AP sources: ESPN out of Big Ten TV rights negotiations
2 years, 4 months ago

AP sources: ESPN out of Big Ten TV rights negotiations

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Big Ten was looking for a seven-year deal worth $380 million per year to broadcast its football and basketball games from ESPN, and the network declined. The deal would not have given ESPN first choice of Big Ten football games in a given week at any point and would have reduced the number of Big Ten games the network could broadcast from the current 27 to about half that number, one of the people familiar with the talks said. Fox, which owns 61% of the Big Ten Network, will remain the conference’s primary rights holder, with CBS and NBC set to join as partners, one of the people told The AP. Sports Business Journal first reported ESPN was out of the Big Ten negotiations and CBS and NBC were each positioned to land a piece of the conference’s rights for upward of $300 million per year.

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Why the SEC and Big Ten are meeting to talk CFP automatic bids and scheduling arrangements
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Why the SEC and Big Ten are meeting to talk CFP automatic bids and scheduling arrangements

New York Times  

Athletic directors from the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference are slated to meet next week in Nashville, Tenn., with College Football Playoff automatic bids and a possible nonconference football scheduling arrangement between the leagues on the agenda, three sources who will take part in the meetings said Monday. In the spring, the Big Ten proposed — with the SEC’s backing …

NBA announces $77 billion deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon; TNT Sports threatens to sue, per sources
5 months ago

NBA announces $77 billion deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon; TNT Sports threatens to sue, per sources

New York Times  

The NBA announced new 11-year TV deals with incumbent ESPN and newcomers NBC and Amazon Prime Video, rejecting TNT Sports’ right to match, which is expected to lead to a legal battle between the network and the league, according to sources briefed on the deal. TNT Sports, according to sources briefed on the matter, has honed its sights on Amazon’s …

Big East signs 6-year rights agreement with Fox Sports, NBC and TNT
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Big East signs 6-year rights agreement with Fox Sports, NBC and TNT

Associated Press  

The Big East Conference will expand to having games on three networks and see a significant increase in revenues under a new six-year media rights deal announced on Thursday. Fox Sports will remain as the conference’s lead network under the new agreement, which begins with the 2025-26 season, while NBC and TNT will carry Big East games for the first …

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9 months ago

ESPN is open for business: How the coming months will shape the sports TV giant’s future

New York Times  

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ESPN will remain the home of the College Football Playoff through 2031 under $7.8 billion deal
9 months ago

ESPN will remain the home of the College Football Playoff through 2031 under $7.8 billion deal

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The College Football Playoff and ESPN announced a $7.8 billion deal Tuesday that will give the network exclusive rights to the expanded postseason through the 2031 season, with the national championship game moving to ABC starting in 2026. “It’s a significant day for the CFP and …

College Football Playoff moving toward agreement between conferences needed to complete ESPN deal
9 months, 1 week ago

College Football Playoff moving toward agreement between conferences needed to complete ESPN deal

Associated Press  

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Big Ten is ready for maximum exposure with games on NBC, CBS and Fox
1 year, 3 months ago

Big Ten is ready for maximum exposure with games on NBC, CBS and Fox

Associated Press  

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ESPN exec on preserving women’s college hoops, NBA, CFP TV properties: ‘We’ll be very aggressive’
1 year, 4 months ago

ESPN exec on preserving women’s college hoops, NBA, CFP TV properties: ‘We’ll be very aggressive’

New York Times  

Expect ESPN to be very aggressive in trying to keep three of its core sports TV properties in place. With women’s college basketball, the NBA and the College Football Playoff all due for new television deals in the near future, ESPN president of content Burke Magnus said this week that the network intends to try to preserve a foothold in …

Pac-12’s downfall came after it could not adjust to changing media landscape
1 year, 4 months ago

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Associated Press  

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Why the NBA’s next media deal might copy the NFL’s; CFP’s future: Media Circus
1 year, 8 months ago

Why the NBA’s next media deal might copy the NFL’s; CFP’s future: Media Circus

New York Times  

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Is the Pac-12 really this bad? Why the league has no TV deal without USC and UCLA
1 year, 9 months ago

Is the Pac-12 really this bad? Why the league has no TV deal without USC and UCLA

LA Times  

A few days after USC and UCLA forever altered the college sports landscape with their move to the Big Ten Conference last summer, the Pac-12 announced that it would begin its exclusive 90-day negotiating window with ESPN and Fox for its long-awaited next media rights agreement. The move by Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff to begin that process early was meant …

Big 12 looking west, Pac-12 looking for a TV deal: What we’re hearing on realignment
1 year, 9 months ago

Big 12 looking west, Pac-12 looking for a TV deal: What we’re hearing on realignment

New York Times  

Last July, weeks after USC and UCLA’s stunning Big Ten announcement, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff made a bold realignment prediction: “No Pac-12 school is going to the Big 12.” Eight months later, we may finally learn whether his confidence was justified or false bravado. Yormark has never been shy about his interest in expanding the Big 12 into the “fourth …

AP sources: Big 12 agrees to 6-year extension with ESPN, Fox
2 years, 1 month ago

AP sources: Big 12 agrees to 6-year extension with ESPN, Fox

Associated Press  

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B1G deal: Big Ten lands $7 billion, NFL-style TV contracts
2 years, 4 months ago

B1G deal: Big Ten lands $7 billion, NFL-style TV contracts

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big Ten’s new $7 billion media rights deal will string the conference’s top football games across three major networks each week, creating an NFL-style television schedule on Saturdays. The Big Ten announced Thursday it has reached seven-year agreements with Fox, CBS and NBC to share …

Big Ten’s new media-rights deal: Better start times, more national exposure for UCLA, USC
2 years, 4 months ago

Big Ten’s new media-rights deal: Better start times, more national exposure for UCLA, USC

LA Times  

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren talks to reporters as part of the conference’s media days July 26 in Indianapolis. “I think this media deal will give more attention to the West Coast schools,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren told The Times. “We’ll be starting at 9 in the morning Pacific time, and because of the quality of the games, with …

Big Ten announces TV rights deals totaling over $8 billion with Fox, CBS and NBC
2 years, 4 months ago

Big Ten announces TV rights deals totaling over $8 billion with Fox, CBS and NBC

New York Times  

The Big Ten announced new media rights agreements on Thursday morning that stand to make it the top-earning conference in college sports. CBS will carry seven Big Ten football games as well as regular season and postseason men’s basketball as well as, for the first time, the women’s basketball tournament final. Starting in 2024, CBS will broadcast up to 15 …

SEC vs. Big Ten enters a new chapter as TV deals collide with more than theme songs at stake
2 years, 4 months ago

SEC vs. Big Ten enters a new chapter as TV deals collide with more than theme songs at stake

New York Times  

The song was written to introduce the Super Bowl XXI telecast on CBS. Even though the song never actually belonged to the SEC, it felt like CBS saying “… and we gave them your theme music, too.” It also likely is the first of many shots in an off-field conflict that will turn college football’s obsession with conference superiority into …

How the Big Ten’s new TV rights deal was driven by an NFL mindset with an eye for disruption
2 years, 4 months ago

How the Big Ten’s new TV rights deal was driven by an NFL mindset with an eye for disruption

New York Times  

Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren considers himself a curious person. When asked this week whether he would be actively pursuing expansion opportunities now that the media deal is done, Warren said he “would never close the door on expansion, but it has to be at the right time for the right reasons with the right institutions.” He reiterated that his …

Pac-12 Networks: The rise, fall and future of a conference TV dream
2 years, 4 months ago

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New York Times  

Story by Antonio Morales, Stewart Mandel, Doug Haller and Christian Caple. There’s no way we’re going to do that.” Mark Shuken, Pac-12 Networks president: Every other distributor in the space carries the networks under the same terms that were offered to DirecTV. Yam: We took a lot of pride in our work, but … you throw out “Pac-12 Network,” the …

ESPN out of Big Ten negotiations as Fox, CBS, NBC near deals: Sources
2 years, 4 months ago

ESPN out of Big Ten negotiations as Fox, CBS, NBC near deals: Sources

New York Times  

The Big Ten is in the process of finalizing its media rights deals, with sources telling The Athletic the league hopes to make an official announcement by early next week. ESPN officially pulled out of Big Ten negotiations after saying no to the conference’s final offer of a seven-year deal worth $380 million per year, a source told The Athletic …

Big Ten media rights: What we know as negotiations enter final stretch
2 years, 4 months ago

Big Ten media rights: What we know as negotiations enter final stretch

New York Times  

The Big Ten is poised to deliver a stunner when it finalizes its media rights negotiations at some point in the coming days. ESPN has pulled out of media rights negotiations with the Big Ten, a source told The Athletic, in a stunning development that will end a 40-year relationship between the network and the conference. Sports Business Journal first …

Big Ten’s media rights deal should be complete ‘in the next few weeks’
2 years, 4 months ago

Big Ten’s media rights deal should be complete ‘in the next few weeks’

New York Times  

INDIANAPOLIS — The Big Ten should complete its media-rights deals for 2023 and beyond “in the next few weeks,” Fox Sports president Mark Silverman told The Athletic on Wednesday. Silverman’s comments echo Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren, who told reporters Tuesday he expects deals completed “sooner than later.” Fox owns 61 percent equity in BTN, which increased from 51 percent …

How much money waits for UCLA and USC in the Big Ten Conference?
2 years, 5 months ago

How much money waits for UCLA and USC in the Big Ten Conference?

LA Times  

The Bruins’ Jaime Jaquez Jr. shoots over the Trojans’ Drew Peterson during a game Feb. 6, 2021. The true reason behind UCLA and USC’s drastic shift to the Big Ten Conference is much simpler than the language administrators use in long-winded statements. With the Pac-12’s recent struggles and archaic TV deal, the conference’s teams were simply getting left behind, and …

SEC on ABC: ESPN to be exclusive TV home, starting 2024
4 years ago

SEC on ABC: ESPN to be exclusive TV home, starting 2024

Associated Press  

The Southeastern Conference’s signature mid-afternoon Saturday game will move from CBS to ABC starting in 2024 as part of a new 10-year contract announced Thursday with ESPN and the powerhouse football league. The deal makes ESPN the exclusive media rights holder of SEC football and men’s basketball, and will end the conference’s relationship with CBS after three decades. The new …

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