NBA Finals Ratings and ESPN's Future in Sports Television

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Matt is joined by John Ourand from Sports Business Journal to discuss the unexpectedly low ratings after the first two games of the NBA Finals as well as the future of sports in streaming, including Disney’s commitment to ESPN, a potential buyer for the network, and more. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: John Ourand Host: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:02.0	Watch and listen to Higher Learning where we dissect the biggest topics in black entertainment, politics, and sports.
0:07.4	Twice a week, we react to the most important and timely conversations, often inviting guests to offer unique perspectives.
0:15.3	Listen to Higher Learning free only on Spotify.
0:21.4	All right, it is Wednesday, June 8th,
0:24.1	and we are going to talk about sports media today,
0:28.0	specifically the NBA and the finals.
0:31.6	Celtics versus Seth Curry and the Warriors.
0:34.6	Huge hit, right?
0:35.9	Craig, you're a Warriors fan.
0:37.4	You assume everyone is watching this finals, right?
0:41.1	They better be.
0:42.0	Everyone in your fan group.
0:43.7	Your friends are all watching.
0:44.6	Yes.
0:45.3	But it turns out the ratings have not been
0:47.2	what everybody expected them to be.
0:49.4	And I wondered why.
0:51.0	So we wanted to bring it an expert on sports ratings.
0:56.8	John Arand from Sports Business Journal. He's going to go through all the ratings issues with sports right now.
1:01.2	And we're going to talk.
1:02.9	We get into some other stuff about ESPN, the future there, what the rights deals are
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