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Bundesliga

ESPN+ to offer Bundesliga whiparound feed ‘Goals Arena’

"Goals Arena" will be available to U.S. viewers on ESPN+, beginning with five matches on Aug. 19.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 5, 2023 0
Disney+ and ESPN+ logos.

Analyst suggests Disney should keep bundling ESPN instead of creating standalone platform

"We believe that a sports-only streaming app is a tough model and that sports integrated in a general entertainment service a la Peacock or Paramount Plus makes more sense."

By Sean Keeley OnJun 21, 2023 2
Ole Miss Rebels baseball

Announcer accidentally notes ‘Designated Hitler’ during Ole Miss-Jacksonville State baseball game

"Sorry about that, folks"

By Sean Keeley OnMar 14, 2023 3
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Disney

ESPN executive moves may further reduce Disney spinoff or sale discussion

Disney will air an animated NHL game broadcast on March 14th

This is am ambitious project from Disney.

By Joe Lucia OnFeb 14, 2023 2

ESPN will air four live MLB Spring Training games, with six more airing on ESPN+

Who's ready for some live baseball?

By Joe Lucia OnFeb 13, 2023 3
The APP Tour pickleball schedule.

ESPN will cover the Association of Pickleball Professionals Tour on ESPN2 and ESPN+

Eight of 22 APP Tour events will stream live on ESPN+, with eight one-hour recap shows also airing on ESPN2.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 23, 2023 1

Australian Open remote broadcasts and ESPN+ focus lead to backlash

ESPN is taking criticism both for remote broadcasts and for the prominence ESPN+ is playing in their coverage.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 19, 2023 9
Disney CEO Bob Iger.

A Disney spinoff of ESPN and ABC is again being floated, with one analyst calling it “reasonably probable”

"Spinning [off] ESPN/ABC is the best path forward, and we see it as a reasonably probable late-’23 event."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 20, 2022 6

ESPN is rebranding the NHL out of market package as ‘NHL Power Play on ESPN+’

The NHL's out of market package is getting new branding on ESPN+.

By Joe Lucia OnOct 7, 2022 1
Eli Manning undercover as "Chad Powers" at Penn State.

Eli Manning on “Chad Powers” Penn State tryout: “My No. 1 concern of that was don’t pull a hamstring.”

"It wasn’t really until that day that I was told I’d have to run a 40, do a 5-10-5, do a broad jump, triple broad jump. My No. 1 concern of that was don’t pull a hamstring."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 20, 2022 0
ESPN+

Monthly price of ESPN+ jumping to $9.99 in August

This is a tough sell, to be honest, even if there's an obvious motivation.

By Jay Rigdon OnJul 15, 2022 8
Jimmy Pitaro in 2018

Jimmy Pitaro calls ESPN+ “the centerpiece” and “the jewel,” says “We’re going to keep acquiring more rights for ESPN+”

"ESPN+ is the centerpiece. It is the jewel. ...That exclusivity really helps drive audience. As we move forward we are going to keep acquiring more rights for ESPN+."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 3, 2022 0
The Man In The Arena podcast.

Tom Brady “Man In The Arena” ESPN+ series will have a companion podcast featuring Harry Kane, Brendan Hunt and more

"The series brings in guests from different backgrounds for fascinating conversations around the themes of hatred, chance, failure, perfection and others."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 10, 2021 0

ESPN

ESPN is the biggest winner in Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC, and reportedly “has been right in the middle of it”

ESPN+

The ESPN+ price is rising to $6.99 a month, but the Disney bundle price is remaining the same for now

After a bunch of recent rights acquisitions involving ESPN+, parent corporation Disney is now raising the price for that service.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 12, 2021 3
Euro 2020 is the latest event that will air on ESPN+ as well as ESPN's linear channels.

ESPN to show all 51 Euro 2020 matches both on TV and ESPN+, the latest rights gain for those who have ESPN+ and...

This furthers the approach we've seen lately from ESPN of adding more linear ESPN content to ESPN+.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 24, 2021 0
NFL Sunday Ticket

Disney continues to be “in conversations” with the NFL over Sunday Ticket package

Disney has had interest in the NFL out-of-market package for ESPN+ since 2019

By Ken Fang OnMay 14, 2021 5
ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro.

ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro says there’s no NFL Sunday Ticket deal yet, but they’ve had “exploratory conversations” on it

"When the league is ready, we're interested in having that conversation with them."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 18, 2021 4
A PFL graphic on their docuseries on Randy Couture.

PFL Studios’ “The Randy Couture Story” docuseries will see its first episode premiere on ESPN, with all episodes then available on ESPN+

The four-episode series will be available in full on ESPN+ following the first episode's premiere on linear ESPN Saturday.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 16, 2021 0
Technical difficulties on ESPN+.

ESPN+ hit technical difficulties ahead of the officials’ ruling on the Ball State-Western Michigan crazy ending

Before the officials' final ruling, ESPN+ went to a technical difficulties screen.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 12, 2020 0
ESPN+

ESPN+ now has 10.3 million subscribers, and was part of better-than-expected Q4 results for Disney

ESPN+ was a bright spot for Disney this time around.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 12, 2020 4
ESPN+

ESPN reportedly moving most feature commentary and analysis behind ESPN+ paywall

Breaking news and reports will still be available on the regular ESPN website.

By Ian Casselberry OnOct 21, 2020 25
ESPN

ESPN and ABC hit some revenue issues in Disney’s third quarter, but less than other divisions, and ESPN+ now has 8.6 million subscribers

The media networks division, which includes ESPN and ABC, saw a boost in operating income, but a lot of that was about programming costs for the NBA in particular not being applied to Q3. Overall, the media networks saw slight revenue declines, but they seem to have less issues than other Disney divisions.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 4, 2020 1
Jimmy Pitaro in 2013.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 22, 2020 0

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