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ESPN2 to air Wrexham’s FA Cup fourth qualifying round fixture in States
Welsh lower-league soccer club Wrexham AFC, which is jointly owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will significantly increase its reach in the United States on October 15 when the…
Disney, Dish Network reach carriage deal to end brief blackout
Suite of channels including ESPN had gone dark on satellite service, Sling TV
Brazilian basketball league signs SporTV deal, renews with ESPN
SporTV, the pay-television broadcaster owned by Brazilian media group Globo, has acquired rights to the top-tier Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), while Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN has also renewed…
NFL records series of gains in Week 1 domestic viewership
Each of league's US rightsholders see markers of audience growth
Australia’s WNBL earns first rights fees in ESPN, Nine deals
Christy Collier-Hill, the head of the Women's National Basketball League, has told SportBusiness Media that the property’s first media rights fees reflect its growing popularity and potential.
WNBA’s 2022 playoffs are the most-viewed in 20 years
The 2022 Women’s National Basketball Association playoffs have been the most-viewed playoffs since 2002 as the league gets set for the Finals beginning September 11 between the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut S…
ESPN has best college football opening weekend since 2016
ESPN announced its most-watched kickoff weekend of college football since 2016 and second-best since 2009 after airing 17 games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU
Pat McAfee joins ESPN’s College GameDay
Former National Football League punter and American football analyst Pat PcAfee has joined ESPN’s popular college football pregame show, College GameDay as a full-time member on a multiyear deal.
Williams fuels record-level US Open viewership on ESPN
Serena Williams’ final US Open run produced record attendance and viewership numbers during her second-round singles match against world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit.
Australia’s WNBL ‘earns first media rights income’ in deals with Nine and ESPN
Broadcasters Nine and ESPN have acquired domestic media rights for Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in two-season deals covering 2022-23 and 2023-24
ESPN doubles EFL fee to maintain English football portfolio
ESPN has doubled the amount it pays for English Football League rights in the US, despite only being able to agree a two-season deal with the Pitch International agency.
Big 12 to explore media rights extension with Fox, ESPN
The Big 12 Conference said it will enter into accelerated discussions with current media partners Fox and ESPN about a possible extension of their rights contracts
Williams draws peak 3.2m audience for US Open match
Serena Williams' opening match at the US Open drew an average 2.7 million domestic viewers on ESPN, with the American's straight-sets victory over Danka Kovinic peaking at 3.2 million
WNBA playoffs first-round viewership up 50 percent
Disney’s ESPN announced that it recorded a 50 percent increase in viewership of the Women’s National Basketball Association first round of the 2022 playoffs compared to last year’s first and second round…
ESPN Latin America commits to FIVB rights
Volleyball World, the commercial arm of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), has announced a three-year exclusive rights deal across Latin America with sports broadcaster ESPN
PHF, ESPN extend rights deal through 2023-24
The Premier Hockey Federation has extended its domestic rights agreement with ESPN for two years through the 2023-24 season
ABC to air NCAA women’s basketball title game
The 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball championship will be broadcast on ABC for the first time.
The game is scheduled for Sunday, April 2 at 3 p.m.
WNBA boasts of business success for 2022 regular season
The Women's National Basketball Association has recorded a 16 per cent domestic viewership increase this year across its national television partners from 2021, highlighting a multitude of successful business…