John Skipper predicts WNBA will more than triple broadcast rights value in new package
"I think it's a bargain to get the WNBA for those prices if you're one of the networks that gets them."
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John Skipper: Netflix has to keep buying live sports rights to maintain lead in streaming wars
"Now that they're making money, now that they're emerging as the big winner, which they are, they understand that they will need to keep moving into sports."
John Skipper predicts NCAA women’s basketball tourney popularity will hold, praises ESPN rights deal
"I think this is going to become a phenomenon year after year."
John Skipper casts doubt on potential NFL stake in ESPN
"I don't know in practical terms how you have reporters reporting the news on your minority shareholder without some dramatic tension and conflict."
John Skipper recalls phone calls from Bud Selig when ‘Mike and Mike’ didn’t air enough MLB highlights
"Sometimes he would be mad ... but he would get talked down pretty quickly."
John Skipper denies ever meddling in College Football Playoff selection while at ESPN
"Maybe since I left, they've become corruptible."
