{"id":562139,"date":"2026-07-27T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/562139\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:52:11","slug":"international-dance-leagues-first-media-rights-deal-is-with-espn2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/562139\/","title":{"rendered":"International Dance League&#8217;s First Media Rights Deal Is With ESPN2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/espn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_espn_1\" data-tag=\"espn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> hopes you dance. Or at least that you like to watch other people dance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/international-dance-league\/\" id=\"auto-tag_international-dance-league_1\" data-tag=\"international-dance-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Dance League<\/a> (IDL) has struck its first-ever media rights deal in a partnership with ESPN. IDL events will air on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/espn2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_espn2_1\" data-tag=\"espn2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN2<\/a> somewhat sporadically starting Tuesday, July 28. The events will also be available on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn first position is the New York Series (July 28); Vancouver (August 10), Sydney (August 17) and Seoul (August 27) follow over the next month. Each competition will air at 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe 2026 IDL season technically already began in May. Since then, the league says it has generated more than 650 million views and impressions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cDance already has one of the most passionate fanbases in the world.\u201d said Connor Lim, CEO and co-founder of IDL. \u201cThey watch, they share, they show up, and the engagement on social proves that. This agreement provides a chance to show a broader sports audience that dance is both an art form and a legitimate sport, on a global scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIDL is the first global professional dance league, structured as a traditional sports league with teams, a regular season, and a championship format on the international stage. It features six teams from around the world, competing across multiple events in global cities for a season title. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe teams are: Brotherhood (Vancouver, Canada), Quick Style (Oslo, Norway), Jam Republic (Singapore), GRV (Los Angeles, USA), Royal Family (Auckland, New Zealand) and 1MILLION (Seoul, South Korea). The IDL format follows a professional sports model with regular-season events, standardized judging, and a final championship. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSince the International Dance League is, well, international, additional tune-in information includes ESPN and Disney+ in Australia\/New Zealand, the Caribbean and Mexico, as well as on Disney+ (and only Disney+) in Brazil, South America, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN hopes you dance. 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