Walt Disney’s ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch a joint sports streaming service this fall, giving consumers a new way to access marquee live sports for the first time. The platform, which will be owned by a newly formed... Read More
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The Monday Night Football schedule is now something of a hodgepodge for the Walt Disney Company. Fifteen games will get the simulcast treatment across ESPN networks and ABC. The full ABC schedule is as follows: Browns-Steelers (Sept.... Read More
The NFL season kicks off with a Thursday Night Football game between the reigning Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs and the rising Detroit Lions. Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas will be broadcast on CBS. However, Nickelodeon will also broadcast the... Read More
Amazon is in early talks with Walt Disney about working on the streaming version of ESPN it is developing, while possibly also taking a minority stake in the sports network, the Information reportedThursday, citing people familiar... Read More
FIBA and ESPN have announced a rights agreement for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, with all 92 games available on ESPN platforms, including ESPN2 and ESPN+. The global event tips off on August 25, and continues through to September 10.... Read More
Inside the NFL won’t be available to watch in the same place. According to the Sports Business Journal‘s John Ourand, the long-running show will no longer air on Paramount+ next season. HBO aired Inside the NFL from... Read More
It’s the second straight year ESPN has orchestrated an NBA game led by an all-female broadcast crew, with this version being held on International Women’s Day. Beth Mowins and Doris Burke will call the action, with more than 70 women taking part... Read More
By Danny Thompson Last week’s news of the highly coveted National Football League Sunday Ticket moving over to Google’s YouTube TV for Two Billion Dollars annually sent shockwaves through the sporting media streaming landscape. By leaving... Read More
Adding to ESPN’s collection of NBA programming, ESPN+ will premiere NBA Crosscourt, a new studio show streaming twice weekly, exclusively for subscribers, starting October 19. Hosted by Cassidy Hubbarth and Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, the show will... Read More
Now that Aaron Judge has slugged home run No. 60 for the season, the New York Yankees outfielder is just one dinger away from matching Roger Maris’ all-time American League record, and two away from breaking it. And if The Judge fails to go yard... Read More
When LIV Golf first launched, its Saudi backers likely assumed that selling its media rights would be as easy as a two-foot putt. Instead, the company is mired in a sand trap, and its options appear to be dwindling. That’s according to a new... Read More
F1 and ESPN have agreed to a three-year contract for U.S. broadcast rights worth $75 million to $90 million annually, per Sports Business Journal. Most races will be on ESPN or ABC, both of which are owned by Disney. ESPN will also have... Read More
The new year started off strong for podcast publishers as post-holiday listening roared back. Downloads among top 20 publishers measured by Podtrac saw a 17% year-to-year increase in streams and downloads last month. Powered by an eight percent... Read More
YouTube TV warned customers Monday that all Disney-owned channels, including ABC, FX, Disney Channel and ESPN, will go dark on YouTube TV starting December 17 if a new carriage deal is not reached. Absent a new deal, YouTube TV said it will cut its... Read More
The most talked about NFL telecast this season has been “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli.” Outside of the season opener between the Raiders and Ravens, which was simulcast on ESPN+, the “ManningCast” has only been on ESPN2.... Read More