Amazon Prime to Start Live Sports Talk Tomorrow

[Mark Jeffries]

Twelve hours daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, with seven shows planned, all produced by "Jeopardy!" showrunner Michael Davies' shingle Embassy Row at Sony--Former ESPNer Cari Champion is probably the most familiar name of the hosts--a greater emphasis on international sports (considering how many countries Bezos TV is in), but no highlight packages initially, which is not all that surprising considering the possible rights issues, as Adam mentioned here when I asked why ESPN UK had no "SportsCentre" on its schedule:

https://www.thewrap.com/amazon-prime-sports-talk-all-day-night-analysis/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news_7164675

[Adam Bowie]

Of note - ESPN branding has now gone away from the UK. 

While we still see ESPN and ESPN+ bugs in the corners of screens when ESPN-originated sports are rebroadcast here, "BT Sport ESPN" has now rebranded as "BT Sport 4" (1-3 already existed).

An unsurprising move considering the channel's upcoming merger with the Warner Bros Discovery owned Eurosport. 

(Sidenote: the US clock changes being out of kilter with Europe/ROW mean things like Monday Night Football start at the slightly less unreasonable 00:00 rather than 01:00. Still amused that the Heavy Action MNF theme music will forever conjure up 70s/80s Superstars for Brits of a certain age)

On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, 23:35 Mark Jeffries, <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Twelve hours daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, with seven shows planned, all produced by "Jeopardy!" showrunner Michael Davies' shingle Embassy Row at Sony--Former ESPNer Cari Champion is probably the most familiar name of the hosts--a greater emphasis on international sports (considering how many countries Bezos TV is in), but no highlight packages initially, which is not all that surprising considering the possible rights issues, as Adam mentioned here when I asked why ESPN UK had no "SportsCentre" on its schedule:

https://www.thewrap.com/amazon-prime-sports-talk-all-day-night-analysis/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news_7164675

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