Tag: ESPN
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ESPN+ Price Hike Coming Aug. 23rd, Monthly Rate Jumps to $9.99
ESPN is aiming to increase prices on its streaming service, ESPN+, with monthly rates jumping from the current $6.99 up to a reported $9.99. Sports Business Journal says the price hike is expected to arrive on Aug. 23rd, adding that the move represents a roughly 43 percent increase for the sports-focused streamer. Both the monthly […]
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ESPN App Adds SharePlay Allowing Fans to Watch Live Sports Together Over FaceTime
The ESPN app’s latest update allows fans in the U.S. to watch sports and live content on the network with their friends while on FaceTime via SharePlay. The update will give Apple users a way to share experiences from the biggest moments, games, and events across the ESPN app via their iPad, or iPhone, with […]
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ESPN+ Will Exclusively Stream Over 4,750 Live College Spring Sports Events
ESPN has announced that their ESPN+ streaming will be the exclusive streaming home of over 4,750 live college spring sports games. The streaming platform will carry college baseball, softball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and more throughout the spring. The lineup will include 2,295+ baseball games, 1645+ softball games, 1645+ softball games, and 539+ men’s and […]
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ESPN Extends Agreement for ‘ManningCast’ & Expands Alternate Viewings Concept to UFC, Golf & More
Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions won’t be going anywhere anytime soon as the company has extended its agreement with The Walt Disney Company and ESPN. The extension will add a fourth year (through 2024) for Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli, commonly known as the “Manningcast” and the agreement was expanded to include alternate presentations […]
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How to Watch “The Tuck Rule” 30 for 30 Featuring Tom Brady & Charles Woodson Without Cable on Sunday, February 6
Fresh off his retirement after 22 seasons in the NFL, former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady reflects on “the call that changed it all” in ESPN’s latest entry into the Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary 30 for 30 series exploring The Tuck Rule. The Tuck Rule was one of the most controversial calls in […]
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Report: ESPN Considering Al Michaels For Monday Night Football As Amazon Enters “Deep Negotiations” For Thursday Night Football
Another network is reportedly interested in current NBC play-by-play commentator Al Michaels as he becomes a possible free agent following Super Bowl LVI. According to a new report from Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, ESPN may pursue Michales for Monday Night Football ahead of his impending free agency, as Michaels name has been […]
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Professional Fighters League and ESPN Reach Multi-Year Renewal, ESPN+ to Simulcast Events
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and ESPN announced today that they’ve reached a new multi-year agreement, which will run through 2023 with an option to extend. The new deal will expand ESPN’s coverage of the PFL to include the entire 2022 PFL Playoffs, and a majority of the regular season events on ESPN, ESPN2, and […]
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SBJ Predicts Apple Could Acquire ESPN in 2024
The sports streaming war is heating up and Apple could make a major move by purchasing ESPN in 2024, according to a prediction made by Robert Ourand of Sports Business Journal on the Marchand & Ourand podcast. During the podcast Ourand said the following: “Think 2024, right before the NBA negotiation takes place. ESPN desperately […]
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How to Watch the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Semifinals & Championship Game on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV & More on December 16
Image: ESPN The 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Tournament has reached its final four competitors and a new champion will be crowned this weekend. The tournament began with 64 teams, and after four grueling rounds, the semifinal matchups will feature a pair of teams representing the ACC and another pair from the Big Ten. […]
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With 120 Million Unique Visitors During October, ESPN Digital Sets Record
ESPN Digital scored big with a historic October that saw the platform reach a new record of 120 million unique monthly visitors in the sports category, according to insight from the DMED Sports Research analysis of comScore U.S. Media Metrix Multi-Platform. 117.4 million was the Worldwide Leader in Sports’ previous best, which was set in […]