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Football
Brazil

The Disney media group is set to acquire rights in Brazil for the upcoming Copa América national team football tournament.
Multi-sport
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has renewed its multi-platform distribution and content deal with international sports broadcaster ESPN
Baseball
USA

Derek Jeter, chief executive and co-owner of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins and previously a New York Yankees superstar, is the latest prominent former athlete to get the in-depth documentary t…
Football
USA

The resale of LaLiga broadcast rights in the US and Canadian markets by beIN Media Group is expected to lead to a change of strategy at the subscription broadcaster with a heightened focused on its free…
Baseball
USA

Major League Baseball has completed a long-anticipated, seven-year media rights renewal with ESPN, in turn finishing off its national domestic rights through 2028
Football
USA

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…
NFL
USA

The Walt Disney Co. confirmed it remains “in conversations” with the National Football League regarding the league’s out-of-market game package, NFL Sunday Ticket.
Multi-sport
Asia

The shutdown of Fox Sports Asia, announced by owner Disney last month, will draw the curtains on one of the most storied companies in sports broadcasting in Asia-Pacific. SportBusiness Media takes a brief look back over the company's history.
Football
USA

Spanish football’s LaLiga is expected to announce a major broadcast deal with Disney’s ESPN that will come into force next season.
Basketball
Global

The Basketball Africa League has announced a series of international broadcast partners ahead of its inaugural season, including ESPN and NBA TV in the United States
NFL
USA

The National Football League’s 2021 Draft finished up with the third-highest viewership in the event’s history.
Baseball
USA

ESPN and Star Wars, two sister divisions within the Walt Disney Co
NFL
USA

The National Football League reaffirmed its position as the most valuable property in the United States media landscape when the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft on April 29 outdrew the Oscars for the…
Basketball
USA

The Women’s National Basketball Association has announced a wide-ranging multiyear partnership with American-based multinational technology giant Google, which has been designated a top-tier WNBA Changemaker s…
Football
USA

The United Soccer League is expanding its global footprint by striking a broadcast agreement with ESPN International, which covers over 58 million linear homes and 46 million digital homes in 55 territories…
Esports
USA

ESPN will broadcast the inaugural Madden NFL 21 Bowl: Draft Edition, which is taking place on May 2 and 4, via its app and website.
American Football
USA

The NFL has shown that a little flexibility goes a long way in the US, securing like-for-like growth of about 80-per-cent by allowing partners to use the NFL as a central pillar of their respective streaming platforms.
Basketball
USA

ESPN on April 14 will carry its first betting-oriented alternate production of a National Basketball Association game with the debut of its Daily Wager Special on both ESPN+ and ESPN2