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Sporticast 497: MLB Players vs. Owners, ESPN vs. YouTube TV
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the aftermath of the thrilling World Series, which the Los Angeles Dodgers won in extra innings of Game 7.
The league’s social media channels totaled a record 2.5 billion views during the Fall Classic, up 64% from last year. Granted, the Yankees-Dodgers World Series lasted just five games.
The NFL trade deadline lately looks more like the MLB trade deadline – which gets tons of coverage on MLB Network. Why NFL Network handled its coverage so haphazardly is inexplicable.
Andrew Marchand, a sports media columnist and senior writer for The Athletic, talks about the dispute between YouTube and Disney, also predicting the future of streaming and sharing why the MLB has "momentum as a sport.
Subscribers to YouTube TV suddenly lost access to channels like ESPN and ABC on Thursday night. This is as a result of a carriage dispute between the owners of the respective platforms, The Walt
Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51 million viewers combined across the United States, Canada and Japan, making it the most-watched MLB game globally in 34 years, the league announced Wednesday.