2021 Review & 2022 Predictions The Wormcast: How Sports Media Happens

This week, Episode 55 of The Wormcast, Clark Pierce, sports content technology whiz and Pat Crakes one of the most knowledgeable voices of the business of sports media deals join me to look back at sports media in 2021 and look forward to a busy 2022. Enjoy!

Topics discussed:
1:40 Biggest takeaways and surprises of 2021 in sports media
10:50 95 of top 100 tv shows are sports and baseball is not among them
17:00 Amazon as they take over Thursday Night Football
24:00 Why would Amazon consider buying 49% of NFL Media properties?
30:00 NFL Sunday Ticket - the real story
35:40 Will ESPN be spun off?
42:45 Who will end up with the Big 10 rights in the fall of 2023?
49:10 The media landcape if the College Football Playoff expands.
51:50 Winter Olympics ratings
53:20 F1's broadcast rights up after 2022
55:30 MLS unique bundle of rights up after 2022
1:03:00 WIll SInclair make deals with the NBA & MLB similar to NHL to start up a direct-to-consumer product?
1:10:10 Prediction for 2022


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