Tag: Barrett Sports Media

"Overall, we're not growing as fast as I want us to, and we're working on and making that move faster. We are, though, also doing things that create a lot of headwind of that number."

"Despite a 2% drop in viewership from year one to year two, the multi-year agreement was reached with hopes for a rebound in year three."

"PTI has always chosen to be different from everything else on ESPN, dating back to the moment it first hit the airwaves. It has continued to resist changing its core formula despite trends within the industry and within the network itself. So, why change now?"

"The people upstairs, going all the way to the top, were more impacted by that kind of clash than you and I were [having]. Like everybody else in this world, they were prisoners of internet overreaction."

"A lot of them [ESPN executives] don't even know PTI exists. We're not from Bristol. We weren't created by Bristol. We're not of the ESPN culture."

"I think [Cris] Collinsworth is as good as he's ever been. I'm not trying to push Collinsworth out. I think you have to just test drive it."

"Herbstreit, 57, is in the final season of his initial five-year Prime Video deal alongside Al Michaels."

"The episode now ranks as the fourth most-watched regular-season show all-time. Its final hour averaged 3.7 million viewers, beating the competition [FOX Sports] by 163%."

"Past honorees include James Brown, Greg Gumbel, Jim Nantz, Chris Berman, Cris Collinsworth among many others."

"These new media relationships give us a huge opportunity to build on that and continue to reach new fans and introduce them to the incredible competition."