ESPN’s next Sunday night programming is…a Chris Berman-introduced concert film on the Eagles’ 2018 shows at the Forum?
ESPN has apparently checked out from their sports programming to present a Chris Berman-introduced Eagles concert film.
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ESPN’s Elle Duncan talks about her experiences with racism in Boston on WEEI’s Dale and Keefe Show
"Boston is incredibly defensive when it comes to any accounts from Black people about any potential racism that they’ve faced there."
The aftermath of George Floyd being killed in police custody has ESPN talent not sticking to sports
While some are yelling at ESPN commentators to "stick to sports," much of this seems to fall within ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro's 2018 comments that "There is going to continue to be an intersection of between sports and politics and we’re going to continue to cover that."
ESPN will broadcast the MLB Draft for the first time since 2008, with MLB Network carrying their own coverage as well
This marks the first time two separate networks have produced their own live coverage of the MLB Draft.
With Kevin Mayer leaving Disney for TikTok, ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro has added direct reports and seems in a stronger position
Rita Ferro and Justin Connolly previously reported to Mayer; they'll now report to Pitaro and Peter Rice.
ESPN+ subscriptions are up slightly despite a lack of live sports, but that’s likely thanks to large growth in Disney+ bundle subscriptions
ESPN+ gained 300,000 net subscribers since the last earnings report in February, but a lot of that may be about the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle.
ESPN reportedly has until Sept. 2021 to make up promised events as per contracts, a hurdle for those demanding sports fee rebates
With ESPN's contracts stating they have until Sept. 2021 to make up their promised number of events, don't expect them to offer rebates any time soon.
New York Attorney General calls for refunds to cable and satellite subscribers paying fees for live sports
"It is grossly unfair that cable and satellite television providers would continue to charge fees for services they are not even providing."
‘The Last Dance’ is more than a year away from arriving on ESPN+
'The Last Dance' won't be on ESPN+ for 15 months, but will hit Netflix in July 2020.
Dish is reportedly trying to avoid paying ESPN $80-100 million in per-subscriber fees for April
With no live sports on ESPN, Dish is reportedly trying to withhold the per-subscriber fees they'd normally pay Disney for ESPN channels.
Are cable and satellite companies really aiming for billion dollar rebates from ESPN and other sports networks?
The Last Dance kept most of its initial audience for episodes 3 and 4, averaging 5.9 million viewers across those episodes
Episode 3 (9-10 p.m. Eastern) averaged 6.1 million viewers in Nielsen live+same day ratings, while Episode 4 (10-11 p.m. Eastern) averaged 5.7 million viewers.
Many NFL fans were annoyed with the ESPN/NFL Network broadcast’s insistence on describing players’ family tragedies
The ESPN/NFL Network 2020 NFL Draft coverage Thursday and Friday included a whole lot of focus on players' tragic family histories.
ESPN wildly misplaced Abbotsford, B.C. on a graphic about Chase Claypool
No, Abbotsford is not near the Alberta border.
ESPN lost 62 percent of its year-over-year audience for the week ending April 12th
ESPN is one of the cable channels hardest-hit (in terms of viewership) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
