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AELTC extends BBC’s Wimbledon deal to 2027 and ESPN’s to 2035
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Wimbledon grand slam, has extended its agreement for media rights to the tournament with UK public-service…
ESPN signs multiyear rights deal with Big West Conference
Pact with US college entity expands significantly beyond men's basketball rights
ABC to air first MLB regular-season game since 1989
US broadcast network to exclusively televise "Sunday Night Baseball" game
ESPN details plans for X Games in California
US sports broadcaster ESPN has announced plans to take the X Games back to its roots with the summer edition of the action sports series set to be held in three Southern California locations this year,…
Disney CEO Chapek: linear TV still generating “tremendous cash flow”
Traditional medium is still "really funding the operation"
ESPN+, Hotstar to stream WTC final in US, Foxtel lands Australian rights
Streaming services ESPN+ and Hotstar have acquired rights in the US to cricket’s inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand, while a deal has also been struck in Australia f…
How LaLiga-Relevent Sports partnership in US led to record $1.4bn ESPN media rights deal
Boris Gartner and Danny SiIlman, chief executives of LaLiga North America and Relevent Sports, respectively, tell SportBusiness how their joint venture partnership has transformed LaLiga's presence and commercial fortunes in North America in just three years
ESPN, Big Sky Conference complete multiyear rights deal
ESPN and the Big Sky Conference have announced a new multiyear, multiplatform media rights agreement, adding more than 600 events in both men’s and women’s sports on ESPN+ and the ESPN App.
NBA sees domestic ratings boost in playoffs’ first round
League sees viewership growth despite just one series going to a seventh game
ESPN gives big promotion to programming head Magnus
Network veteran elevated after frenetic run of major rights acquisitions
Disney set to join SBT as Copa América broadcaster in Brazil
The Disney media group is set to acquire rights in Brazil for the upcoming Copa América national team football tournament.
WWE hires former DAZN executive Horowitz to key development and digital role
Former DAZN, Fox Sports, ESPN executive finds new position
Sky NZ renews multi-platform ESPN distribution and content deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has renewed its multi-platform distribution and content deal with international sports broadcaster ESPN
Jeter to be subject of planned ESPN documentary series
Many key figures from "The Last Dance" involved in film set for 2022 debut
Davyeon Ross on finding new insights and new markets in sports analytics
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Davyeon Ross, co-founder and president of ShotTracker, a sports technology and data and analytics company providing real-time basketball statistics and insights. Eric and Chris also discuss Major League Baseball’s recent domestic rights extension with ESPN, the National Football League’s release of its 2021 regular season game schedule, the pending sale of Major League Soccer’s Orlando City SC, the start of the 25th season of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the appointment of George Kliavkoff as the Pac-12 Conference’s new commissioner.
Disney remains ‘in conversations’ for NFL Sunday Ticket
Out-of-market package is last major open piece of NFL's US rights inventory
ESPN secures $1.4bn US rights deal with LaLiga through 2028-29
ESPN and LaLiga have finalized a wide-ranging long-term media rights deal that will make streaming service ESPN+ the principal English- and Spanish-language home for Spain's top-flight soccer league in…
ESPN pares down game inventory, fee in MLB rights extension
Network cuts annual cost by 21 per cent but focuses on rights exclusivity