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Netflix’s VP of Sports Gabe Spitzer lays out the vision for Netflix in sports from the NFL to MLB to the Women’s World Cup to WWE and what is next.

The 43-minute sports media podcast was shot in front of a live studio audience as part of the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” series.

THE RUNDOWN …

* Why Netflix’s vision for sports is not just a sports strategy

* The evolution of Netflix’s strategy and what sports provides for the business

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* Why Netflix added more NFL and wanted to own Christmas

* How the NFL game deal sprung out of social media

* The race to the first game and setting a then streaming record

* Why boxing has done so well on Netflix

* The surprise of Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul

* Assessing how the World Baseball Classic did in Japan

* Netflix has MLB’s Opening Night, Home Run Derby and Field of Dreams, why does that work

* Marchand criticized Netflix’s Opening Night presentation in a column for The Athletic, Spitzer gave his response

* The difficulty of networks, like Fox and ESPN, not allowing their exclusive on-air personalities to appear on Netflix anymore

* Why Netflix wants to be the most talent friendly network

* How the Elle Duncan deal works

* How does Spitzer looking at adding more on-air personalities

* The Women’s World Cup next year is the most ambitious project yet

* What is the thinking behind acquiring the Women’s World Cup

* What is Gabe Spitzer’s backstory

* How he started at ESPN in 2005 out of Wesleyan

* Learning how to make documentaries at HBO

* How he moved from Fox Sports to Netflix

* What is the culture of Netflix

* Why failing is important at Netflix

* How the first big live deal with WWE came together

* Grading the WWE deal

* What is the best documentary that Spitzer has been a part of

* What’s it like working on “Harry and Meghan”

* How do you get subjects to buy in on documentaries

* Beckham’s reaction around the world to his doc

* The one big documentary still out there is …

* How interested is Netflix in the Men’s World Cup

* How does Spitzer look at AI

* Where does Spitzer see Netflix in sports in five years or 10 years

* What’s the hardest part of Spitzer’s job

* How many pitches does Spitzer receive

* Who have been the most important mentors for Spitzer

* Does Spitzer wish he had become a sports writer

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