“So you’ll see more look-ins in between the games. “We have the unique opportunity with a single partner, with two really strong national distribution assets in ESPN and ABC, and what we want to do is continue to innovate and create a new viewing experience,” Schroeder said. Hans Schroeder, the NFL’s executive vice president of media distribution, called it a unique opportunity with a single broadcast partner to examine the possibilities. The thought there is, can we combine total audience and do a little bit like we used to do in the old days of college football where we create a simultaneous national and regional appeal and use our networks to do that in a single window? Then it combines to sort of like a super audience total number.” Later in the year, in Week 14, we’re doing both games ( Green Bay Packers at New York Giants on ABC and Tennessee Titans at Miami Dolphins on ESPN) at the same time (8:15 p.m. “We will learn if it is better to start with the ABC game, the ESPN game, or the other way around.
“We’re going to learn more about what optimizes best, and I think by next year we’ll continue to hone on driving the biggest viewership between the two games,” said ESPN president of content Burke Magnus.
Read more: Which NFL teams can least afford an 0-2 start? Our experts react to Week 2 storylines The end result will be the league and ESPN get real-time data on viewer interest regarding “Monday Night Football” doubleheader start times. In short, ESPN gets an early Monday start time this week, and ABC will get it the following week. ET on ABC and the Los Angeles Rams at the Cincinnati Bengals at 8:15 p.m. The following Monday features the Philadelphia Eagles at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 7:15 p.m. ET, and the Cleveland Browns at the Pittsburgh Steelers at 8:15 p.m. The new contract is valued at $550 million per season, or 22 percent less than the current Disney/ESPN rights deal.The NFL has scheduled two games this Monday - the New Orleans Saints at the Carolina Panthers on ESPN at 7:15 p.m. If the current Wild Card format remains consistent, ESPN will continue to exclusively televise one of the two MLB Wild Card Games, and will receive eight additional exclusive regular-season game telecasts each year.
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ESPN carried seven of the eight MLB Wild Card Series in 2020. ESPN will exclusively televise the entire MLB Wild Card Series starting in 2022, if the event expands. The hidden value here for Disney may be the possibility of an expanded playoff package MLB wants to see expanded playoffs, while the players oppose one. This is a scaled-back commitment from Disney. For each of its live events, ESPN will receive the rights to produce alternate presentations across its platforms, as well as the opportunity to simulcast all ESPN and ABC game telecasts on ESPN+. ESPN will continue to exclusively carry the Home Run Derby as part of its cross-platform MLB All-Star coverage.
ESPN will exclusively televise five additional games each season, including the national Opening Night telecast. Major League Baseball and Disney agreed to a new seven-year ESPN broadcast schedule that sees only 30 exclusive game broadcasts, but with the possibility of more expanded-playoff matches.Īccording to MLB, ESPN will exclusively televise 30 regular-season games annually, including 25 editions of Sunday Night Baseball, the national MLB game of the week, and the MLB Little League Classic. By Kevin Reichard on in Major-League Baseball, News
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