Marchand Sports Media The $76B NBA TV deals begin with a bang!
In the 36-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel talked about what worked and what didn’t with NBC, Prime Video, ESPN & the NBA. Who covered the NBA scandal well and who didn’t? The duo details why NFL MNF doubleheaders may not be over. Plus, much more, including the World Series, college football and World Cup/MLS.
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The Rundown …
* The NBA, Amazon, NBC and ESPN had to be thrilled with the first week
* Mike Tirico succeeding Bob Costas & Al Michaels continues to be an all-time move
* MLBN’s Dan Plesac’s World Series clairvoyance
* Fox, please correctly tell us when the World Series starts
* Reviewing Mark Schlereth as a game analyst
* How did Prime Video’s Cassidy Hubbarth do with her interview of Adam Silver
* Grading the coverage of the NBA’s sports gambling and poker scandal
* The Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan hires were were so important for Prime
* The technology of the Amazon Prime Video studio is impressive
* NBC produced Prime Video’s sports events up until NBA
* Amazon’s studio showed a little more potential than NBC’s
* The ingredient Jamal Crawford needs for next level
* The initial impressions of Tim Legler joining Mike Breen & Richard Jefferson on ESPN’s No. 1 game team
* When the gambling scandal hit, ESPN was flat-footed
* What ESPN could have done differently even with current resources
* SiriusXM’s Frank Isola and Brian Scalabrine shined
* Christopher (Mad Dog) Russo was out to lunch on his NBA scandal take
* Good job by ESPN’s Alex Smith lighting up Woody Johnson
* Terry Bradshaw’s funny “pig dealer” anecdote
* Why ESPN-NFL Media deal may not start until 2027
* The result could be that the ESPN MNF doubleheaders may not be over
* Could the Patriots-Bills be flexed to Monday Night in December
* How bad were the Steelers’ uniform against the Packers on Sunday night
* What Fox Sports does really well on the World Series
* Why Derek Jeter was such a good hire for Fox in October
* Kevin Burkhardt is a tremendous host
* The reaction to the Pete Macheska pod
* Fox’s World Cup schedule shows the power of broadcast
* MLS numbers on Apple & beyond don’t tell a great story
* Will the ESPN-YouTube brouhaha be settled
* Meteparel still loving the 21st anniversary of the Red Sox curse breaker
* Sponsor: WSC Sports … Tell them Marchand sent you
* On Deck: Colin Cowherd is The Main Event on Thursday
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