NFL and ESPN near multibillion dollar media rights deal

The National Football League and ESPN are connected the verge of a large woody that could alteration the media representation of the NFL. According to the American media, the multi-billion dollar woody is expected to beryllium formalized arsenic soon arsenic adjacent week, which volition transportation astir of the broadcast rights to ESPN.

Sources adjacent to the negotiations assertion that with this deal, the NFL volition besides get an ownership involvement successful ESPN. There are inactive nary authoritative statements due to the fact that the last details person not been concluded, but the accusation was archetypal published by the journalists of the "The Athletic" portal.

ESPN is expanding its connection for NFL fans

Neither ESPN nor the league would comment, though the NFL is known to person been trying to merchantability immoderate of its media rights for astir 5 years. Negotiations with ESPN lasted connected and disconnected for 3 years.

This woody comes arsenic ESPN plans to motorboat its ain nonstop streaming platform. The work is expected to beryllium disposable by the extremity of August and volition outgo $29.99 per period for customers who person canceled their cablegram packages. Those with cable, outer oregon prime streaming services volition person entree astatine nary further cost.

The woody volition let ESPN to broadcast the charismatic transmission "RedZone", "NFL Network" and an further 7 games of the regular season, including six planetary matches and 1 Saturday duel successful the season.

ESPN precocious announced that NFL Network big Rich Eisen's amusement volition besides beryllium broadcast connected ESPN Radio, arsenic good arsenic streamed connected Disney+ and ESPN+.

ESPN has been broadcasting NFL games since 1987, portion since 2006 it has the rights to the fashionable "Monday Night Football". Under the existent TV deal, ESPN volition broadcast the Super Bowl for the archetypal clip successful 2027 and 2031.

"NFL Network" was launched successful November 2003 arsenic the 2nd specialized transmission of a nonrecreational league, aft NBA TV, and earlier "MLB Network" and "NHL Network".