ESPN closes in on world cup, MLS.(television rights negotiations)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, December, 2001 by Reynolds, Mike
ABC and ESPN are nearing a TV-rights deal for carriage of the next three World Cups and Major League Soccer through 2006. As part of ongoing negotiations, the parties are discussing a five-year pact that would deliver the men's 2002 World Cup from Japan and Korea and the competition from Germany in 2006, the Women's World Cup in 2003 and MIS coverage to the networks through 2006.
The deal could be announced as early as this week. It was unclear at press time how ABC and ESPN -- both owned by The Walt Disney Co. -- would schedule World Cup 2002, given the time differential from the Far East, which would place matches in the middle of the night on the East Coast. Univision Communications Inc. already holds Spanish-language TV rights for the 2002...
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