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The quadrennial UEFA European soccer championships will air on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 next year, marking the first time that the sport’s arguably most prestigious tournament will air on network TV in the U.S. since 2008. The trio of Disney-owned networks will air more than 140 live hours and 51 matches of Euro 2020…

There was some super-powered trash talk going on today, as Ant-Man versus Star-Lord (or, if you will, Paul Rudd versus Chris Pratt) faced off in the AGBO Superhero Fantasy Football league. ESPN is hosting the league, which brings together a dozen superhero actors for charity. Through a $100,000 donation from director J…

Disney CEO Bob Iger began the company’s quarterly earnings call with 10 minutes of remarks about what he has described as the biggest corporate initiative of his 45-year tenure at the company: the launch of Disney+. The subscription streaming platform, which goes live in the U.S. and a handful of other territories on…

The dæmons were out last night with the debut of His Dark Materials on HBO. Animal manifestations of the human soul, repressive theology, the multiverse, a sprinkling of streampunk and the search for a missing friend kicked off the premium cabler's adaptation of Philip Pullman's novels last night with a bit of a roar…

In their first of a primetime NFL doubleheader this week, the Dallas Cowboys nicely delivered for the league and ESPN on Monday Night Football. With the comeback drama football fans love, a precocious appearance on the field by a black cat, that one-handed grab by Golden Tate and Michael Gallup's third-quarter…

ESPN is set to air every XFL game via its digital platform across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Disney-owned broadcaster will air more than 40 games from the nascent league, which has been resurrected by WWE chief Vince McMahon as a bid to satisfy year-round viewer appetite for football, outside of the…

The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol, as the old song goes. Not so much for ESPN’s Randy Moss, who apparently wasn’t clear on where he wanted to go on a flight to work. The ESPN analyst and Hall of Fame pro football receiver wound up in the wrong state before his appearance on the sports network’s Sunday NFL Count…

The past decade for ESPN has been an eventful one, to put it mildly. The Disney-owned sports powerhouse has broadcast some of the highest-rated games in its history, re-upped with the NBA and NFL, launched new networks and entered the streaming race. But it has also coped with industrywide pay-TV subscriber declines…

As the NFL regular season nears the midway point, the revived XFL has revealed its inaugural 2020 schedule of games on Fox, ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, FS1 and FS2. Have a look below. The upstart pro football league — which has been resurrected by WWE chief Vince McMahon as a bid to satisfy year-round viewer appetite for…

Philip Gips, a graphic designer, advertising executive and creator of posters for hit films including Alien, Rosemary's Baby and more, died Thursday in White Plains, NY. He was 88 and his death was announced by the Endeavor agency. Gips was born in the Bronx on March 28, 1931. After graduating from the Cooper Union…

Disney has imposed a ban on advertising for Netflix shows across its entertainment networks, including ABC, FX and Freeform, though ESPN will continue to accept such spots. The move is a sign of the increasingly competitive times, as the media and tech sectors are engaged in a high-stakes battle for streaming…

Former ESPN host Michael Smith, whose 15-year tenure at the sports network culminated in a stint-co-anchoring SportsCenter with Jemele Hill, has joined (Co)Laboratory, a startup backed by film producer Basil Iwanyk. Smith will be EVP and chief content officer and will also have an on-air role. (Co)Laboratory launched…