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ESPN Prepared To Pay An Insane Amount To Buy Sunday Night Football Rights Away From NBC
Read ESPN Prepared To Pay An Insane Amount To Buy Sunday Night Football Rights Away From NBC and other NFL articles from Total Pro Sports.
According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, ESPN and Disney are prepared to shell out at least $1 billion to secure the rights to the NFL’s weekly Sunday night game. The network would likely place that game on ABC. The rights are currently held by NBC, which will compete to keep them.
It has been known for a long time that Disney/ABC/ESPN would be very aggressive for more NFL, the most valuable programming in television. As far back as early 2019, there was buzz about ABC wanting a Super Bowl.
However, according to sources, it is more than that as the pitch Disney is making to the NFL is that it currently pays the most so it deserves the best prime-time regular-season schedule.
On top of that, according to officials familiar with the negotiations, Disney/ABC/ESPN wants to acquire two separate NFL packages.”
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Read ESPN Prepared To Pay An Insane Amount To Buy Sunday Night Football Rights Away From NBC and other NFL articles from Total Pro Sports.
According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, ESPN and Disney are prepared to shell out at least $1 billion to secure the rights to the NFL’s weekly Sunday night game. The network would likely place that game on ABC. The rights are currently held by NBC, which will compete to keep them.
It has been known for a long time that Disney/ABC/ESPN would be very aggressive for more NFL, the most valuable programming in television. As far back as early 2019, there was buzz about ABC wanting a Super Bowl.
However, according to sources, it is more than that as the pitch Disney is making to the NFL is that it currently pays the most so it deserves the best prime-time regular-season schedule.
On top of that, according to officials familiar with the negotiations, Disney/ABC/ESPN wants to acquire two separate NFL packages.”
Read Full Story
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