ESPN

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 16, 2024 by Benedict Evans · said 16 times in 3 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Feb 16, 2024 negative
Opinion
Evans: Direct-to-consumer streaming was a terrible model for US media companies
“The other big story of course is ESPN, Fox Warner, which has three American media companies doing a bundled sports swimming platform this year as part of the sort of great Crash in American TV streaming after they spent all of the last five years spending huge…”
Benedict Evans Feb 16, 2024 ▶ 0:55 Breaking and remaking media
Aug 21, 2025
Assertion Supported
Catton-Brown: ESPN pays $85M–$95M annually for US F1 rights through 2025
“They're currently paying anywhere between 85 to ninety-five million a year. That contract is up by, at the end of twenty-twenty-five”
Toni Cowan-Brown Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 26:43 A double episode: AI differentiation, and Apple does F1
Aug 21, 2025 bearish
Prediction Held up
Catton-Brown: Formula One will not secure its initial asking price for rights
“F-One is definitely not going to get the initial price set that they want. ESPN is definitely not, sounds like they're not going to fight for it.”
Toni Cowan-Brown Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 44:49 A double episode: AI differentiation, and Apple does F1
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