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WBD secures non-exclusive rights to World Athletics Championship 2023
Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed a deal with World Athletics rights-holders Eurovision Sport and ESPN…
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KPN adds ESPN channels to DTT platform Digitenne
Dutch telco KPN has added sports channel ESPN to its DTT platform Digitenne. From January…
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Disney streamer business continues to grow, buts losses mount
Walt Disney continued to achieve strong growth in its streaming business during Q4 2022, but…
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ESPN sells X Games franchise to MSP Sports Capital
Private equity firm MSP Sports Capital has acquired a majority interest in the X Games…
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F1 renews US deal with Walt Disney, teases ESPN+ expansion
Formula 1 has unveiled a new multi-year extension of its broadcast partnership with the Walt…
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Disney close to DraftKings-ESPN tie-up
Disney-owned sportscaster ESPN is reportedly close to agreeing a partnership with sports betting company DraftKings….
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Loeb has “better understanding” of ESPN’s importance to Disney and cools on spin-off demands
Activist investor Daniel Loeb has cooled on his demands that Disney spin sportscaster ESPN off…
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ESPN renews PHF streaming rights deal
Disney-owned ESPN has announced an extended rights deal with the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). The…
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Billionaire Loeb’s Disney demands met by tepid industry response
Industry executives and analysts have reacted with incredulity to billionaire activist investor Daniel Loeb’s list…
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Disney investor Third Point demands Hulu integration and ESPN spin-off
New York-based hedge fund Third Point has taken a stake in Disney with a demand…
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Disney becomes world’s largest streaming operator
Disney has overtaken Netflix as the world’s largest streaming operator. In its Q3 2022 earnings,…
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ESPN+ renews DFB-Pokal rights
Disney-owned ESPN has announced a renewed rights deal with the DFB-Pokal, Germany’s top domestic football…
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Abu Dhabi Media and Starzplay pick up Serie A; ESPN renews EFL deal
Abu Dhabi Media and Starzplay have confirmed that they have acquired the MENA rights to…
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ESPN+ gets 43% price hike
Disney has announced a price increase to its sports streaming service ESPN+. The price of…
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ESPN retains Tour de France rights in LATAM in new deal with ASO
Disney-owned ESPN has renewed its rights deal with cycling’s Tour de France in Latin America…
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Netflix reportedly considering F1 rights for US
Netflix is reportedly eyeing its first sports rights grab in the US with Formula One….
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XFL announces 2023 kick-off with global Disney rights deal
Upstart NFL-rival the XFL has boosted its chances of success the third time around by…
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Disney beats analyst expectations to add 8 million subs
Disney+ has gained 7.9 million new subscribers in its fiscal second quarter of 2022, with…
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Disney partners with KPN for Disney+/ESPN bundle
Dutch telco KPN has announced an expanded distribution deal with Disney. The deal will see…
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EPL on verge of record overseas broadcast rights deal
The English Premier League is reportedly close to a US$2 billion broadcast rights deal in…
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ESPN picks up Bundesliga rights for South America
The German Bundesliga has announced a major broadcast rights deal with ESPN in Spanish-speaking South…
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ESPN+ gets price hike following glut of rights acquisitions
Disney has increased the price of its US sports streaming service ESPN+. The company has…
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ESPN+ picks up LaLiga rights in eight-season deal
Spanish top flight football league LaLiga has agreed a mammoth eight-year distribution deal in the…
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Disney agrees ‘groundbreaking’ NHL deal
Disney has agreed a seven-year deal with the US’s National Hockey League (NHL) in what…
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Disney adds ESPN+ to Hulu
Disney has integrated ESPN+ into Hulu as it continues to evolve its DTC strategy. The…
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NFL close to US$100 billion broadcast deal
The NFL’s next domestic rights deal could exceed US$100 billion, cementing the league’s position as…
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Disney+ to reach US$4 billion in US subscription revenue alone by 2022
Disney+ is set to surpass US$4 billion in revenue from US subscriptions alone by 2022….
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‘Big three’ continue to dominate US SVOD chart, but newer players having an impact
Netflix has once again emerged as the top subscription streamer in the US, but the…
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Disney eliminates 500 jobs from sports broadcaster ESPN
Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN has announced further cost-cutting measures by laying off about 300 employees…
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ESPN+ to kick off live coverage of 300 Bundesliga matches next month as US’s largest soccer broadcaster
Disney-owned ESPN has confirmed that its streaming service ESPN+ will broadcast more than 300 matches…