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Basketball

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

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

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

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

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
Football

US-based media group WarnerMedia is expected to be awarded broadcast rights in Mexico to the Uefa Champions League from 2021-22 to 2023-24, SportBusiness understands
Football

The USL League One game between Greenville Triumph SC and Union Omaha on May 16 is scheduled to air on ESPN2, marking the first time that the third-tier league will appear on national television in the …
Football

Broadcasters in the Caribbean region have been invited to bid for rights to the Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in the latest sales process to be initiated by the Team Marketing agency
Ice Hockey

The NHL has secured a 33-per-cent increase in its US media rights income from the sale of its 'A' package alone.
American Football

The National Football League has solidified its domestic media rights distribution well into the next decade and reaffirmed its position as the pre-eminent programming in all of American television, regardless…
Football

The Brazilian arm of global sports broadcaster ESPN is set to renew its exclusive rights to the Uefa Europa League
Rugby League

International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Africa to the NRL Australian rugby league competition
Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League and ESPN are reportedly close to agreeing a seven-year media rights deal in the United States
Football

ESPN is demonstrating its commitment to the Bundesliga with extensive coverage of the high-profile Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund match this weekend, highlighted by "Der Klassiker" being aired on the…
American Football

The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly pushing back on the National Football League's desire to charge domestic rights partners double the amount they have been paying to broadcast games
Football

The value of Uefa club competition rights has rebounded in the Netherlands due to a change in Uefa’s coefficient ranking system that will guarantee at least one Dutch club’s automatic qualification to the Champions League from 2021-22.
Football

Latin America is the latest territory in which invitations to submit offers have been issued for Uefa club competitions broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Football

Live coverage of Belgian football’s Jupiler Pro League is to be shown in the US on subscription streaming service ESPN+ as part of a wider five-year agreement with the Disney-owned broadcaster.