Here comes ESPN, Prime Video, NBC (and Michael Jordan) into your NBA homes
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Episode 555 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a roundtable with Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch, and Chad Finn, the sports media writer for the Boston Globe. In this podcast we discuss the NBA's new media rights partners -- NBC, Prime Video, and ESPN; the big coverage things we will be watching for this week as the NBA debuts; our initial thoughts and hopes for NBC, Prime Video and ESPN's NBA coverage; what we think Inside The NBA will look and sound like on ESPN; why we are very high on NBC and Prime Video producing good broadcasts; ESPN's shift to Tim Legler being on the Finals broadcasts; our expectations for Michael Jordan's role with NBC; Bruce Pearl, Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn and Chris Webber being part of TNT Sports' college basketball coverage; F-1 moving from ESPN to Apple; the MLB postseason and potential World Series viewership, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Listen up. |
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| 0:27.8 | Please gamble responsibly. |
| 0:28.8 | 8 plus gamblerware.org. Welcome to the Sports Media Podcast. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm your host, Richard Dij. |
| 0:40.2 | My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:41.4 | Two guests this week. |
| 0:42.3 | They are regulars on the podcast. |
| 0:44.2 | They are always excellent. |
| 0:45.0 | John Lewis is the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. |
| 0:47.5 | Check out the podcast that have been coming out of John's group. |
| 0:50.9 | Really great guests over the last couple weeks. |
| 0:53.2 | Chad Finn is the sports media writer for the Boston Globe as well as general columnists. |
| 0:58.5 | Check out all his work. |
| 1:00.1 | They're here. |
| 1:01.3 | And by the way, welcome, fellas. |
| 1:03.3 | Hey, thanks for everyone. |
| 1:04.2 | Thanks, Rich. |
| 1:05.2 | They're here because we're going to do very, very heavy NBA talk on this podcast. |
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