Awful Announcing
MiLB currently has about 6,700 games annually, plus shoulder programming. And there's a good chance they could get paid more for the rights to those games in today's media landscape.
“We believe that we have a good faith obligation to offer to enter into an exclusive negotiation period with CBS, but do not believe that CBS has any first refusal rights for reasons that can best be addressed by our legal counsel.”
“We’re not in this game to turn over any tables in the broadcast market.”
As per ESPN, F1 audiences are up 19 percent year over year and 24 percent over the NBC average from 2017.
While DAZN owner Len Blavatnik is worth an estimated $25.5 billion, he's looking to outside investors for further money for DAZN, likely in an effort to expand its rights portfolio.
D.C. United ended this partnership before it had even finished its first year. It was initially supposed to run four years.
"You wouldn't want to try this without a strategic partner like ESPN, and because they've been the ACC's partner for so long, it was just a natural fit."
After over a decade, NFL Network will show regular-season college football again this fall.
This deal likely wouldn't have worked for both sides without ESPN+. Gaining Big 12 streaming content for that service allowed ESPN to pay more for these championship games than they would have otherwise.
Bundling local rights with national ones is a gamble that might not pay off, especially for clubs already doing well with local deals.
Fox had the first option on these games, but declined. Now the ball's in ESPN's court.
A big part of this deal was about getting more top content for ESPN+. Including coverage of featured holes and groups even while CBS is on the air.
Skipper reportedly "wasn’t a fan of the sport and didn’t believe it fit into ESPN’s schedule."
Over 100 CUSA games are heading to ESPN+, including 32 football games.
A report suggests Fox might offer WWE up to $400 million annually, much more than they reportedly offered the UFC.
