The LightShed Podcast

[0:00] The revolution will not be televised.

[0:56] It is 1999 all over again.

[4:29] Can and should Big-tech’s power be stopped?

[15:33] Twitter’s bot purge triggers critics.

[17:23] Sports ratings declines continue and the challenge to “secondary” sports rights deals.

[22:03] The value of tech to sports rights.

[26:01] Lessons learned from Viacom as an NFL partner.

[29:59] Dish, Amazon and SpaceX gearing up for spectrum battle in 2021.

[30:42] Delrahim’s resignation and the next FCC Chair.

[33:02] Disney should have bought EA.

[38:24] Creators profiting on Spotlight means the beginning of a new Snap flywheel.

[41:41] Fubo found a business that’s even tougher to be subscale in than vMVPDs.

[46:44] What happened to the HBO Max haters?

[49:57] Netflix’s power in creating winners.

[55:40] What's next for John Legere?

[58:44] Must be the money!

[0:29] Jamiroquai is not the Viking Shaman.

[4:16] Section 230 and the First Amendment.

[12:52] Twitter's reliance on President Trump is overstated.

[14:00] Social media’s blame.

[18:36] Roblox as a music discovery platform.

[23:16] Verizon’s pivot to mid-band spectrum.

[28:12] Viacom’s Hulu deal is a victory lap for Redstone/Bakish’s merger logic.

[36:22] Verizon pushing Discovery+; who will Paramount+ partner with?

[40:55] Disney is all in.

[44:20] Why can’t Peacock partner like the ole days of TCI?

[49:09] Roku’s low-risk Quibi deal follows Netflix’s initial playbook.

[53:18] New York sports betting and Walt’s lock of the week.

[56:33] Twitter Spaces is Clubhouse and it makes sense.

[59:24] We did not forget about Dre.