DEVELOPING …"Today's presentation will show you where we're going, but also remind you that we are starting from a position of strength and optimism," Bob Iger announced at today’s Disney Investor Day on the 96-year old company's Burbank lot.

"This is the first time that we've met with you since the Fox deal closed…

In a keynote conversation at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Department of Justice antitrust chief Makan Delrahim pointed to a carriage impasse between the UFC and DirecTV as proof of AT&T’s monopoly power now that it owns WarnerMedia.

Last month, ESPN signed an expanded deal with the UFC that makes the streaming platform…

ABC’s May 14 upfront presentation is expanding to include the network’s new corporate siblings following the completion of the Disney’s $71.5 billion acquisition of key Fox assets, including FX Networks and National Geographic Networks.

The combined Walt Disney Company Upfront event on May 14 will feature ABC, ESPN, Fr…

ESPN+ has expanded and extended its rights deal with the UFC and will now be the exclusive distributor of the MMA league’s pay-per-view events in the U.S. through 2025. The deal also adds two years to a five-year streaming rights pact struck last May for a reported $150 million a year.

ESPN also has linear rights to UF…

Ironically, a woman named after a baseball player will host ABC’s opening night presentation for the 2019 National Football League draft, marking its first coverage of the annual player dispersal.

Good Morning America's Robin Roberts will be live from Nashville on Thursday, April 25 starting at 8 PM ET on ABC and via…

With sports gambling becoming increasingly legal and common across the country, ESPN is moving to serve the demand with Daily Wager, a new one-hour news and information show about sports betting.

Starting March 11, the show will air Monday through Friday on ESPNews at 6 PM ET and stream…

After one season in the broadcast booth for ESPN’s Monday Night Football, Jason Witten is heading back to the field for the Dallas Cowboys.

The network had brought in an entirely new broadcast team for the 2018 season, which was the 11-time Pro Bowl tight end’s first as a color commentator.

"We thank Jason for his many…

Adnan Virk, a once-rising star at ESPN, has been fired by the network, Deadline has confirmed.

"Adnan Virk no longer works at ESPN," VP Josh Krulewitz told Deadline on Monday.

Krulewitz would not elaborate, but the New York Post, which first reported Virk’s firing citing sources, said he was terminated following an…

ESPN has hired former NFL Media exec Brian Lockhart as executive producer, ESPN+ Original Content, effective immediately. In his new position, Lockhart will oversee strategy and development for all ESPN+ Original Content initiatives including new projects and existing shows such as Detail, More Than An Athlete, The Boa…

Former ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jemele Hill will launch a podcast exclusively on Spotify, joining a growing roster of talent who are lending their authentic voices and perspectives to the streaming service.

Dubbed Unbothered, Hill’s podcast will air twice a week, starting in March.

“I have a lot of things to say, and t…

The ratings for the first round of National Football League playoff games on ESPN, ABC and Fox are up strongly year-over-year.

The Saturday afternoon NFL Wild Card game – an Indianapolis Colts' 21-7 victory over the Houston Texans – averaged 22,824,000 viewers across ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes, according to Nielsen…