ESPN & Big 12 Conference Have Agreed To New Deal

ESPN is launching a new Big 12-dedicated section to their ESPN+ service. Per The Spun...

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Per the report, ESPN will be paying the Big 12 $40 million on top of the broadcast rights that the network is already paying the conference. The report indicates that the two sums should equal roughly $22 million per year in revenue for the Big 12.

Of course, thanks to other deals, Texas and Oklahoma-owned events won’t be featured on ESPN+, a $5 per month subscription service.

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Per Sports Business Daily...

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Every deal ESPN has cut recently has included a significant ESPN+ component, and this one is no different. Hundreds of events from all sports will be offered on ESPN+ under a Big 12 brand. Eight of the 10 schools will provide more than 50 exclusive events per year, including at least one football game, any spring football game and any basketball game that is not on an ESPN linear network. Texas, which has Longhorn Network, and Oklahoma, which has its own local rights deal, will not provide content to ESPN+. However, both schools will be featured on the streaming service when they are an away team and during conference championships outside of football and basketball.

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