ESPN has named DraftKings as the Official Sportsbook and Odds Provider of ESPN, starting Dec. 1. DraftKings will be integrated into ESPN's platforms starting in December, including providing content ...

On October 31, YouTube TV subscribers experienced a blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels, such as ABC. Due to a recent licensing deal disconnect, YouTube ...

On this day (October 6) in 2011, ESPN announced that Hank Williams Jr’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night” would no longer be the theme of Monday Night Football. The song served as the ...

ESPN is rolling out an enhanced app with all its programming in one place for the cord-cutters and the streamers who never subscribed to cable at all. The sports giant on Aug. 21 launched a ...

ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro’s big bet is not all-or-nothing. On Thursday, Pitaro and the sports media behemoth will launch a highly anticipated direct-to-consumer streaming service that will allow fans ...

Disney’s theme parks, which had a few wobbly quarters, blew past Wall Street estimates as streaming profits advanced in the June quarter, vying with red ink at the film studio and declines at linear ...

ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), and the National Football League (NFL) today announced a non-binding agreement under which ESPN will acquire NFL Network and certain other ...

DirecTV and Disney have reached a stalemate. For viewers, that means ESPN, Disney Channel, FX and several other networks and channels went dark Sunday night. The two companies have been negotiating a ...

The network is turning to AI to ‘augment existing coverage’ of less-followed sports. The network is turning to AI to ‘augment existing coverage’ of less-followed sports. is a former weekend editor who ...

As the sports powerhouse plans to launch a flagship service next year, it’s overhauling its on-camera talent and executive ranks. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Walking around ESPN’s sprawling campus in ...

Walt Disney Co.-owned channels, including ESPN and ABC stations, were knocked off DirecTV platforms Sunday after talks to reach a new distribution deal collapsed. The blackout — which affects ...

When SEC football fans flip to ABC to watch their favorite teams play beginning this season, they’ll be greeted with a familiar tune. On Thursday, ESPN unveiled the theme song for the SEC on ABC, a ...