Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

TSN's Kenzie Lalonde on what it was like calling Olympic hockey in Milan and the growth of the PWHL

Episode 600 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kenzie Lalonde, the bureau reporter in Montreal for TSN (Canada) as well as one of the PWHL's lead broadcasters. Lalonde recently called the Olympic women's hockey gold medal game for the CBC. In this podcast, Lalonde discusses her recently concluded assignment as the lead play-by-play voice for the women's Olympic hockey tournament for CBC; the hockey setup in Milan; where the U.S. stands as a women's hockey program compared to the Canadians; calling PWHL games; where the PWHL is right now in its evolution; what she expects heading forward regarding job prospects for women who want to work in hockey media; her work as TSN’s bureau reporter in Montreal for three seasons, primarily responsible for covering the Canadiens and Alouettes; the Canadiens playoff prospects, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First Look: Will the thrilling U.S.-Canada women's gold medal hockey game lead to more interest in the PWHL?

Here’s a First Look from our upcoming podcast with Kenzie Lalonde, the bureau reporter in Montreal for TSN (Canada) as well one of the PWHL's lead broadcasters. Lalonde recently called the Olympic women's hockey gold medal game for the CBC.  The full podcast will be out later this week. In this preview clip, Lalonde discusses why and how she believes the PWHL will benefit from the Milan-Cortina Olympics. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports Media Roundtable: CBS's longterm NFL desires and Jason Benetti joins NBC Sports

Episode 599 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sports Media Watch editor and founder Jon Lewis and SBJ media reporter Austin Karp. In this podcast we discuss Paramount chairman/CEO David Ellison telling CNBC that the company plans to continue its relationship with the National Football League and what the means; Jason Benetti joining NBC as lead play by play announcer for "Sunday Night Baseball;" CBS and TNT Sports announcing their joint NCAA men’s basketball tournament broadcast teams; TNT Sports picking up media rights to FIBA tournaments in the U.S.,; Tubi carrying alt-casts F-1 races and practice and qualifying sessions available to stream through Yahoo Sports; the Lakers-Warriors brutal rating on ABC; our thoughts on the World Baseball Classic; Austin's interview with CAA agents and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Which media players are going to win on sports rights? The guest is Julia Alexander of Puck

Episode 598 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Julia Alexander, a media correspondent for Puck and one of the foremost streaming experts in the U.S. In this podcast, Alexander discusses her thoughts on Paramount Skydance ultimately getting WBD's properties; CBS Sports joining forces with WBD’s TNT Sport for a portfolio of NFL, MLB, the NHL, the Masters, NCAA hoops and football and Champions League and others; the NFL likely opting out of its 11-year, $110 billion-plus rights deals with CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN and Amazon Prime Video and what that will mean; Netflix's sports ambitions following the exit on WBD; whether Netflix would be interested in the 2030 men's World Cup; her thoughts on hockey back in the zeitgeist and what that means for its media rights; the incoming media layoffs from the Paramount/WBD and the impact of media people fighting for no jobs in markets that don’t want to create new ones, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First Look: Can Netflix land the next men's World Cup?

Here’s a First Look from our upcoming podcast with Julia Alexander, a media correspondent for Puck and one of the foremost streaming experts in the U.S. The full podcast will be out later this week. In this preview clip, Alexander discusses how Netflix might think about the rights to the 2030 World Cup both in the U.S. and globally. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices