand’s incredible USC/Notre Dame Netflix story
* What was Notre Dame’s AD Pete Bevacqua’s role in the rogue USC/Netflix plan
* YouTube and NBC/Peacock: Who won
* The analyst who is bullish on ESPN’s app
* Marchand & Ourand bloopers!
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