World Cup Euphoria & A YouTube Sports Mystery
6/24/202623 min
John Ourand joins Peter to revel in the World Cup’s TV ratings bonanza, and why all the haters were wrong. Then John weighs into YouTube’s relentless pursuit of a marquee sports rights deal—and whether the platform is on the verge of becoming a genuine player or just phoning it in.
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First 90 secondsJohn Ourand· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] You take a look at the TV numbers for these first round games, and they're breathtaking. You had Ghana playing Panama on Fox, and you have four million people watching that. Ghana versus Panama. That's an impossible number to conceive.
Peter Hamby· Host0:19
[upbeat music] Welcome to the Powers That Be Daily, Puck's podcast focused on the intersection of Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood, and the players who run it all. I'm Peter Hamby. It's Wednesday, June 24th. Today, I'm joined by John Ourand with a look at the joy of the World Cup and huge TV ratings across games, a success story so far that's undercutting a lot of the negative predictions and criticism that preceded the biggest tournament in the world. John also tells me about YouTube not giving up their dreams to land a big rights deal with one of the leagues that would have them competing with Amazon and Netflix and Apple for sports viewers. We'll discuss all that and much more on today's episode of the Powers That Be.
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