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ESPN signs multiyear rights deal with Big West Conference
Pact with US college entity expands significantly beyond men's basketball rights
ABC to air first MLB regular-season game since 1989
US broadcast network to exclusively televise "Sunday Night Baseball" game
Disney nets Ligue 1 rights in Brazil for three years
The Disney media group has secured rights to broadcast the French Ligue 1 in Brazil from 2021-22 until 2023-24
Disney CEO Chapek: linear TV still generating “tremendous cash flow”
Traditional medium is still "really funding the operation"
ESPN gives big promotion to programming head Magnus
Network veteran elevated after frenetic run of major rights acquisitions
Disney set to join SBT as Copa América broadcaster in Brazil
The Disney media group is set to acquire rights in Brazil for the upcoming Copa AmƩrica national team football tournament.
Disney to shut down 100 cable channels in streaming push
Chapek says he wants company "on the front end of that wave" for DTC
Sky NZ renews multi-platform ESPN distribution and content deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has renewed its multi-platform distribution and content deal with international sports broadcaster ESPN
Asia-Pacific media market stands at crossroads as Disney shuts Fox Sports
In an abridged version of a SportBusiness Media article, Kevin McCullagh examines the repercussions of the closure of Fox Sports Asia and what it means for sports rights-holders and other broadcasters in the region.
Disney remains ‘in conversations’ for NFL Sunday Ticket
Out-of-market package is last major open piece of NFL's US rights inventory
ESPN secures $1.4bn US rights deal with LaLiga through 2028-29
ESPN and LaLiga have finalized a wide-ranging long-term media rights deal that will make streaming service ESPN+ the principal English- and Spanish-language home for Spain's top-flight soccer league inā¦
ESPN pares down game inventory, fee in MLB rights extension
Network cuts annual cost by 21 per cent but focuses on rights exclusivity
2021 NFL Draft ends with event’s third-largest audience
Key league event essentially draws even with 2019 audience
ESPN follows Marvel-themed NBA game with MLB, Star Wars crossover
ESPN and Star Wars, two sister divisions within the Walt Disney Co
NFL Draft outdraws Oscars, secures second-biggest ever audience
The National Football League reaffirmed its position as the most valuable property in the United States media landscape when the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft on April 29 outdrew the Oscars for theā¦
Disney to shut Fox Sports Asia channels
The Walt Disney Company is shutting down its Fox Sports Asia pay-television channels later this year, drawing the curtain on one of the longest-standing sports television businesses in the region
ESPN, Marvel partner for superhero-themed NBA telecast
ESPN and Marvel, two sister divisions within the Walt Disney Co
Disney and Facebook agree to Copa Libertadores sharing
Media group Disney and social media giant Facebook have agreed to share their broadcast rights in Brazil for the Copa Libertadores.
The agreement applies until the end of the 2021 tournament