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Channels with Peter Kafka

DAZN's John Skipper and the future of streaming sports

Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4585 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

DAZN’s executive chairman, John Skipper, chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka live from Code Media 2019 to discuss how he and his team are pushing forward the live streaming industry by running a service he describes as “Netflix for sports”, and how he deals with his competitors such as ESPN and network television for the rights of live sporting events. Featuring: John Skipper, executive chairman of The DAZN Group Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:37.0

This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That is me.

1:40.0

Today I'm going to bring an interview I did a little bit ago with John Skipper, who used to run ESPN, now runs DeZone, even though I'm trying to get him to change the name. It's a subscription sports streaming service. John's in a place right now where he can talk fairly freely about what he's trying to do, the economics of sports media. Talks a little bit about his time at ESPN. Not that much, a little bit. But he's always an interesting person to talk to,

2:01.6

and you can hear that conversation right now.

2:06.6

You don't normally say this, but you had less hair the last time you were here.

2:11.6

I know a lot of people thought I was bald,

2:13.6

because I shaved my head for several years, and I decided to let it grow.

2:18.3

Now we've got the important stuff out of the way.

2:20.3

Welcome.

2:21.3

Thank you.

2:22.3

D-A-Z-N, Dazone.

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