Awful Announcing
"We know that NFL content is a game-changer for people and it helps to build emerging platforms. It helped to build ESPN, Fox Broadcasting and DirecTV. We’d love for it to help build DAZN."
The former head of Fox Sports has a new gig where embracing debate might be more difficult.
Skipper said ChangeUp is "pretty clearly intended to send a signal that we are interested in the major sports in this country."
Simmons said "I think both of us found we had such a history together that was mostly really good and rewarding that it would be fun to work together again, even if it was in a pretty small way."
Skipper said "Look, in retrospect, we both in some ways looked a little petulant, foolish. And we would have been more dignified had we said 'Let's get in a room and figure what we're going to do here.'"
Bill Simmons and John Skipper are going to be podcasting together.
Beginning March 28, Virk will host DAZN's "ChangeUp," a nightly baseball whiparound program.
DAZN's testing out different advertising approaches in different countries. In Italy, that's been repeated Volkswagen ads.
Anyone who has ever watched a football game on WatchESPN will tell you that the least appealing part...
After a firing at Fox amidst sexual misconduct allegations, Jamie Horowitz was reportedly advising DAZN on their new MLB deal.
"Just as we will disrupt the way that we acquire the ability to watch sports through an app, we will disrupt the way that advertising works. We really will follow the Facebook/Google model — we will understand things about you that will allow us to target ads."
Skipper also talked about the challenges of launching a streaming sports service in 2018.
Skipper reportedly "wasn’t a fan of the sport and didn’t believe it fit into ESPN’s schedule."
A Wall Street Journal report suggests issues arose between Skipper and Iger over time, which may help to explain why Skipper abruptly exited in December instead of being put on leave.
DAZN will be carrying 32 boxing fight nights annually in the U.S. as part of this new deal. Further details on their pricing and other U.S. content aren't available at the moment.
