Keeping Up With All The Industry Press Releases
A variety of champions were crowned this weekend and ESPN/ABC were right in the thick of it, setting notable viewership and usage marks. Overall, for the three days (Saturday-Monday), 60,658,000 viewers tuned in to an ESPN network or sports on ABC – one in three TV viewers in the U.S.
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ABC delivered the second most-viewed UFC Fight Night main event since February 2019 with UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HOLLOWAY vs. KATTAR this past Saturday, January 16.
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ESPN+ and ABC will combine to air the first UFC event of 2021 when the Octagon returns to UFC FIGHT ISLAND on January 16. Set on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Kattar features former UFC featherweight champion and No. 1-ranked contender Max Holloway taking on No. 6-ranked featherweight contender Calvin Kattar in the main event. Live coverage of the prelims begins at noon ET exclusively on ESPN+, followed by the main card at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and ABC.
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The December lineup includes the premiere of Stab High, Non-Chlorine, the Sipes Pit Bike Championship: Bluegrass Brawl, SLS Unsanctioned.
World of X Games returns to ABC on December 13 with a two-hour programming block featuring Freesurfer and Best of Real 2020.
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ABC Audio and ESPN Audio today announced a new internal sales relationship. Starting immediately, ABC Audio’s podcast network will be represented by ESPN Audio’s Ad Sales team.
The post In a New Collaboration Between ABC Audio and ESPN Audio, Ad Sales for ABC Audio’s Podcast Network will be Represented to the Ad Buying Community by ESPN appeared first on ESPN Press Room U.S..
ABC’s broadcast of the Seattle Sounders’ victory in the 2019 MLS Cup averaged 823,000 viewers, making it the most-watched MLS Cup match on the Disney Media Networks since 2014.
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ABC and ESPN will combine to televise 22 games during the 2020 XFL season, including the kickoff game on February 8 and the inaugural XFL Championship on April 26.
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The NFL Films documentary A Lifetime of Sundays, which profiles the matriarchs of four American football families, will make its television debut on ESPN and The ABC Television Network. Part of the celebration of the National Football League’s 100th season, the 90-minute film offers an unprecedented look at the history of the NFL through the eyes of four iconic female owners: Virginia Halas McCaskey (Chicago Bears), Martha Ford (Detroit Lions), Patricia Rooney (Pittsburgh Steelers) and Norma Hunt (Kansas City Chiefs).
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ESPN Signs Mark Sanchez as a College Football Analyst
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From August 1-4, the world’s top action sports stars will take over ESPN, ABC and ESPN2 with more than 18 hours of the most unique content on the network. On Thursday and Friday, primetime coverage of the day’s finals will kick off the weekend with thrilling action from the Big Air, Street, Park, Dirt, Vert and Moto X courses. Over the weekend, coverage will switch to ABC, where the world’s top action sports stars will continue to push progression from the state-of-the-art U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For the full telecast schedule, please click HERE.
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