The worldwide leader ESPN has announced its plan to build its subscription video on demand services powered by Major League Baseball (MLB)’s streaming infrastructure. The upcoming VOD service by ESPN will not be linked to WatchESPN or any other ESPN’s family of TV channels and will offer sporting events not airing anywhere else. John Skipper ESPN …
Walt Disney has announced launching its video streaming service catering sports niche by the end of this year. The VOD service is going to be ESPN branded and will not pull away from the ESPN cable TV network. Disney has also acquired 33% minority stake in ESPN. The programming for this video streaming platform will …
Sports broadcaster ESPN Inc. has launched a set of mobile first digital products for India including a multi-sport website and the ESPN app, seeking to tap into a large and potentially lucrative, but highly competitive market for sports content. Both the website and the app will generate revenue through advertising in India. ESPN will directly …
The National Basketball Association has announced renewal of television rights deals with ESPN and TNT worth around $24 billion. The agreement also includes a new online service from ESPN for live, regular-season games available to people without cable subscriptions. The deal starts with 2016-17 season and runs through 2024-25. Stop earning in pennies from CPM and Ad-based …
ESPN has acquired OTT rights that would allow the company to create an online subscription service for out-of-market NBA games. ESPN is a dominant force in cable television, but it faces increased competition from other major players. An ESPN platform for NBA games would be among the first services to offer an entirely online platform that does not …