{"id":38737,"date":"2025-08-02T00:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/38737\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T00:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:32:08","slug":"espn-reportedly-selling-equity-stake-for-redzone-and-other-nfl-properties-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/38737\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN reportedly selling equity stake for RedZone and other NFL properties | NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">ESPN has reached a deal with the NFL to purchase RedZone, NFL Network and other league holdings, the Athletic reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/nfl\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> will receive equity in ESPN that \u201cis potentially worth billions\u201d in exchange, according to the report. An official announcement is expected next week, ending a four-year period of complicated, on-and-off negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Both sides declined to provide comment to the Athletic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">In addition to RedZone and NFL Network, ESPN will gain access to seven more regular-season games and the NFL\u2019s fantasy football operations, as well as the potential to integrate sports betting and other special features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">The NFL\u2019s equity stake in ESPN could be as much as 10%, CNBC first reported and the Athletic confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">An ESPN-NFL deal would require regulatory approval, a process that could take up to a year to complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">The two sides already have a cozy relationship. ESPN pays the NFL about $2.7bn per year to air a total of 25 games, including Monday Night Football. The network also holds the rights to the Super Bowls in 2027 and 2031.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Friday\u2019s reported agreement comes as ESPN is preparing to launch its direct-to-consumer service, with subscribers paying $29.99 per month to bypass cable and satellite providers to view all of the network\u2019s programming through the ESPN app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN has reached a deal with the NFL to purchase RedZone, NFL Network and other league holdings, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-38737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}