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Disney+, EBU land UWCL rights deals in Europe
The Uefa Women’s Champions League will be streamed across Europe to Disney+ subscribers during the 2025-30 cycle, while a European Broadcasting Union (EBU) deal will ensure a level of free-to-air exposure, SportBusiness understands.
ESPN prices new DTC offering at $29.99 a month
ESPN’s highly-anticipated standalone streaming service in the United States will cost $29.99 (€26.90) per month when it launches later this year.
ESPN to detail DTC plans, streaming aids Disney Q2
The name and pricing strategy of ESPN's much-anticipated standalone streaming service in the United States will officially be unveiled next week
Pac-12 lands network trio for stopgap 2025 season
The Pac-12, which is undergoing a major rebuilding process, has struck domestic rights deals with CBS, ESPN and The CW for its small slate of American football games in 2025.
ESPN’s Women’s March Madness final nets 8.5m
While ESPN's number represents a decrease of around 55 per cent, it still marks the third-most watched women’s tournament title game since 1996.
ESPN picks up US rights to Canada’s NSL
The NSL, Canada’s first professional women’s league, will be broadcast on Disney-owned ESPN’s OTT platform ESPN+.
ESPN Brasil renews ATP as tennis interest surges
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil is poised to retain rights to the men’s tennis tour in an exclusive deal running from 2025 until 2029.
IMG seals global distribution for NWSL
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has broadened its global television exposure, with a host of international media rights deals brokered by the IMG agency.
ESPN, MLB to ‘mutually’ terminate deal
ESPN and Major League Baseball have called an early end to their domestic media rights agreement, which was due to expire in 2028.
Major League Rugby lands ESPN deal
Major League Rugby, the top-tier rugby union competition in the United States, has secured an exposure boost with the domestic broadcast of all of its matches in a 'multi-year' deal with ESPN.
ESPN pulls trigger on ACC 2036 extension option
ESPN has agreed to an option in its contract to remain the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) broadcaster until 2036
UFC fills wireless sponsor void, opens ESPN talks
The deal with Verizon comes on the same day parent company TKO and ESPN entered into their three-month exclusive negotiating window for US media rights, and further highlights the strong commercial pull of UFC.
Venu scrapped after tumultuous road to launch
Venu Sports, the highly-anticipated joint venture streaming service between Warner Bros. Discovery, ESPN and Fox, has been scrapped without ever going live.
TGL’s ESPN debut stacks up well vs. competition
Golf’s TGL registered robust viewing figures on ESPN for its primetime debut with an average of 919,000 viewers and a typically younger demographic tuning in to the Disney-owned linear network.
ESPN retains IndyCar rights in Latin America
ESPN will continue its hold over IndyCar’s broadcast rights in Latin America in a contract running from 2025 to 2027, its second successive three-year deal in the region.
EXCLUSIVE: ESPN to retain Premier League in South America, Caribbean
ESPN is set to continue broadcasting the Premier League in South America and the Caribbean for three more seasons, SportBusiness understands
F1 adds new US team, eyes big uplift in next TV deal
Formula 1's new television deal in the United States will coincide with a new American team on the grid, albeit the series' lofty rights fee target is unlikely to be hit, SportBusiness has been told
WBD armed with digital content in NBA settlement
Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, bringing an end to the legal saga spurred by the league’s new domestic broadcast deals.