{"id":32510,"date":"2025-09-02T15:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/?post_type=report&#038;p=32510"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:11:46","slug":"leaders-report-the-alternative-view-the-rise-of-the-alt-cast-in-live-sports-coverage","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/reports\/leaders-report-the-alternative-view-the-rise-of-the-alt-cast-in-live-sports-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Report:  The Alternative View \u2013 The rise of the alt-cast in live sports coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1312746365-scaled.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                2 Sep 2025                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/reports\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Reports<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">The Alternative View \u2013 The rise of the alt-cast in live sports coverage<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/brands-sponsorship-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brands &amp; 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