A 12-hour daily bloc of sports talk was first introduced to Freevee and Prime Video last year, but the experiment is already ending.
The sports entertainment business can be a brutal one to be employed in, as so many ESPN hosts and staffers found out earlier this year. Now it’s Amazon making cuts to its sports segment, specifically the 12-hour daily “Sports Talk” bloc that first debuted on the service in 2022.
Richard Deitsch, a writer for The Athletic first reported the news on Twitter. Deitsch said that Amazon had decided to sunset the “Sports Talk” lineup on Prime Video and Freevee by the end of October.
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Amazon Prime Video’s “Sports Talk” bloc, which was announced last year as a daily 12-hour programming block of studio shows, will end at the end of October. The company declined comment. The media business is brutal. Wishing...
The sports entertainment business can be a brutal one to be employed in, as so many ESPN hosts and staffers found out earlier this year. Now it’s Amazon making cuts to its sports segment, specifically the 12-hour daily “Sports Talk” bloc that first debuted on the service in 2022.
Richard Deitsch, a writer for The Athletic first reported the news on Twitter. Deitsch said that Amazon had decided to sunset the “Sports Talk” lineup on Prime Video and Freevee by the end of October.
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Amazon Prime Video’s “Sports Talk” bloc, which was announced last year as a daily 12-hour programming block of studio shows, will end at the end of October. The company declined comment. The media business is brutal. Wishing...
- 9/29/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
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Having secured a piece of the NFL broadcast pie, Amazon is now looking to expand its sports programming with a slate of talk shows.
The 12-hour block of shows, set to launch Nov. 1, will feature hosts including former ESPN anchor Cari Champion, Australian tennis commentator Rennae Stubbs and former Bleacher Report host Master Tesfatsion. Embassy Row, the production company headed by Jeopardy! executive producer (and co-host of the soccer podcast and TV show Men in Blazers) Michael Davies, is producing the lineup.
The goal is to feature up-and-coming talent in front of the camera and a “positive, uplifting take on sports” as opposed to the argument-based format on big players like ESPN and Fox Sports 1, Amazon’s vp global sports video Marie Donoghue told the New York Post, which first reported the news.
It could also serve as a signal to other...
Having secured a piece of the NFL broadcast pie, Amazon is now looking to expand its sports programming with a slate of talk shows.
The 12-hour block of shows, set to launch Nov. 1, will feature hosts including former ESPN anchor Cari Champion, Australian tennis commentator Rennae Stubbs and former Bleacher Report host Master Tesfatsion. Embassy Row, the production company headed by Jeopardy! executive producer (and co-host of the soccer podcast and TV show Men in Blazers) Michael Davies, is producing the lineup.
The goal is to feature up-and-coming talent in front of the camera and a “positive, uplifting take on sports” as opposed to the argument-based format on big players like ESPN and Fox Sports 1, Amazon’s vp global sports video Marie Donoghue told the New York Post, which first reported the news.
It could also serve as a signal to other...
- 10/31/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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