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"There was a period where there wasn't a lot of sports on, and that brought and amplified the spotlight to a bunch of other types of media and content."
NBABet Stream aims to cater to an audience mainly watching for gambling purposes.
Cousin Sal is branching out on his own.
After a few weeks of rumors, a deal is finally official.
"As the sports gambling market matures and you have more [casual] people coming in, it will be those people who will tune in more often and for longer. There are early signs that that will be the case. But you’re not going to see that at the moment."
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"I think that if we aligned ourselves with one company with a shared vision that company would have an extraordinary advantage in the race to becoming the leading gambling company in the United States."
"The two things that we are best at, fantasy and being able to connect fans with their favorite teams, are the two drivers that drive the sports betting industry. That makes us a very important player here."
No deal has been signed yet, but it's interesting to see Chernin discussing selling at least part of their stake in Barstool.
This deal has already boosted the value of Fox's Stars stake, and could lead to them getting a bigger stake in the new company.
"Gaming is going to make a big difference. I dare say that gaming will increase the value of television, of presenting our games, I dare say it will go up 50 percent because of the gaming concentration."
FanDuel has signed a deal to be fuboTV's exclusive advertiser in gambling categories and provide gambling information they can integrate into their own channels and their service. fuboTV has also added TVG and TVG2.
Disney CEO Bob Iger said in February "I don’t see The Walt Disney Company, certainly in the near term, getting involved in the business of gambling, in effect, by facilitating gambling in any way." Well, they're doing so at the moment thanks to their stake in DraftKings.
It's another sign ESPN's commitment to sports betting content is here to stay.
As legalized sports betting continues to become more and more common across the United States, many media companies...
