Is The Future of Sports on Broadcast TV in Peril?

by | Apr 17, 2024

Why waste time on cold calls when you can make 25 warm, value-driven touches in the time it used to take to make five cold calls?

Let’s face it — the world of broadcast is changing, and your team doesn’t have time to waste chasing outdated leads or second-guessing who the right contact is. Every call, every email, every outreach should be strategic, and that starts with having the right data.

That’s where Data Enrichment, powered by the ShareBuilders Assistant, comes in.

The Hidden Cost of Cold Calls

Cold outreach is the least efficient part of the sales process. Reps spend valuable time hunting down contact names, verifying titles, guessing email formats, and navigating outdated org charts — often just to be met with radio silence.

It may not be that your pitch is wrong. It’s that your data isn’t working hard enough for you.

Data Enrichment solves this by doing what no spreadsheet ever could: it intelligently fills in the blanks, updates stale records, and gives you the confidence that your message is reaching the right person at the right time — with the right message.


Smarter Outreach Starts with Enriched Data

Imagine opening your CRM and instantly seeing:

  • The correct contact with title, email, and phone number

  • A full DISC assessment of the contact you are reaching out to

  • Pain points and insights for every account

  • Brand logos, colors, and taglines

  • Past activity and pending revenue, all in one view

That’s not a dream — it’s data enrichment done right.


Powering Personalization with Purpose

Today’s buyers don’t respond to generic outreach. They respond to personalized, value-driven conversations that prove you’ve done your homework. That’s why Data Enrichment doesn’t just clean up your CRM — it powers strategic VBRs (Value-Based Reasons) that connect to real challenges and opportunities.

Whether you’re prospecting new business, upselling, or renewing, your team can confidently engage with messaging that resonates.

With the Data Enrichment Assistant, your team can:

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  • Keep CRM Records Up to Date: Automatically capture changes in leadership, ownership, or structure across brands and stations.

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  • Accelerate Sales Cycles: Spend less time researching and more time selling.

  • Drive Higher Response Rates: Personalized, relevant outreach cuts through the noise and earns replies.


More Than a Tool — It’s a Revenue Strategy

Data Enrichment, powered by the ShareBuilders Assistant, is more than just a feature. It’s a sales enabler designed specifically for media sales teams who want to get serious about performance.

For national reps juggling dozens of accounts or local sellers trying to stand out in a competitive market, data enrichment means every touch is smarter, faster, and more likely to convert.


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Where does this leave broadcast television? It depends. The advantage right now for broadcasters is that the streaming landscape is a confusing mess (to put it mildly). Sports fans must piece together different apps to find the event or league they enjoy watching. For example, MLB airs on the Fox Sports app, Apple+, and even has its own MLB app for the hardcore baseball fan. Are you a fan of the NFL? If you want to watch Thursday Night Football, you need an Amazon Prime subscription to do so.

The good news for broadcast TV? NFL is king, as evidenced by minutes viewed in 2023:

League/Minutes watched in 2023 (in billions):

NFL – 974.7
MLB – 329.7
NBA – 285.2
NHL – 181.3
MLS – 3.1

_Aug Blog -MarkNFL broadcast rights have been secured on FOX, CBS, and NBC through the 2033 season. This isn ‘t just a ratings and financial windfall for TV stations; it ‘s a vehicle for networks to promote prime programming, specials, and news making it more valuable than airing live games.

Also, in broadcasters’ favor, Fox has MLB rights (which include the All-Star Game, championship series, and World Series) through 2028. In addition, the NBA on ABC has rights to regular season games, playoffs, and NBA Finals through 2025.

The most positive trend in broadcast ties to sports is the erosion of regional sports networks on cable TV. Due to their expense, RSNs have had a difficult time staying afloat, and it’s causing some teams in the NBA and NHL to move back to broadcast TV (where I fondly remember watching Knicks and Mets games back in NYC as a child). Scripps Sports created a new division to capitalize on the opportunity – and now the Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Dallas Mavericks are among some of the teams with games available on local TV.

As long as networks remain in business with the NFL and continue to capitalize on the erosion of RSNs, broadcast TV will remain a top choice in the fight for sports viewership.