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I think the like actual content was good, but yeah the like comedy and writing parts that were obviously written by a team of writers and not just Bomani riffing did not work. He just never seemed like he felt comfortable rattling off the canned jokes. It was just like a weird mix of Bomani himself which I enjoy from The Evening Jones and The Right time, and like writing you'd expect to get on like the John Oliver show only about sports.
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Is there a better basketball pod than Lowe Post these days? I’m sick of this show, it’s a shell of what it was before. Ppl like Doris Burke, Bobby Marks, Ramona Shelburne, Windhorst or Tim McMahon don’t know anything about anything and are on there all the time
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felked posted:Is there a better basketball pod than Lowe Post these days? I’m sick of this show, it’s a shell of what it was before. Ppl like Doris Burke, Bobby Marks, Ramona Shelburne, Windhorst or Tim McMahon don’t know anything about anything and are on there all the time Sam Vecenie does excellent work primarily focusing on young players but covers a lot of topics very well. I think him and Andrew Schlecht are considered gold standards. I’ve come to like David Thorpe’s TrueHoop as it comes from the player development and coaching angle. The most recent episode talked about what coaches are trying to look for in summer league and I find the “here’s what it’s like for the guys trying to get into the league/stay in” aspect interesting.
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My main bball pods are Suns specific but Dunc’d On seems pretty good, I just started listening to that. Idk I feel like a lot of the nba podcasters are more interested in basketball as a spreadsheet than an actual thing to watch and analyze and that poo poo bores me. Maybe I just jumped in on an ep of Dunc’d that isn’t like that so hopefully I’m not barking up the wrong tree there But if you decide you just want suns info The Timeline is really good.
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Bismack Billabongo posted:My main bball pods are Suns specific but Dunc’d On seems pretty good, I just started listening to that. Idk I feel like a lot of the nba podcasters are more interested in basketball as a spreadsheet than an actual thing to watch and analyze and that poo poo bores me. Maybe I just jumped in on an ep of Dunc’d that isn’t like that so hopefully I’m not barking up the wrong tree there Dunc’d has that reputation but it’s mostly because they tend to be harsh on teams that are kind of going towards nowhere. (Eg they probably hate the Vucevic resigning)The enthusiasm they show in their post game episodes show they actually enjoy the product on the court even if they are cap nerds. I don’t think most people enjoy cap/metagame talk but I actually like the mock offseasons/interviews with Coon and people who know what they’re talking about
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It's a show where people who aren't very good at their job personally insult people who are very good at their job because they make 2% more than they think they should. It has good factual info though, certainly better than you're going to get from Bobby Marks on one of the ESPN shows he floats through.
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The quality of the broadcast of summer league games is somehow worse than the product on the court. Every decision is bad and wrong. The biggest problem is it’s difficult to watch the game muted because it is in reduced screen mode more often than full screen mode and the thing going on in the corner most of the time is a guy talking in a headset. Why do we need to see this? But the funniest thing is they shrunk the screen to put an animated basketball that said “sounds of the game” at one point. And even when they aren’t shrinking the game half the time the camera is on someone in the stands. Like almost never an actual celebrity. Maybe a coach or a player but almost never anyone of note. Sometimes it’s just a fan in the stand. And these aren’t quick cuts but it just lingers on these people uncomfortably while things are presumably happening on the court. But if I unmute to find out what is happening, good luck to me because the announcers are more repetitive than 2K and are saying almost word for word what they said about the in season tournament the last time I had it unmuted and have no idea a game is happening on the screen at all. It’s somehow worse than JVG and Mark Jackson.
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Bomani is a charismatic guy but everytime I watched that show he came across so stiff and lifeless.
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https://twitter.com/HowardBeck/status/1678418476174548996 Not quite broadcasting, but still sports media Its really sad that as the NYT continues to become a solely national brand that its abandoning its local sports coverage
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Codependent Poster posted:Bomani is a charismatic guy but everytime I watched that show he came across so stiff and lifeless. Bomani can be real funny and clever when on a podcast or riffing with friends. But it is a real hard and different talent to come off as authentic, funny and engaging when reading a combination of other people's writing from a teleprompter or script. I liked the show, but yeah it rarely hit in an authentic way. Besides that Duke segment. That Duke segment was loving hilarious.
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https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1679300425357336577?s=20 Doctors found more cancer but they are treating it with radiation
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He annoyingly screamed his way to fame and fortune. He gave himself throat cancer but earned 20m in the process. I'm sure he feels like it's a great trade
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I will take this latest opportunity to once again mention that I have Dick Vitales autograph on a Hooters poster.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/disney-ceo-iger-opens-door-to-unloading-tv-assets.htmlCNBC posted:At the top of the list is assessing the traditional TV business, Iger said on Thursday. Disney owns a portfolio of TV networks, from broadcast station ABC to cable-TV channels like ESPN.
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Yeah I think ESPN gets spun off or sold soon. Disney has been axing people left and right at the network for several years now
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Jul 13, 2023 15:09
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the cw is getting some acc football/basketball games https://twitter.com/theACC/status/1679582896896573440 these might have been the games that were on regional sports networks
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Bismack Billabongo posted:I will take this latest opportunity to once again mention that I have Dick Vitales autograph on a Hooters poster. Nice
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So that means OTA right? That will be pretty sweet, if I remember to look for it that is.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah I think ESPN gets spun off or sold soon. Disney has been axing people left and right at the network for several years now I feel like I’m 18 months behind conventional wisdom. I thought live sports was the only tv people still watch. So why would Disney want to sell ESPN?
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ohhyeah posted:I feel like I’m 18 months behind conventional wisdom. I thought live sports was the only tv people still watch. So why would Disney want to sell ESPN? My guess is that Disney is zigging where Fox is zagging and they’re going all-in on streaming. It wouldn’t surprise me if in five years, all the current TV channels owned by Disney are spun off, sold, or shuttered.
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ESPN is eventually going to start losing money as the carriage fees evaporate over the next decade. But they've also agreed to $$$$$Billion in rights agreements with a bunch of different leagues. The leagues are still going to want that money.Edward Mass posted:My guess is that Disney is zigging where Fox is zagging and they’re going all-in on streaming. It wouldn’t surprise me if in five years, all the current TV channels owned by Disney are spun off, sold, or shuttered. Iger said as much today at that freakshow billionaire summit: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/dis..._source=twitter quote:Disney is going to be “expansive” in its thinking about the traditional TV business, leaving the door open to a possible sale of the networks. “They may not be core to Disney,” Iger said, adding the creativity that has come from those networks has been key for Disney. Mike_V fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jul 14, 2023 |
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Vertical Lime posted:the cw is getting some acc football/basketball games Bring back Jefferson Pilot you cowards.
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C. Everett Koop posted:Bring back Jefferson Pilot you cowards. hell no
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ohhyeah posted:I feel like I’m 18 months behind conventional wisdom. I thought live sports was the only tv people still watch. So why would Disney want to sell ESPN? Put simply, because live sports were so lucrative, Disney was essentially naming its own price when it came to carriage fees for ESPN. And they were able to bully whatever they wanted out of the cable and satellite providers because without ESPN, those services were essentially worthless. So they’d start up the SEC Network, and the ACC Network, and whatever other channels, then demand that not only should those channels be part of the same basic tier as ESPN, but also that the carriage fee go even higher. (Something like $8-10-12 of everyone’s cable bill went JUST to ESPN networks for like ~20 years) But now no one has cable or satellite anymore and so, while live sports are still super lucrative, they’re not AS lucrative as they have been specifically to ESPN/Disney because millions of cable and satellite subscribers aren’t forced to pay for ESPN on even the most basic plan.
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Disney needs cash to pay Comcast for Hulu, they are contractually obligated to pay at minimum 9 billion for the remaining stake in it. It could, and almost certainly will, go higher since that valuation was from a few years ago. Getting out ahead on ESPN before it starts becoming an anchor is a good start on that
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Apple has talked with Bundesliga about getting their media rights after the current deal with ESPN expires after the 25-26 season
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I guess Disney can put their on brand stuff to Disney+ and adult fare on Hulu (Star overseas) and call it a day. Even if they shutter the cable channels like they did in Europe, who would be able to take ABC?
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Edward Mass posted:My guess is that Disney is zigging where Fox is zagging and they’re going all-in on streaming. It wouldn’t surprise me if in five years, all the current TV channels owned by Disney are spun off, sold, or shuttered. The joint venture with Disney in the offloading of ESPN makes more sense because there is also going to be a lot of anti-trust hurdles they have to go through. Recall when Disney bought Fox they had to sell off all the RSN's to be able to finalize the deal. I think as others have pointed out the carriage fees are evaporating but the one thing they certainly also like is when they have a big sporting event they know they have guaranteed eyes which is becoming a rarity for selling advertising blocks. I think its a really tough situation right now that does have a lot of contradictory things going on.
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Kibner posted:hell no Give me my Daves back. Add even more. Dave Pasch. Dave O'Brien. Dave Flemming. Davoris Burke. All of them. Advertise nothing but Golden Flake and Yellawood. Book nothing but South Carolina and Missouri. Do it dagnabbit.
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soggybagel posted:The joint venture with Disney in the offloading of ESPN makes more sense because there is also going to be a lot of anti-trust hurdles they have to go through. Recall when Disney bought Fox they had to sell off all the RSN's to be able to finalize the deal. I think as others have pointed out the carriage fees are evaporating but the one thing they certainly also like is when they have a big sporting event they know they have guaranteed eyes which is becoming a rarity for selling advertising blocks. I think its a really tough situation right now that does have a lot of contradictory things going on. My guess is that selling ESPN is something a lot of shareholders definitely want, but also another very large group does not want them to do this so they are trying their best to look like they are ready to do either if the wind ever blows definitively one way.
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C. Everett Koop posted:Give me my Daves back. Add even more. Dave Pasch. Dave O'Brien. Dave Flemming. Davoris Burke. All of them. Advertise nothing but Golden Flake and Yellawood. Book nothing but South Carolina and Missouri. Do it dagnabbit. i hated seeing lsu in those games uggghh
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Vertical Lime posted:the cw is getting some acc football/basketball games I assume these will be the worst conference game of the week. Glad to see Syracuse get the national spotlight finally.
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DJExile posted:Apple has talked with Bundesliga about getting their media rights after the current deal with ESPN expires after the 25-26 season If - same as MLS on AppleTV - this is a global deal, then I'll be happy, because I don't want to go through another service in Japan to access the Bundesliga but I would like to watch it.
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Ugh. Someone in the NBA hire me to build their vertical monopoly broadcast strategy. It's right there, and it's almost to easy to just grab.
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Lockback posted:Ugh. Someone in the NBA hire me to build their vertical monopoly broadcast strategy. It's right there, and it's almost to easy to just grab. Not really? MLS happened because the league went out of their way to make sure all regional, national, and international rights expired at the same time to make MLS Season Pass happen.
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Edward Mass posted:Not really? MLS happened because the league went out of their way to make sure all regional, national, and international rights expired at the same time to make MLS Season Pass happen. NBA is a much better product in the US, and they already have a multi tier broadcast ready to go.
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Lockback posted:NBA is a much better product in the US, and they already have a multi tier broadcast ready to go. That's the problem! If you want all the games in one (and only one) place, you need for all the TV contracts to run out simultaneously so as to not break contracts with the current broadcasters.
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Can’t recall if this was in this thread or the Sports Journalism thread, but anyway: So when Timothy Burke was subject to a FBI raid, he stopped posting on Twitter at the same time. Turns out just a few days later he moved solely over to Blue Sky. He’s not posting sports footage like he used to on Twitter, and ASAIK we still don’t know the result of that raid but at least for the time being he’s not in jail. - https://bsky.app/profile/bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us
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Nybble posted:So when Timothy Burke was subject to a FBI raid, he stopped posting on Twitter at the same time. Turns out just a few days later he moved solely over to Blue Sky. He’s not posting sports footage like he used to on Twitter This is partially because Bluesky doesn’t support gifs yet lmao. CJ Zero still isn’t posting gifs there either, don’t think any of the rasslin’ gif accounts have moved over either. But yeah not sure if that’s fully a technical limitation or due to the legal situation.
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