Big 12 to start media rights talks with Fox and ESPN 18 months early
This comes a year and a half ahead of the contractually-mandated window for extension talks in February 2024.
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Burke Magnus on ESPN turning down $380 million Big Ten package: ‘I think it was the right decision for us.’
"I think it was the right decision for us, mostly because of what was available, what was on offer to us to buy, which is not what we were hoping for."
Big Ten reportedly “not done” expanding after $1.1 billion/year rights deals, which include escalator clause
CBS’ Big Ten deal will reportedly let them keep their 3:30 p.m. ET SEC slot in 2023
Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated reports that "The Big Ten’s deal will be arranged in a way to allow CBS to fulfill its SEC duties in the first year of the contract."
Big East announces three-year rights extension with FloSports
"FloSports has been a fantastic platform to showcase our women’s basketball and Olympic Sports programs, as well as the original content our outstanding in-house digital team creates throughout the year."
ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro says they’re still in talks with Big Ten: “We are very much in it right now.”
"We enter these discussions understanding that we can’t get everything and that we’re going to proceed with both discipline and thoughtfulness. So I can’t tell you how this is going to play out. We are very much in it right now."
NBC and Telemundo reach six-year extension with Premier League, reportedly worth $2.7 billion
In the end, the Premier League stuck with NBC. But NBC will be paying a lot more this time.
ESPN may move away from regular national MLB games on Mondays and Wednesdays in a new deal
A new MLB-ESPN contract might look different, especially when it comes to regular national Monday and Wednesday games.
Fox is reportedly willing to pay up to $2 billion a year for Sunday NFL games, a giant increase
Fox currently pays around $1.08 billion annually for its Sunday NFL package. A new Bloomberg report suggests that figure might almost double in the next rights deal.
Russell Wilson’s ESPN video podcast is the latest active athlete/media company collaboration. Should that trend raise concerns?
Russell Wilson's new "DangerTalk" podcast on ESPN is just the latest in a growing trend of content deals media companies have signed with active athletes. And the history and implications of that trend are worth some consideration.
FloSports signs a rights deal with the Gulf South Conference through 2024
FloSports will show Gulf South Conference football and other conference championships through the 2023-24 season.
Network exec projects NFL could get $8-10 billion annually under new rights deals, with that framework expected by 2021
All signs point to the NFL making a lot more in the next round of rights deals. The league currently brings in about $5.7 billion annually from
Mountain West reportedly reaches deals with Fox and CBS Sports Network, which could almost triple their per-school revenue
The 10 Mountain West schools other than Hawaii and Boise State made $1.1 million per year per school under the current deals with CBSSN and ESPN. They could hit $3 million or more under these new deals.
