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ESPN seals new NFL rights deal in Australia, New Zealand
Sports broadcaster ESPN has struck an expanded rights agreement in Australia and New Zealand for the NFL American football league
USL extends ESPN, ESPN+ partnership until 2022
The United Soccer League has announced a new broadcast deal with ESPN, which features USL Championship and League One matches on ESPN linear networks and streaming service ESPN+ through the 2022 season
ESPN adds international rights to NWSL
US sports broadcaster ESPN has broadened its relationship with the National Women’s Soccer League by acquiring international rights to the sport's top division in the United States.
New NBA schedule features earlier shift in many national broadcast windows
Shift to earlier start times for nationally broadcast doubleheaders follows shift of LeBron James to Los Angeles and ratings declines last season
YouTube TV secures carriage deal for ACC Network
YouTube TV, the OTT service operated by Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube, has announced it will carry the ESPN-owned ACC Network channel when the latter launches later this month
Disney details Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu bundle offer
The Walt Disney Company has announced details of a $12.99 (€11.61) bundle that will provide access to the Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu streaming services.
ESPN+ to acquire Bundesliga rights from 2020 – report
Direct-to-consumer streaming service ESPN+ is close to adding the Bundesliga to its array of global soccer rights in the United States, according to the New York Post
SBS, ESPN secure domestic rights to Australian basketball
Australia’s National Basketball League has signed two-year domestic rights deals with public-service broadcaster SBS and sports broadcaster ESPN.
North American broadcast partners announced for inaugural MLS-Liga MX Leagues Cup
Major League Soccer and Liga MX have announced the broadcast partners for the inaugural Leagues Cup, a new mid-season competition featuring teams from both leagues which begins on July 23
Zion Williamson’s Pelicans debut sets NBA Summer League TV ratings record
Zion Williamson's highly-anticipated debut for the New Orleans Pelicans on July 5 set a record for the highest-rated NBA Summer League game ever
NWSL regains national broadcast platform with ESPN deal
The National Women’s Soccer League, the sport’s top division in the United States, has today (Thursday) secured a return to national television after agreeing a deal with sports broadcaster ESPN.
ESPN experiments with NBA live stream aimed at teenagers
ESPN unveiled a live stream of Game 2 of the NBA Finals on the ESPN App on Sunday evening that was aimed exclusively at a teenage audience
ESPN+ adds Copa America to football portfolio
ESPN+ has again expanded its football portfolio by acquiring the exclusive English-language rights in the United States for the 2019 Copa America
ESPN “stacking up” global soccer rights for ESPN+
ESPN has said it is “stacking up global soccer as much we can” for its direct-to-consumer digital product ESPN+.
ESPN acquires PGA Championship in LatAm, Brazil, Caribbean
International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean to US golf major the PGA Championship, as part of a new long-term agreement with the PGA of America
ESPN partners with Arena Football League
US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a deal to become a national rights partner of the Arena Football League.
The contract covers all of the US-based league’s 2019 regular-season games.
XFL steps up launch plans with ESPN, Fox Sports deals
The XFL has agreed multi-year rights deals with US sports broadcaster ESPN and the Fox Sports division of the Fox network as the new American football league prepares for its 2020 launch
Disney predicts up to 12 million ESPN+ subscribers by 2024
The Walt Disney Company has forecast that its OTT sports streaming service, ESPN+, will have between eight million and 12 million subscribers by the end of the 2024 fiscal year