(AP) - Ever since the NFL announced it was looking to sell NFL Network and other media assets, ESPN had been seen as one of the favorites to make a deal. Nearly five years later, a framework is ...

ESPN plans to launch its long-anticipated flagship streaming service on August 21. Sports fans have been clamoring for an ESPN direct-to-consumer streaming service for more than a decade, and they’re ...

Ever since the NFL announced it was looking to sell NFL Network and other media assets, ESPN had been seen as one of the favorites to make a deal. Nearly five years later, a framework is finally in ...

ESPN will acquire NFL Network and other media assets from the National Football League in exchange for the league taking a 10% equity stake in the all-sports network as part of a landmark agreement, ...

The NFL has reached a colossal pact with ESPN, with the Worldwide Leader poised to acquire some of the league’s premier media assets in a union that could be worth “billions,” The Athletic’s Andrew ...

In a blockbuster trade, the NFL and ESPN formally announced their billion-dollar agreement that will see ESPN acquire NFL media assets — including NFL Network, linear distribution rights to RedZone ...

Ever since the NFL announced it was looking to sell NFL Network and other media assets, ESPN had been seen as one of the favorites to make a deal. Nearly five years later, a framework is finally in ...

The on again, off again talks between ESPN and the NFL over the media assets of the football league appears to be on again. Last year, there had been reports ESPN was set to acquire several NFL assets ...

Walt Disney’s ESPN has reached a landmark deal with the National Football League to acquire NFL Network and other media assets from the league in exchange for the NFL taking a 10% equity stake in the ...

In 1987, an eight-year-old cable network in just 41 million homes acquired the rights to eight NFL regular season Sunday night games and the Pro Bowl. The then-up-and-coming ESPN paid a now-quaint $51 ...

ESPN and the NFL Network are now one. ESPN, and its parent company Disney, confirmed Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the NFL to acquire NFL Network and certain other media assets ...

The deal gives the NFL a 10% equity stake in ESPN. ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, announced on Tuesday that it will officially acquire the National Football League (NFL) Network in a ...