ACC Network has a launch date of Aug. 22, 2019, and will air Georgia Tech-Clemson as its first football game a week later
ESPN's putting a big football game on ACC Network to kick things off, and get providers to pick the network up.
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ABC to broadcast all three days of the 2019 NFL Draft in addition to ESPN, will use College GameDay crew
Last year, Fox aired a simulcast of the NFL Network’s coverage of the first two days of the...
Bob Iger says he and Jimmy Pitaro thought ESPN coverage “swung a little bit too far away from the field” to societal and...
"Jimmy felt that the pendulum may have swung a little bit too far away from the field. And I happen to believe he was right."
Jemele Hill will leave ESPN Sept. 1 in an “amicable departure/buyout,” according to Jim Miller
Hill talked about wanting to do work behind the camera in news as well as sports back in July, but was still under contract for two years.
President Trump rips ESPN’s ‘terrible’ decision to not televise national anthem during Monday Night Football
"It was just announced by ESPN that rather than defending our anthem, our beautiful beautiful beautiful national anthem, and defending our flag, they've decided they they just won't broadcast when they play the national anthem. We don't like that."
ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro emphasizes “strengthening relationship with NFL,” “long-term partnership,” a big shift for the company
Pitaro said there is "definitely positive momentum" in the ESPN-NFL partnership, and he wants to remain partners beyond the Monday Night Football deal's 2021 expiration.
John Skipper’s abrupt exit opened the door for ESPN to strike a UFC deal
Skipper reportedly "wasn’t a fan of the sport and didn’t believe it fit into ESPN’s schedule."
Scott Van Pelt says “prevailing optimism” in Bristol owes to new ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro
"I think that there is a prevailing optimism, particularly as people meet Jimmy [Pitaro], and get a sense of what his vision is for this place."
Jim Miller thinks James Pitaro is more likely to re-up ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ rights than John Skipper would’ve been
"I think that Bob Iger is very comfortable with the NFL, he likes the NFL's product, and I think Pitaro is likely to follow his boss' lead on that."
10 decisions that will define new ESPN president James Pitaro’s tenure in Bristol
New ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro tells employees “I do not believe that we are a political organization.”
"I do not believe that we are a political organization. ...Of course, there is going to continue to be an intersection of between sports and politics and we’re going to continue to cover that. We’re going to cover it fairly and honestly. But we are focused on serving the sports fan."
George Bodenheimer will reportedly stay on to advise new ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro
It's a move that makes sense for all involved.
The NFL-ESPN relationship is even more strained than we realized
The NFL is tired of ESPN's journalism, and ESPN is tired of being treated as a second-tier partner.
The new ESPN president is Jimmy Pitaro, previously Disney’s chairman of consumer products and interactive media
Pitaro has some previous sports and media experience from Yahoo, and has been with Disney since 2010.
