Marchand and Ourand Ep. 104: Inside view on ESPN-Charter

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Just hours before the first “Monday Night Football” game of the season, Disney and Charter reached a deal to restore ABC and ESPN on Spectrum cable systems. Disney’s Justin Connolly was one of the key executives on that deal.

SBJ Live - 2023 NFL Season Preview

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Episode 103: The industry-defining battle between ESPN and Charter

1:04:31

All Disney networks, including ESPN, went dark on Charter’s Spectrum cable systems on Aug. 31, affecting close to 15 million subscribers. Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss how the dispute got to this point and what should happen next.

ESPN-Charter fight shows how leverage is shifting

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ESPN, in a dispute with Charter that has seen Disney networks blacked out by the cable company, is “using a playbook that was developed back in the 1990s,” said SBJ’s John Ourand.

Ourand: Small operator Cable One inspired Charter’s game plan in fight with ESPN

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SBJ’s John Ourand: “What Cable One has been able to do in the past four years is to show Charter that if it does away with video, there’s still a pretty good business ahead.”

NFL kickoff puts focus on announcers, future of TV

2:02

SBJ’s John Ourand said “the future of TV” is on the line with the launch of the new NFL season.

Chris Fowler’s eye mechanics. Wait. What?

2:53

Our co-hosts geek out on whether bouncing back and forth between tennis and football is leading to faulty eye mechanics for ESPN’s Chris Fowler. Media covering media, if you’re into that sort of thing.

HOW AI AND COMPUTER VISION POWER AUTOMATION

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Marchand and Ourand Ep. 102: Football is back: NBC, Romo and Mark Ingram

59:45

Changes to the college football television landscape is the top topic on this week’s show, the hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discussing the new Big Ten deals that take effect this season on CBS, Fox and NBC.

Up and Down: Romo, Manfred, WBD's Crumb and ESPN's Connors

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CBS' Tony Romo and MLB's Rob Manfred made the Who's Down, while WBD's Patrick Crumb hit the Who's Up list for his deft handling of the RSN situation, and Kevin Connors was lauded for his new contract with ESPN.

Yormark on Big 12 expansion, talking with Kliavkoff, and the value of basketball

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Less than two weeks after Arizona, Arizona State and Utah bolted from the Pac-12, Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark joins The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast to explain how it all went down.