Disney has announced details on the upcoming second season of “Full Court Press”, which returns to our screens later his year. The four-part ESPN Original series will immerse viewers in the world of elite women’s college basketball through the experiences of sophomore Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, junior LSU guard Flau’Jae Johnson, and graduate student […]
Later this fall, Disney is going to be launching a brand new direct-to-consumer version of ESPN, which is currently going by the codename, Flagship. This new streaming service will offer all of ESPN’s content at an estimated $25 a month and will be available in its own app, which will provide a wide selection of […]
Disney has released the trailer for the upcoming ESPN Original series, “Stephanie’s Places”, which follows WWE icon Stephanie McMahon as she explores the pockets of America that helped shape the journeys of some of the most famous names in WWE history. The 10-episode series will premiere on March 26th 2025. A new episode will be […]
Disney has announced that ESPN On Disney+ will launch in Australia and New Zealand later this month, bringing more than 10,000 hours of ESPN’s live sports action to the platform in Australia and New Zealand, including live ESPN and ESPN2 channels, fan-favourite studio shows such as SportsCenter, The Pat McAfee Show, NBA Today, and First […]
Disney’s ESPN has signed a new multi-year deal with Matt Barrie, where he will continue his hosting duties on “SportsCenter” along with his studio and game-calling roles in college football coverage and TGL golf play-by-play. Since joining ESPN in 2013, Barrie has been a familiar presence on SportsCenter, currently co-anchoring the 2 p.m. ET weekday […]
Disney has announced that ESPN has signed a new multi-year deal with Stephen A. Smith to keep him as a fixture of “First Take”, ESPN’s weekday morning studio debate show. It also includes appearances across ESPN programming. “Smith” joined ESPN in 2003 and over the years contributed to various studio and radio programming, including “The […]
Disney has announced details on its coverage for the upcoming Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025, which will feature more than 1,500 athletes and Unified partners (athletes without intellectual disabilities) from 100 global delegations who will compete in eight winter sports in Turin, Italy as part of one of the largest inclusive sports events […]
Disney has announced that its ESPN has signed a new multiyear extension with Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) for their media rights. Under the new agreement, select regular season conference men’s and women’s basketball games and Olympic sport contests will be featured on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU and more than 500 MAAC events will stream […]
This past December, Disney launched an ESPN hub on Disney+ in the United States, offering sports content within a single-app experience. With a ESPN+ subscription, viewers can access to more than 30,000 live sports events each year, which also includes games and events from MLB, WNBA, college sports, tennis, golf, and more, plus a library of […]
Disney’s ESPN has announced that it’s long running show, “Around The Horn” is coming to an end after 23 years in May. The sports discussion and debate show debuted on November 4th 2002 and has run for over 4900 episodes. The show features host Tony Reali and a rotation of four daily national sports media […]
Disney has announced some of the highlights of what’s coming to ESPN+ in March 2025, which will also be available to bundled subscribers on Disney+ Standalone Disney+ subscribers will have access to a curated selection of live sports events, studio shows, and ESPN Films from ESPN+, including: Live Events: Weekly women’s college basketball games, NHL […]
Disney’s ESPN has announced more details on a brand new daily “SportsCenter” show called “SC+.” This show will highlight each day’s top sports moments, stories, insights, and exclusive commentary in a more concise and streamlined format. “SC+” will be built around the highly popular “SC Top 10” daily countdown of sports moments. The program will […]
Back in 2021, Disney’s ESPN renewed their contract with the Major League Baseball (MLB) to extend their contract to broadcast baseball games on ESPN platforms until 2028. The deal was going to cost ESPN around $550 million per year, and in the agreement was a clause that gave ESPN an option to end the contract […]
Earlier this year, Disney announced it would no longer team up with Warner Brothers Discovery and FOX to launch a new sports streaming service called Venu Sports. This service was going to combine all of the three companies’ sports brands into a new platform offering a skinny sports channel bundle. Just days before that announcement, […]
A couple of years ago, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that he was looking for strategic partners for ESPN, and it was reported that Disney was in “advanced talks” with the NFL to give them an equity stake in ESPN, which would get control of NFL Media, which includes the NFL Network and NFL RedZone. […]