ESPN and the NCAA said Thursday they have extended...
ESPN and the NCAA said Thursday they have extended their rights agreement through 2023-24, including expanded rights for ESPN3 and “other multimedia platforms” for 24 NCAA championships and exclusive international rights for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship, NIT…
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Season Tip-Off and NIT postseason coverage. The agreement includes 600-plus hours and 300 telecasts of live coverage annually, covering a variety of platforms including rights for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D, Mobile, Full Court, GamePlan, Buzzer Beater, Goal Line, ESPN International, ESPN Deportes, ESPN.com and WatchESPN, a company spokeswoman told us. Previously, ESPN had rights to televise championships on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU and some content on the ESPN 3 network, she said. ESPN is adding coverage of seven NCAA championships including women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s fencing, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field and women’s bowling, which was previously sublicensed from CBS. ESPN will also air additional preliminary round coverage of selected NCAA championships including Division I football, women’s volleyball, softball and baseball, it said. The network didn’t break out how much 3D programming was included in the agreement. The spokeswoman told us the network has rights to televise any of the programming covered in the agreement in 3D, but it doesn’t have a schedule for specific 3D programming or events at present. Regarding future platforms that come to market, the network would likely amend the agreement for additional rights as it did when ESPNU came out two years after the previous agreement was signed, she said.