Penn Entertainment’s Barstool Sportsbook online app becomes ESPN Bet in the fall under a $2 billion deal. ESPN is getting $1.5 billion in cash over 10-year deal, plus warrants worth around $500 million for purchasing Penn shares. “We believe there’s an opportunity to significantly grow engagement across ESPN consumers, particularly young consumers,” Disney CEO […]
Major League Soccer’s championship match will return to ABC for the first time since 2008 when ESPN presents the 2019 MLS Cup on this November on ABC. The 2019 MLS Cup comes at the Major League Soccer’s three-week Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, which will feature 14 teams – seven per conference. Winners of the […]
Disney’s streaming services, Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, will give D23 attendees a look their variety of original and exclusive content. Disney willhave live demos, never-before-seen content, and special experiences at D23 Expo 2019 in Anaheim, California. Guests will be the first to experience Disney+ before it launches in the U.S. on November 12. Fans will […]
DAZN, the streaming-sports outlet led by former ESPN chief John Skipper (above, pictured), is adding documentary programming to its slate of live-sports properties. DAZN will debut The Journey: Canelo/Rocky, an original episodic program that takes fans behind the scenes as the December 15th super middleweight championship fight between Canelo Alvarez and Rocky Fielding at Madison […]
Sunday night’s face off between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, which saw Boston defeat New York in 10 innings, delivered the best Sunday Night Baseball rating in four years for ESPN, according to Nielsen. The telecast drew a 2.2 metered market rating, making it the highest-rated Sunday Night Baseball telecast since […]
ESPN and the NFL have announced the latest iteration of its esports league, the Madden 19 Championship Series. In a press release from both, this year’s event is stated to be the largest of its kind, as it will be telecast via ESPN’s various networks, and all 32 NFL teams will be involved. The official […]
The Overwatch League quarterfinals start Wednesday, July 11 at 8 p.m. ET and fans can now watch all of the action on ESPN, Disney, and ABC networks, Overwatch developer Blizzard Entertainment announced Wednesday. Blizzard, ESPN, and Disney have signed an exclusive multi-year broadcasting deal that includes tonight’s playoffs, the Season 1 grand finals taking place […]
Roku (ROKU)Shares moving higher today after losing around a third of their value this year. The streaming device maker getting from the recently announced that ESPN’s over-the-top service, ESPN+, is now available on all Roku streaming devices.
Disney has been very open about its plans to carve out a name for itself in the video-streaming. Today marks the its first entry for that in the US, as ESPN today made its new over-the-top video service available to cord-cutters. ESPN+ can be streamed to most devices, including phones, and delivers a selection of […]
ESPN had planned for the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter to be one of the network’s most personality-driven broadcasts. Instead, it may turn out to be one of its most traditional. Michael Smith will leave the 6 p.m. edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter, the network confirmed Friday, the latest talent switch in a broadcast that appears […]
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