Updated with George Bodenheimer statement: John Skipper resigned as president of Espn and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks on Monday, citing his substance abuse problem. George Bodenheimer, Espn’s president from 1998-2011 and its executive chairman until May 2014, will take over as the acting chairman of the company for the next 90 days to help Disney chairman and chief executive officer Bob Iger find Skipper’s replacement, Espn said. Here is Skipper’s…...
- 12/18/2017
- Deadline TV
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John Skipper has resigned as Espn president and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks, citing struggles with “substance addiction.” George Bodenheimer, who was Espn’s president from 1998-2011 and its executive chairman until May 2014, will take over on an interim basis. “I have struggled for many years with a substance addiction,” Skipper said Monday in a statement. “I have decided that the most important thing I can do right now is to take care of my problem.” “I come to this public disclosure with embarrassment, trepidation and a feeling of having let others I care about down,” the 61-year-old executive added.
- 12/18/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
New York -- ESPN is making a big bet on 3D. The sports programmer is planning to launch the industry's first 3D TV network, ESPN 3D, this summer.
The Walt Disney Co. unit said Tuesday that ESPN 3D will feature at least 85 live sporting events during its first year, beginning June 11 with the first 2010 FIFA World Cup match South Africa vs. Mexico.
Other 3D events will include up to 25 World Cup matches, the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, college basketball and football and the Summer X Games.
"ESPN's commitment to 3D is a win for fans and our business partners," said ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer. "ESPN 3D marries great content with new technology to enhance the fan's viewing experience and puts ESPN at the forefront of the next big advance for TV viewing."
ESPN has been testing ESPN 3D for more than two years. For example, it showed...
The Walt Disney Co. unit said Tuesday that ESPN 3D will feature at least 85 live sporting events during its first year, beginning June 11 with the first 2010 FIFA World Cup match South Africa vs. Mexico.
Other 3D events will include up to 25 World Cup matches, the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, college basketball and football and the Summer X Games.
"ESPN's commitment to 3D is a win for fans and our business partners," said ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer. "ESPN 3D marries great content with new technology to enhance the fan's viewing experience and puts ESPN at the forefront of the next big advance for TV viewing."
ESPN has been testing ESPN 3D for more than two years. For example, it showed...
- 1/5/2010
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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NEW YORK -- The NBA extended its national TV package with ESPN/ABC and TNT on Wednesday, including a bevy of new-media rights in one of the clearest signs yet of the growing power of digital media in the sports world.
Sources said the combined rights deal was worth about $930 million a year for the eight-year life of the pact, good for a total of $7.44 billion. That's up significantly from the $765 million-a-year, $4.6 billion deal the NBA signed with ESPN/ABC and TNT six years ago that included TV rights only (that deal expires after next season.)
The extension runs through the 2015-16 season.
Sources said the increases were in the 20% range over the life of the deal, with the increases coming primarily because of the digital assets.
And it's likely the first time that linear TV and digital platforms have been packaged together so comprehensively by a big sports league. ESPN said it was the most expansive package of rights it has ever negotiated from a major league.
"It's really a prototype for sports deals going forward," ESPN president George Bodenheimer said.
For ESPN, it means that NBA games and other content will be a part of more than 17 outlets for the company, including ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 and the rights to simulcast full games live on ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV.
NEW YORK -- The NBA extended its national TV package with ESPN/ABC and TNT on Wednesday, including a bevy of new-media rights in one of the clearest signs yet of the growing power of digital media in the sports world.
Sources said the combined rights deal was worth about $930 million a year for the eight-year life of the pact, good for a total of $7.44 billion. That's up significantly from the $765 million-a-year, $4.6 billion deal the NBA signed with ESPN/ABC and TNT six years ago that included TV rights only (that deal expires after next season.)
The extension runs through the 2015-16 season.
Sources said the increases were in the 20% range over the life of the deal, with the increases coming primarily because of the digital assets.
And it's likely the first time that linear TV and digital platforms have been packaged together so comprehensively by a big sports league. ESPN said it was the most expansive package of rights it has ever negotiated from a major league.
"It's really a prototype for sports deals going forward," ESPN president George Bodenheimer said.
For ESPN, it means that NBA games and other content will be a part of more than 17 outlets for the company, including ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 and the rights to simulcast full games live on ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV.
- 6/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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