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US College Sports

The Atlantic 10 collegiate athletic conference, one of the top mid-majors in American college sports, has secured a three-year extension to its domestic media-rights agreement with ESPN and ESPN+ for a…
Multi-sport

Charly Classen, previously a leading figure at ESPN’s international business, has been named as the new executive vice-president of sports at German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland, replacing J…
American Football

The Southern Conference has reached a new six-year domestic media-rights agreement with ESPN and streaming service ESPN+ through the 2025-26 academic year
Multi-sport

ESPN has unveiled an executive restructuring following the planned departure of executive vice president of content Connor Schell and recent reorganization by corporate parent The Walt Disney Co.
Football

Major League Soccer's postseason will gain significantly more broadcast reach in the United States with the main ABC network airing a conference semi-final as well as a conference final
Multi-sport

American sports media giant ESPN said it will lay off about 300 employees and not fill 200 other open positions, a heavy cutback for the Walt Disney Co.-owned company amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
NFL

The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly preparing to make an aggressive bid to secure the domestic broadcast rights to the National Football League's showcase Sunday Night Football package.
Golf

ESPN and Augusta National have announced that College GameDay will be broadcast live at next month's Masters tournament on November 14
Multi-sport

ESPN has developed a plan to shift more of its written editorial content and daily studio show programming behind its paywall as it continues prioritize the development of the ESPN+ subscription offering
Football

The Disney-owned direct-to-consumer streaming platform ESPN+ has acquired US broadcast rights to the Scottish Premiership in one of a string of broadcast deals finalised by the Infront agency
Horse Racing

This weekend’s British Champions Day horse-racing event at Ascot will enjoy international broadcast exposure, with US network Fox Sports and sub-Saharan pay-television operator SuperSport among the broadcasters t…
NFL

ESPN Deportes has gained the domestic Spanish-language rights to broadcast Super Bowl LV, which is scheduled to take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 7, 2021.
Multi-sport

The Disney media group’s latest attempts to merge international arms of pay-television broadcasters ESPN and Fox Sports has failed after Argentina’s competition authority blocked its proposal.
US College Sports

ESPN and its direct-to-consumer streaming platform ESPN+ have signed a multi-year extension to a rights deal with the Southland Conference US college sports conference
Football

France’s Division 1 Féminine, the top tier of women’s football in the country, is to receive broadcast coverage in the US, UK, Germany and Italy from the 2020-21 season.
Football

The United Soccer League Championship final will become the first game in league history to air on the main ESPN channel, it has been announced
US College Sports

The Patriot League has reached a multi-year media rights deal with ESPN, which makes direct-to-consumer platform ESPN+ the conference's exclusive digital home for live and archived sporting events, starting…
NFL

The opening weekend of the 2020 National Football League provided a decidedly mixed bag on United States television ratings, leaving any conclusions about the full state of the league’s viewership amid t…