1. The NFL held a media call Wednesday regarding several media issues as the 2023 season gets ready to kick off. Among the more notable highlights:
• The decision to not allow Sunday Ticket viewers to control the games they watch on the multiview channel, which I wrote about last week, is YouTube’s, not the NFL’s. This is highly disappointing since YouTube TV viewers were given the ability to pick the games they wanted to watch on one screen during the NCAA tournament. YouTube will offer several multiview channels this season, featuring options with four games, three games and two games.
• The NFL said they will not release subscriber numbers for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube now or in the future, which is very curious because everyone loves to tout numbers when they’re good. When NFL Sunday Ticket was on DirecTV, more than 2 million people subscribed.