The National Football League (NFL) has signed long-term agreements with media partners Amazon, CBS, ESPN/ABC, FOX, and NBC for the distribution of games over television and digital platforms, as well as additional media rights. With these agreements, the NFL has expanded its digital footprint to reach a broader audience while maintaining its commitment to keep […]
The Walt Disney Company, ESPN and the National Hockey League (NHL) have reached what they describe as “a historic and innovative” seven-year television, streaming and media rights deal, taking the new partnership from the beginning of the 2021-22 season through the 2027-28 season. The agreement brings the NHL back to Disney and ESPN platforms and, […]
According to Comscore, ESPN Digital kicked off 2021 recording the second-largest US monthly audience in sports category history with 110.9 million unique visitors in January, only behind the 117 million unique visitors ESPN reached in the same month last year. For context, this means that 40 per cent of the entire US internet population – […]
CuriosityStream, the global factual streaming service and media company, has announced the appointment of media and communications industry veteran Ashley Huston as vice president of communications. Huston will oversee external and internal communications for the global factual media company and streaming service. She most recently led communications for Quartz, following senior communications roles with The […]
In the first action sports event to take place in North America since the pandemic put large events on hold, X Games Aspen 2021 content across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC experienced double-digit viewership increases on television and triple-digit growth on social and digital media platforms. Driven by the rise of young talent, with six of […]
ESPN Podcasts experienced strong growth in 2020, with downloads growing 28 per cent to nearly 500,000,000, a new record (499.3 million). The old mark was set a year ago. The strongest month was September. ESPN set a record with 50.1 million downloads (up 45 per cent from 2019) while the combined network of ESPN / […]
ESPN+ has agreed a new five-year agreement with Cricket West Indies for exclusive US rights to all men’s and women’s matches in the International Cricket Council Future Tours Programme played in the Caribbean. The deal also includes domestic CWI matches for a total of 124 matches including 20 Tests, 46 ODI and 58 T20s. The […]
With major international events such as the Summer Olympics and the European Football Championship, the 2019/20 season looked set to become an exceptional year. Before these events were cancelled, other major international competitions had marked the start of the season, such as the Rugby World Cup, from September 20th to November 2nd, which was a […]
ESPN+, the US sports streaming platform, and the PGA Tour have reached an agreement for ESPN+ to stream live, featured-hole coverage from 23 PGA Tour events in 2021, starting with the Farmers Insurance Open in January and continuing through the FedExCup Playoffs and the Tour Championship in September. The new agreement follows a similar pact […]
The Walt Disney Company has detailed next steps in its global streaming expansion at its 2020 Investor Day, with new details on the future of its direct-to-consumer services Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, a first look at its upcoming international general entertainment content brand, Star, and previews of all-new content. Bob Chapek, CEO at The Walt […]