Podcast: 08/05/2026
Episode: 28, Season 8
Host/s: Roger Mitchell -
Host/s: Mark Oliver
Guest/s: Davide Tesoro-Tess
Show: Citizen AYNE

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Podcast: 08/05/2026
Episode: 28, Season 8
Host/s: Roger Mitchell -
Host/s: Mark Oliver
Guest/s: Davide Tesoro-Tess
Show: Citizen AYNE

From the boardroom to the locker rooms, sport catches imagination like little else. In this podcast we talk to the men and women, who make the big decisions and those who make the big plays to find where sport is; and, importantly, where it is going. We do so, for the only eyes that matter: those of the fan!

Season 8 Episode 28. Roger Mitchell and Mark Oliver are joined by Davide Tesoro-Tess, the strategist who helped shape Sky Italy, to unpack the biggest media question of the moment: what happens when consolidation, separation and vertical integration all start happening at once? From Comcast and Sky to RTL, MFE and the future of free-to-air versus pay TV, they dig into why Europe’s broadcasters are rearranging themselves, whether the real prize is cost savings or advertising power, and which deals are bold strategy versus survival in a market that is changing fast.

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