Sports Media Predictions for 2026
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Episode 576 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sports Business Journal media writer Austin Karp and Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis. In this podcast, we offer our sports media predictions for 2026; why we think the World Cup will draw record numbers but not have a long-lasting impact on soccer in the United States; the short-term future of MLB on TV and streaming; viewership for the Milan-Cortina Olympics; what happens with Turner Sports properties; whether Pat McAfee's star and leverage grows or declines in 2026; if Netflix's sports podcast strategy be successful; does the WNBA season start on time; if Caitlin Clark can still be a viewership unicorn; the takeaway of the 2026 World Cup and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to tell you exactly what you need to do. |
| 0:02.0 | Dominate your finances. |
| 0:04.0 | Sunday morning, listening to questionable financial advice from the Fintock Bros on his social feed. |
| 0:11.0 | Drowning in green. |
| 0:13.0 | Scale, scale, scale, scale, scale. |
| 0:15.0 | This is the moment Isaac chose to search Barclay's life skills, |
| 0:18.0 | get some better money intel and save up for that new skateboard. |
| 0:22.4 | We're helping young people become money confident. |
| 0:25.4 | Search Barclay's life skills. |
| 0:27.5 | Barclays, make money work for you. |
| 0:30.1 | Listen up. |
| 0:30.6 | Huh? |
| 0:30.9 | That means you. |
| 0:31.7 | Yes, you. |
| 0:32.5 | We know you're pointing at yourself. |
| 0:34.0 | When it comes to Paddy Power Games, we've got a place made for all sorts. |
| 0:40.3 | From the experts to the drama queens. It's made the JC. |
| 0:42.3 | The finance bros. Look at those stocks, lads. |
| 0:45.3 | We'll stick with slots. It's what we're good at. |
| 0:47.3 | And not forgetting you. Yes, you, the one listening. |
| 0:51.3 | Because at Paddy Power Games, we've got all sorts of games for all sorts of treacles. |
| 0:56.2 | Eligibility rules in terms and conditions apply. |
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