EPSN, MLB Strike Eight-Year $5.6B Deal
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 15:29 PM EDT
Disney‘s (DIS) ESPN unit and Major League Baseball announced today that they reached an eight-year $5.6 billion extension. As MarketWatch reports, the new deal will see ESPN nearly double how much it pays MLB, while it return the broadcaster will receive additional media rights, including airing one of the two wild-card games each season and [...]