Veteran ESPN SportsCenter anchor John Anderson said today that he will retire from the show at the end of June. Anderson announced his decision on his podcast, Inside Wisconsin, which he co-hosts...
https://deadline.com/2024/03/espn-sportscenter-anchor-john-anderson-leaving-1235870439/
As the viewing landscape continues to get more complex, ESPN is aiming to streamline things for sports fans by integrating links to video feeds from regional sports networks into its main app and...
https://deadline.com/2024/03/espn-streaming-nesn-regional-sports-networks-1235865845/
As the College Football Playoff gets set to expand to 12 teams this fall, the postseason tournament has reached a $7.8 billion extension with ESPN through the 2031-32 season. Disney’s sports di...
The upcoming sports streaming service from Disney, Fox & Warner Bros. Discovery has found its boss. The service, which doesn’t have a name yet, has appointed former Apple and Hulu exec Pete Dis...
Vince McMahon, the ex-WWE impresario who abruptly left parent TKO Group Holdings’ board in the wake of a graphic sexual abuse lawsuit “is not coming back to the company,” TKO President Mark...
https://deadline.com/2024/03/vince-mcmahon-wwe-tko-group-stock-sale-mark-shapiro-1235847257/
Chris Mortensen, an award-winning veteran reporter for ESPN, died Sunday morning, the network announced. He was 72 and no cause was given, but he had been battling cancer during his life. “Mort...
https://deadline.com/2024/03/chris-mortensen-dies-nfl-reporter-espn-was-72-obituary-1235844301/
The planned sports streamer team-up between Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox may be stuck at the starting line if Fubo TV gets its way in court. Looking at billions in damages, an antitrust ...
https://deadline.com/2024/02/fubo-lawsuit-sports-streaming-venture-1235832105/
Disney shares are up more 12% in a big move after impressing Wall Street with an earnings beat, solid outlook and deals with Epic Games and Taylor Swift. The numbers hit as two activist sharehold...
Nick Saban, who ended his high-profile run as head football coach at the University of Alabama last month, is headed to ESPN. The championship-winning coach will become a regular on the network�...
Disney CEO Bob Iger says ESPN’s bulked-up streaming service will launch in the fall of 2025, or possibly even as soon as late-August of that year. The stand-alone offering will follow this fall...
https://deadline.com/2024/02/disney-espn-streaming-launch-date-bob-iger-1235818372/
Disney’s profit blew away forecasts although revenue fell a bit short in a key, and solid, earnings report that the company hopes will set the stage for more robust growth. Revenue was flat at ...
Disney will unveil fiscal first-quarter financials after market close Wednesday – but this isn’t any earnings report. It’s one that comes with two separate activist shareholders lobbying ag...