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ESPN signs expanded content agreement with Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference has signed an expanded agreement with ESPN, which will gain the rights to all its American football championship games until 2024 and create a Big 12-branded offering on OTT streaming …
ESPN nets FA Cup rights deal in LatAm, Caribbean, Australia
International sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a multi-year deal for exclusive linear and digital rights to the English FA Cup across Spanish-speaking Latin America, the Caribbean and Australia
ESPN+ adds US Open Cup to football portfolio
ESPN+, the OTT sports streaming service, has struck a deal with the US Soccer Federation for exclusive rights to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, the country's top club knockout competition
Harlequins launch content partnership with ESPN
English rugby union club Harlequins has agreed a content sharing partnership with ESPN
ESPN, American Athletic Conference agree 12-year rights extension
ESPN has agreed a a 12-year contract extension for the American Athletic Conference’s global media rights from 2020-21.
ESPN denies Copa América 2019 deal
US broadcaster ESPN has denied a report claiming it has acquired exclusive English- and Portuguese-language rights to the 2019 Copa América.
ESPN+ to exclusively host UFC pay-per-view fights in US until 2025
UFC has deepened its partnership with ESPN with a deal which places its pay-per-view events exclusively on OTT streaming service ESPN+ in the United States until 2025.
ESPN extends International Champions Cup US rights deal until 2021
ESPN has extended its agreement with Relevent Sports Group to broadcast International Champions Cup football matches in the United States until 2021.
DirecTV will carry ACC Network when it launches
ESPN's ACC Network will launch in August and will be carried by DirecTV from its inception
Australian viewers lose live IndyCar coverage in Fox Sports deal
Fox Sports has acquired rights in Australia for the 2019 season of the IndyCar North American motor-racing series
Professional Fighters League strikes deals with ESPN, TSN
US sports broadcaster ESPN has enhanced its mixed martial arts portfolio by agreeing a multi-year rights deal with the Professional Fighters League, while pay-television broadcaster TSN has also partnered…
USL League One sign rights deal with ESPN
New third-tier US soccer league USL League One has agreed a media-rights deal with Disney-owned OTT platform ESPN+
Fury deal with Top Rank and Queensberry provides leverage, but few guarantees for ESPN
Tyson Fury’s co-promotional deal with Top Rank and Queensberry Promotions cannot guarantee all his next five fights appear on ESPN in the US, SportBusiness understands.
ESPN repairs NFL relations with Scouting Combine broadcast on ABC
ESPN's decision to broadcast two hours of the NFL Scouting Combine – a week-long showcase where college football players perform physical and mental skills in front of coaches, general managers and sc…
ESPN+ surpasses two million paid subscribers
ESPN+ grows from strength to strength. ESPN's OTT streaming service now has more than two million paid subscribers, according to Disney chief executive Bob Iger.
HBA Media announces host of deals for Pegasus World Cup
Horse racing media consultancy HBA Media has announced a multitude of media-rights agreements for the Pegasus World Cup Invitational
ESPN pays up for UFC rights in Australia and NZ; UFC hoping for pay-per-view boom
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has secured a good increase for its media rights across Australia and New Zealand, in a new five-year deal with ESPN
ESPN+ gains 568,000 new subscribers for first UFC event
The ESPN+ streaming service gained 568,000 new subscribers on Friday and Saturday combined – and over 525,000 on Saturday alone – directly from the onset of ESPN's new UFC rights deal.