DIS - Disney's ESPN College Football Playoff Reach New Agreement: What's Going On? | Benzinga
Walt Disney Co’s (NYSE:DIS) ESPN announced two new agreements with the College Football Playoff.
What To Know: ESPN, a subsidiary of Disney, and the College Football Playoff reached a $7.8 billion agreement that ensured ESPN would continue to be the exclusive rightsholder for the college football playoffs through the 2031-32 season.
ESPN has been the exclusive home of the College Football Playoff event since its inception in 2015. The format will expand in the fall and include 12 teams in total moving forward. The deal will give ESPN exclusive rights to all playoff games after the expansion for the final two seasons remaining on its initial contract with the College Football Playoff.
ESPN also inked a new six-year deal, beginning in the ...