WAC and ESPN Announce 7-year Extension
ESPN and its "family of networks" announced a seven-year contract extension with the Western Athletic Conference today.
The agreement to extend their current contract for rights across multiple platforms an additional seven years beginning in 2010-11 and continuing through 2016-17, was announced by Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice president, college sports programming, and Karl Benson, WAC commissioner.
ESPN will receive rights to distribute WAC football, men’s and women’s basketball, Olympic sports and conference Championships across ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FULL COURT, ESPN International, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Classic. As part of the agreement, ESPNU will obtain rights to televise conference controlled games for the first time beginning with the 2008-09 season.
The agreement to extend their current contract for rights across multiple platforms an additional seven years beginning in 2010-11 and continuing through 2016-17, was announced by Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice president, college sports programming, and Karl Benson, WAC commissioner.
ESPN will receive rights to distribute WAC football, men’s and women’s basketball, Olympic sports and conference Championships across ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FULL COURT, ESPN International, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Classic. As part of the agreement, ESPNU will obtain rights to televise conference controlled games for the first time beginning with the 2008-09 season.
posted by Kris Gardner @ 2:20 PM
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