One of the trademarks of ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro’s era is being unbound by how things have been done in the past at the network. With Amazon Prime Video and NBC Sports entering the NBA, Pitaro wanted to finally solve the issue of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” failing to be as good as rival TNT Sports’ iconic “Inside the NBA.” He …
ESPN has long been called “The Worldwide Leader in Sports,” and for decades no network had it better in the cable business. Live NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball contests and the authoritative highlight show “SportsCenter” made the Walt Disney Co. unit’s package of channels a must-have for households with sports fans. Disney pulled ESPN and its other channels off …
In 2019, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger said he did not see his company getting directly involved in the fast-growing online sports betting business, despite clear opportunities for its sports media behemoth ESPN. ESPN and gambling company Penn Entertainment on Tuesday announced an agreement that will put the network’s famous red logo on an online sports betting mobile …
