Quote of the Day
"I can say with the utmost confidence this team is here for the long haul."-- Stars interim President Tony Tavares, on the team's future in Dallas amid its uncertain ownership situation. (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/18)
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Texas Leaguer
New Longhorn Network provides added exposure to sports like baseball
The Univ. of Texas today will announce a 20-year, $300M deal with ESPN to create the Longhorn Network, the first-of-its-kind channel to broadcast live UT athletic events, shoulder programming and non-sports university content. The Longhorn Network will launch in the fall and will be owned by ESPN, which will pay the school a rights fee that averages $15M a year, sources said. In addition, ESPN has committed close to $400M in production value to the channel over the 20-year term. IMG College, the Longhorns’ multimedia rights holder, negotiated the deal with UT. All three parties -- UT, ESPN and IMG -- signed the contract, sources said, because some of the rights had to be sublicensed from IMG, while other rights came directly from the univer ...
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