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2025 Kick-Off: Venu Sports finale, Netflix’s big moves, and goodbye to Amazon
ESPN, Fubo, Netflix, Amazon, DAZN, and the NFL dominated the news headlines over the holiday season. In the first StreamTime Sports episode of 2025, host Chris Stone is joined by technology editor Steve McCaskill to break down all of the biggest stories of the opening weeks of 2025.
Key Talking Points:
What caused the collapse of the Venu Sports joint venture between ESPN, Fox Sports, and Warner Bros Discovery?
What Fubo’s merger with Hulu means for the sports streaming disruptor moving forward?
Will Netflix’s successful NFL and WWE forays mean more live sports investment?
What is next for the Premier League and Amazon as their deal ends?
Why has DAZN acquired Foxtel in Australia?
Can TGL drive interest from its successful debut?Â
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Launching OTT: The Blueprint for Transforming Fan Engagement
Kicking off the New Year for StreamTime Sports host Nick
Meacham hosts a conversation on launching an OTT platform. Joined by beIN Media, Feyenoord, and Kiswe the conversation discusses how OTT is shaping the media
landscape.
Key Points:
-         OTT’s evolution from novelty to necessity
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Strategic considerations for launching a
streaming platform
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The transformative power of direct-to-consumer
models
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Technical challenges in launching a best in
class product
-         Different approaches – Sports Property vs
Broadcaster
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UFC to Netflix? European Super League? Bold predictions for 2025
As the sports industry moves into 2025, StreamTime Sports co-hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone look back at some of the biggest stories of 2024, while also providing bold predictions for year ahead.
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Key Points:
Will the NBA’s recent broadcast deal be the last time we see major growth for a sports property?
Will 2024 be looked back on as a landmark year for sports streaming?
Why were there so many sports media joint ventures and acquisitions in 2024? And what does it mean going forward?
Can X survive competition from Bluesky?
Is European football in serious trouble?
What’s next for big tech - Amazon, YouTube, Apple?
Which platforms and sports properties will deliver the biggest surprises in 2025?
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DAZN’s billion-dollar bet on FIFA
With Fifa’s 2025 Club World Cup rapidly approaching, soccer's global governing body has finally found a broadcast partner in DAZN. On this episode of StreamTime Sports, co-hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone discuss the eye-catching price tag, as well as other recent news from the sports media industry.
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Key Points:
How was Fifa able to secure US$1 billion for the Club World Cup?
Can DAZN make this investment work?
What did we learn from the Bundesliga’s new media rights deal?
Why is Sky Sports prepared to double its investment in the World Darts Championship?
Is Luke Littler the key to the PDC’s success?
Why is the FA Women’s Championship moving to YouTube?
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Netflix, DAZN, Warner Bros Discovery and the future of sports advertising
Live sports is one of the last appointment viewing programmes that exist for advertisers, so how can streaming platforms can take advantage? StreamTime Sports co-hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone discuss this, while we also hear from DAZN, EA Sports, and Transmit on new advertising formats and opportunities for sports.
Key points:
Why are traditionally subscription based businesses like Netflix and DAZN moving to ad-supported models?
Why is sports still the best opportunity for advertisers?
How can ad-supported services co-exist with subscriptions models and compliment each other?
How are new ad formats helping to drive engagement and conversions?
What role does technology and data play helping brands to advertise through sports streaming?
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