Marchand Sports Media The sports passion economy featuring ESPN, YouTube TV, the World Series & Fox
In the 42-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel explain why YouTube TV and ESPN is just an early salvo in the trillion dollar new players being involved in sports viewing wars
Full Fox/Joe Davis/John Smoltz/Pete Macheska World Series coverage review, why J.J. Watt is on the way up, how Tom Brady has improved, Burke Magnus and Mike Mulvihill tweeting as everybody wants to cover sports media
Plus, Marchand disagrees with ESPN exec David Roberts on ESPN betting scandal coverage, Shae Cornette’s big plans, Scott Van Pelt’s potential 5 p.m. sidekick, YES big moves, Papa Clicker Book reviews and more
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The full Rundown of the show …
* The power of YouTube, Amazon, Netflix & Apple is upon us
* Mark Shapiro was tremendous and will be this week’s The Main Event
* A tribute to Bob Trumpy, who with Don Criqui, formed a tremendous team
* Fox’s Pete Macheska goes out on top with the Game 7 classic of the World Series
* ESPN Radio’s Boog Sciambi hit a home run with his Game 7, 9th inning Miguel Rojas game-tying call
* With YouTube TV and ESPN, it stinks to be a fan
* Why Meterparel thought Joe Davis and John Smoltz struggled with end of Game 6, though Marchand somewhat disagreed
* The major misnomer in people’s understanding of the YouTube TV and ESPN squabble
* From Greg Sankey to fans, what are the options
* Fubo is discussed in full
* Price has been the biggest issue between Disney and YouTube TV
* Why in the big sphere of Google, this dispute isn’t that big of a deal
* Full discussion of Fox Sports’ coverage of the World Series
* Why the ratings for the World Series may impact the 2029 MLB TV deals
* Smoltz’s biggest issue is …
* The problem during the 9th inning of Game 7 with Davis and Smoltz’s focus
* Full end of Game 6 Davis and Smoltz discussion
* What Davis does well and where he can improve
* Why J.J. Watt is getting really good on games
* Do we care if Kevin Burkhardt does a pregame show late at night and a football game the next day
* Where Tom Brady is improving
* Who is better between CBS and Fox Sports’ No. 1 and 2 booths
* Burke Magnus and Michael Mulvihill are tweeting about college football and streaming
* The tremendous Notre Dame-Boston College call on radio
* Mulvihill on the streaming misnomer and why it’s a fair one
* A new possibility to consider in play if Scott Van Pelt moves to 5 p.m. on ESPN
* Why Marchand disagreed with ESPN exec David Roberts remarks to FOS about ESPN’s First Take scandal coverage
* What is YES trying to do with its broadcast booths after letting go of John Flaherty, Jeff Nelson and Dave Valle
* Shae Cornette, in remarks to the New York Post, said she wants to change First Take — good luck with that
* Papa Clicker reviews of Rich Podolsky’s Madden & Summerall & Brendan O’Meara’s The Life of Steve Prefontaine
* Sponsor: WSC Sports … Tell them Marchand sent you
* On Deck: Mark Shapiro is The Main Event
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