ESPN, NFL resuming talks on the assets of the American Football Association

As of last May, the rumors were raised because the deal between the American Football Association and the ESPN to obtain a part of the media’s media was imminent. Then it was not.

Now, they talk again.

John Urland from the impact, Negotiations resumed. It seems that the new momentum came from the launch of ESPN, which is waving on the horizon of a direct product to consumers called “Al -Raed”.

Orange stated that the husband had “discussed the parameters” of a deal that would give ESPN control of NFL and NFL Redzone. This step, as ORAND explains, can enhance ESPN conversations with distributors. It will also be useful ESPN in the next wave of broadcast negotiations, which are likely to come in 2029 – and perhaps sooner. With a very real possibility for more suitor than firmness, it becomes difficult to imagine the Disney/ABC if ESPN has bought NFLN and Redzone.

The league tries to sell NFLN, Redzone, NFL.com and its operations Fantasy-Football for four years. Last year, while the league stripped the original programming on the NFL network to a skeleton crew, it seems that he was putting the final pieces in place to empty the original.

For each URAND, previous negotiations reached “dead end” in the middle of the year. When the season started, the league presented the project.

The predominant ready -made meals are still, after more than 20 years have passed since the appearance of the league that the start of its TV network will be If you are-built, Sim Impact on cable providers and satellites, the league continues to search in vain for a way to declare victory and retreat.