Timhanlon

All things media + future: A little @McKinsey; a lot @VertereGroup. And a pod @GoodSeatsStill! ➡️ More active on Blue!

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🏇 The Kentucky Derby. The Belmont Stakes. The Breeders' Cup. Horse race announcer Tom Durkin called them all. But his favorite stories might be the ones that happened *away* from the microphone; ➡️ LISTEN NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/1Xb35hCi15

[Brian Steinberg @bristei]

Scoop: TV's 'upfront' market appears down, and big networks and streamers have had to push for top dollar on sports even as Madison Avenue wants out of entertainment-focused cable networks....

https://t.co/FuMHTYSO3T via @variety

[CFX @Cablefax]

Charlie Ergen is diving into low-power TV through a deal with HC2 Broadcasting—and 5G Broadcast technology is believed to be the real play here.

https://t.co/MRRRg9OYvz

[Good Seats Still Available @GoodSeatsStill]

🏇 The Kentucky Derby. The Belmont Stakes. The Breeders' Cup. Horse race announcer Tom Durkin called them all. But his favorite stories might be the ones that happened *away* from the microphone; ➡️ LISTEN NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/1Xb35hCi15

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🏇 Tom Durkin called the Kentucky Derby, the Breeders' Cup, and some of racing's most unforgettable moments. But his greatest story might be his own. ➡️ LISTEN NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/1Xb35hCi15

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management.

Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ...

The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too.

That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site.

Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices.

Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.

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🏇 The Kentucky Derby. The Belmont Stakes. The Breeders' Cup. Horse race announcer Tom Durkin called them all. But his favorite stories might be the ones that happened *away* from the microphone; ➡️ LISTEN NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/1Xb35hCi15

[TheDesk.net @TheDeskDotNet]

ICYMI: Talk Back to Television: Tim Hanlon, the Vertere Group

Read more ⬇️

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[Good Seats Still Available @GoodSeatsStill]

🏇 The Kentucky Derby. The Belmont Stakes. The Breeders' Cup. Horse race announcer Tom Durkin called them all. But his favorite stories might be the ones that happened *away* from the microphone; ➡️ LISTEN NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/1Xb35hCi15

[Good Seats Still Available @GoodSeatsStill]

🏇 Tom Durkin called the Kentucky Derby, the Breeders' Cup, and some of racing's most unforgettable moments. But his greatest story might be his own. ➡️ LISTEN NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/1Xb35hCi15

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🏇 Before he became horse racing's most famous voice, Tom Durkin was sleeping in his car in between jobs at obscure racetracks; the story of how a precocious Chicago kid/railbird became a broadcasting legend; ➡️ NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/1Xb35hCi15

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

As far as disco hits go, “Boogie Nights” is untouchable.

[Frank Wells @FrankTracy]

Pink Lady And Jeff have dropped out of the America 250 celebration.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

The great Al Hrabosky. It warms my heart to know “The Mad Hungarian” is still crazy after all these years …

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Did you know PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON’s Dad — ERNIE ANDERSON — was the voice of ABC TV from the late 70’s to the mid-90’s.

Here’s a little piece on him.

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How did the US go from soccer afterthought to World Cup host and global talent producer? "The Long Game" author Leander Schaerlaeckens unpacks the strange, fragile, fascinating history of the USMNT & where it goes next; NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/yWgUH3YbWD

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⚽ The U.S. men’s soccer story is stranger than fiction - and "Long Game" author Leander Schaerlaeckens knows every twist. From Team America to the 2026 World Cup, we look at how the USMNT became what it is today; ➡️ NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/yWgUH3YbWD

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⚽ The U.S. men’s soccer story is stranger than fiction - and "Long Game" author Leander Schaerlaeckens knows every twist. From Team America to the 2026 World Cup, we look at how the USMNT became what it is today; ➡️ NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/yWgUH3YbWD

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⚽ From the NASL's star-crossed Team America to World Cup mania: how did the US go from soccer afterthought to global contender? Leander Schaerlaeckens joins to discuss "The Long Game" & the chaotic rise of American soccer; NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://t.co/yWgUH3YbWD

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Stephen Colbert's new YouTube channel, with just a single video, topped 100,000 subscribers overnight 👀 https://t.co/vlSwqQQ7lR