Disney has announced that it has reached a brand new eleven-year deal with the National Basketball Association and Women’s National Basketball Association for NBA and WNBA media rights that will be in effect from the 2025-26 through 2035-36 NBA seasons and 2026 through 2036 WNBA seasons. As part of the agreement, ESPN continues its longstanding […]
Disney’s ESPN has announced a brand-new documentary film called “Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience”, which will take viewers on a sonic journey as Grammy award-winning artist and Kennedy Center honoree Mickey Hart, drummer of the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company creates an original score inspired by conversations with legendary and iconic voices from […]
ESPN has released a trailer for the latest installment in the 30 For 30 franchise, “Dude Perfect: A Very Long Shot.” It will premiere on August 3rd, 2024, at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+. “Dude Perfect: A Very Long Shot” traces the meteoric rise of a group of friends from College Station, Texas, […]
Disney has released some new details and a trailer for the upcoming ESPN documentary, “In The Arena: Serena Williams”, which offers an unprecedented look at the life and career of Serena Williams, one of the greatest athletes of all time. After 27 years in professional tennis, Williams shares a personal account of her most meaningful […]
Last week, two streaming services, Disney+ and Star+, merged in Latin America, bringing a Star and ESPN hub to Disney+. In December, an ESPN hub will be added to Disney+ in the United States, bringing a limited number of live sports and documentaries to the platform. ESPN+ subscribers will get access to everything via the […]
Disney’s ESPN is currently in negotiations to finalise its deal with the NBA (National Basketball Association), and according to the Sports Business Journal, the new deal will include an increased international and digital package, that is being timed to launch alongside the all-new direct-to-consumer version of ESPN, which is set to launch in 2025 and […]
Disney has released a new trailer for the next instalment in the 30 For 30 franchise, “No Scope: The Story of FaZe Clan“, which will be heading to ESPN on July 1st 2024, at 7pm ET. It’ll also be available on ESPN+ “No Scope: The Story of FaZe Clan” is a wide-ranging, eye-opening and unsparing […]
Two years ago, a group of YouTube TV subscribers came together to launch an antitrust class action against Disney over forcing price rises of its own products and setting a price floor following the company owning both Hulu and ESPN. Though the court case referred to Hulu, this is leaning more toward the ownership of […]
Later this year, Disney will be adding a brand new ESPN hub into Disney+ in the United States, which will offer a small selection of sports programming included in a Disney+ subscription, plus ESPN+ content will also be available to bundled subscribers, similar to how Hulu On Disney+ operates. But you’re not going to have […]
Earlier this year, Disney announced it was teaming up with FOX and Warner Brothers Discovery to create a brand-new streaming service called “Venu Sports.” This service will bring together all of the collective companies’ portfolios of sports networks and ESPN+, including content from all the major professional sports leagues and college sports. Venu Sports will […]
20th Television is developing a new half-hour comedy series called “Chad Powers”, which is based on an Eli Manning sketch that aired on ESPN+. When bad behavior nukes hotshot QB Russ Holliday’s college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers. The new series is […]
Disney has announced that ESPN has acquired the 22-minute documentary short film, “Motorcycle Mary”, which will be released as part of ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 Shorts catalogue. The film tells the untold story of legendary motorsports pioneer Mary McGee a.k.a. “Motorcycle Mary”, whose racing career spanned thirty years and saw her shatter gender norms […]
Disney’s ESPN has released a trailer for the upcoming 30 For 30 documentary, “I’m Just Here for the Riot”, which tells the story of what happened on June 15th, 2011, during the Canucks’ Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Boston Bruins sparks a massive riot in downtown Vancouver. Police cars are overturned and […]
Last October, Disney and ESPN released a first-of-its-kind animated special called “Toy Story Funday Football “, which was an animated recreation of a live NFL game between the Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars, which took place in London, England and aired on Disney+ and ESPN+. This special saw Andy’s room replicated the on-the-field gameplay from […]
Disney’s ESPN has released a brand new three-part ESPN+ Original series, “Up For Debate: The Evolution of Sports Media”, which delves into the evolution of sports talk debate programming across seven decades–from Howard Cosell to Stephen A. Smith to Cam’Ron–and explores how sports discourse arrived at this moment, why it’s here now, and where it’s […]