"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."
"The numbers represent NBC Sports’ biggest NFL Kickoff Weekend since 2015 and the second-highest audience ever to open Sunday Night Football in its two-decade history"
"CBS has not drawn an opening-week national window this strong in more than 25 years, and FOX’s single header still topped anything seen in the past eight"
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."