Last year, it was revealed that Disney was looking for strategic partners for ESPN, which included talking with communication companies, along with sports leagues like the NFL, NBA and NHL. Disney currently owns 80% of ESPN, and Hearst owns 20%. Back in January, it was revealed that the NFL and ESPN were in “advanced talks” […]
Following the success of multiple Disney+ Originals based on British Football, such as “Welcome To Wrexham,” “Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story,” and “Save Our Squad,” it looks like Disney is in talks with Manchester United to create new documentaries about one of the biggest Football blubs in the world. According to the Athletic, this […]
After more than twenty years at Disney, Aaron LaBerge, who is the President & Chief Technology Officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, is leaving the company to become the new Chief Technology Officer at Penn Entertainment, which is behind the ESPN Bet app. While working at Disney, Aaron was responsible for driving all technology and […]
Earlier this year, Disney made a major announcement for a brand new untitled sports streaming service, where ESPN would be teaming up with FOX and Warner Brothers Discovery to offer a bundle of the companies’ portfolios of sports networks and sports services – including content from all the major professional sports leagues and college sports. […]
Disney’s ESPN Films has announced a brand new “30 For 30” documentary film that will be about the extraordinary life of Stuart Scott, who is a trailblazing broadcaster who shattered preconceived notions of how on-air figures were expected to look, talk, act, and think–and in the process, helped bring hip-hop and Black culture into the […]
Disney has announced that ESPN has reached a long-term, multi-platform media rights extension with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, extending the existing, unprecedented partnership into 2034. The deal will see the continuation of the Emmy award-winning “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” and additional Omaha original content such as “Peyton’s Places” and “Eli’s Places”. ESPN’s […]
During today’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Disney CEO Bob Iger reconfirmed that the brand new direct-to-consumer version of ESPN, which will include all of ESPN’s content, will be available through Disney+ in the United States when it launches in 2024 for Disney streaming bundle subscribers. Bob Iger reconfirmed that this new streaming service will be […]
ESPN has announced details on a new documentary called “Blood Brothers”, which tells the story of Cameron and Cayden Boozer, twin sons of Duke legend Carlos Boozer, who are two of the most highly touted high school basketball recruits in the country. But their most crucial assist came long before either set foot on a […]
Disney has announced that just in time for the opening day of the new Baseball season, that the MLB Network is now available on Hulu + Live TV as part of its core channel line-up. With this addition, Hulu + Live TV cements itself as a top destination for baseball fans, adding over 100 MLB […]
Disney has announced details on a new documentary from ESPN Films called “26.2 to Life”, which tells the story of incarcerated men at San Quentin Prison who are members of the 1000 Mile Club, the prison’s long-distance running club, who train all year for the prison’s 26.2-mile marathon. The San Quentin Prison Marathon has an […]
Disney has announced that its sports division, ESPN, has signed a new deal with the College Football Playoff (CFP) that ensures ESPN will continue as the exclusive, worldwide rights holder to college football’s premier postseason event through the 2031-32 season. The exclusive home of the CFP since its inception in 2015, ESPN will expand its […]
A brand new documentary anthology series called “&360” has been announced by Andscape, the Black multimedia platform from Disney and ESPN. &360 (Andscape360) is a new eye-opening collection of documentary projects that expands perspectives and tells previously untold stories, revealing truths about some of the biggest sports and cultural moments of our time. The first […]
Disney’s ESPN has announced details on a brand new documentary series called, “Full Court Press”, which chronicles the ongoing journeys of senior Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, senior South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso and sophomore UCLA guard Kiki Rice. From Iowa’s historic preseason game that broke attendance records all the way through the WNBA draft in […]
Disney’s ESPN has announced details on a new episode of E60, which documents the amazing and what had been considered an impossible return to basketball of University of Southern California women’s player Aaliyah Gayles, who was shot multiple times and spent more than a year rehabilitating after bullets burrowed through her arms and legs and […]
Last month, Disney’s ESPN announced it would be launching a brand-new sports streaming service with FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery. the new platform is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2024 and will be made available directly to consumers via a new app. Subscribers would also have the ability to bundle the product, including […]