Tag Archives: ESPN

ESPN and Major League Baseball (MLB) have expanded their partnership with a new rights agreement that will bring live league games to ESPN’s TV and OTT platforms across multiple markets in Europe and Africa.

ESPN has reached an agreement with Quibi to be the exclusive U.S. multi-sport content provider for the mobile-first platform’s Daily Essentials programming.

ESPN has entered into an exclusive agreement with the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) for the worldwide rights to the league’s regular-season and playoff matches.

In a multiyear agreement, ESPN has secured the exclusive TV and digital rights to the Emirates FA Cup in Spanish-speaking Latin America, the Caribbean and Australia, which kicks off today, April 6.

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has signed multiyear agreements with ESPN and TSN to make them the official homes of the league in the U.S. and Canada, respectively.

ESPN President John Skipper is resigning from his position, citing a substance addiction problem.

LOS ANGELES: ESPN and Golden Boy Promotions have signed a multiyear, international agreement for a series of fights to broadcast live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

BRISTOL: As part of ESPN's wide-ranging multimedia deal with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), ESPN Caribbean has picked up the English-language rights to distribute UEFA events from 2018 to 2022 across its various platforms.

LONDON: ESPN Player has launched ESPN Select, a new channel that will provide a range of sports content live and on-demand to subscribers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company, which presented its Q3 earnings report yesterday, has picked up a 33-percent stake in the video-streaming outfit BAMTech, with plans to launch a new ESPN-branded OTT service.