

The Myth of Streamers 'Eventizing'
In this 32-minute edition of the twice-weekly Marchand Sports Media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel go inside the myth of “eventizing” and the streamers in sports, the NFL’s TV issue, as well as critiques of the sportscasting weekend. Plus, more topics, including:
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* The NFL ratings for the events on YouTube and Netflix have been lower than traditional TV and what it means for “eventizing”
* Why there is a myth of streamers “eventizing” on sports when networks already do this and do it well
* The streamers bring in fewer viewers than the networks
* MrBeast is very popular, but does he move people to watch sports events
* How Fox Sports made its live Sunday pregame show feel bigger from
Kansas City
* Why Fox’s Joel Klatt is so good
* How could the Netflix Canelo-Crawford fight start so late
* How the late Sunday Ticket package should work with the local, big 4:25 p.m. kickoff conflicts
* YouTube found more viewership for its NFL Friday night game and insiders’ reaction to it
* The NFL will continue to dominate, but are there too many games on
* Is Fox’s Tom Brady starting to understand the booth with Kevin Burkhardt
* Why Fox’s Greg Olsen is arguably the best analyst right now
* Evaluating Fox’s Adam Amin and Mark Sanchez
* How was watching Yankees-Red Sox on Apple
* Meterparel likes Apple’s Wayne Randazzo’s voice
* What was NBA commissioner Adam Silver thinking with his comments on the new TV deals
* The WNBA ratings grew on ESPN even without Caitlin Clark much of the season and where it can go
* What to think of the ESPN app after a few weeks
* The WWE premium events begin this week on ESPN
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* On Deck Thursday: Ian O’Connor is The Main Event
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