ESPN AU/NZ

Television Subscription and International
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Will it appear on Disney +. For some reason the NFL draft was not on even tho it appeared on ESPN linear networks and Kayo. Some rights issue

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That’s because the draft’s broadcast carriage was as follows:

Round 1: ESPN2/Foxtel/Kayo, 7mate/7+, NFL Network/DAZN
Round 2 onwards: Only the latter

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And ESPN2 can be selected on Disney Plus. But for some reason it was blacked out.

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Part 2 of The Ocho will be shown on Friday, August 8.

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ESPN announced more schedule updates. Times are in AEST. Live on primary channel unless otherwise mentioned.

UFC Fight Night: Tatsuro Taira vs. Hyun Sung Park
Sunday, Aug 3: Coverage begins with prelims at 8.00am

National Women’s Soccer League (all games available in AU/NZ on Stan?)
Washington Spirit v Portland Thorns FC - Monday Aug 4, 2.30am ABC
NJ/NY Gotham FC v Washington Spirit - Sunday Aug 10, 2.00am
NJ/NY Gotham FC v Angel City FC, San Diego Wave v Houston Dash - Monday Sep 8, 7.00am (marking 46th anniversary of the network; latter game will include coverage of Alex Morgan’s jersey retirement)
Bay FC vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC - Monday Sep 22, 10.30am ESPN2
Washington Spirit vs. San Diego Wave - Monday Oct 6, 3.00am
Angel City FC vs. Houston Dash - Monday Oct 13, 7.00am
Angel City FC vs. Portland Thorns FC - Monday Oct 20, 7.00am
2 TBD games - Monday Nov 3, 5.00am

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ESPN and Kayo will broadcast the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup men’s basketball tournament live from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from August 5 to 17.

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Ok if it’s not available in AU/NZ I’m not sure we need the schedule updates.

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I see today’s NFL Hall Of Fame Game is coming from the NBC feed on ESPN. Do I dare hope that this, plus the inclusion of the US host broadcast networks in the schedule above, means the NFL have relented and ESPN and Seven can go back to the US domestic feeds this year and won’t have to take that (insert expletives here) world feed we had to suffer through last year?

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It’s pre-season, doesn’t count.

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ESPN2 Sunday 10th August
2:40 am Feyenoord vs. NAC Breda
4:55 am PSV vs. Sparta Rotterdam

Starting at 2:40am 10 August On ESPN2 will sees the return of European football to the network from the Dutch Eredivisie.

Belgian Jupiter rights have been lost to DANZ which ESPN previously showed almost exclusively on the ESPN App.

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It is not available in AU/NZ’s two linear channels is what I meant. Either way, the events have been removed.

That was an explanation of where the game will originate in the U.S. I didn’t explicitly imply that those feeds will be used on ESPN AU/NZ.

With a catch: ESPN linear will broadcast all games live, except any group stage games without AU/NZ playing.

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I didn’t realise you’d added that detail in yourself. Thought it might have been in the source material. Thanks for clarifying.

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That’s fine - but just keep the schedule updates for the AU/NZ channels/availability. Week to week Schedule changes to US content probably not required here.

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International Sports Rights
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ESPN has secured multi-year, expanded rights to NFL Draft, including:

  • ESPN and ABC will continue to produce separate telecasts for Friday and Saturday, as is the case since 2019. (For AU/NZ, this may mean on Friday, one feed is on ESPN(2), the other feed is on 7mate.) Both networks will share one common feed on Sunday.
  • Broadcast times remain: Friday 10am-1pm, Saturday 9am-1pm, Sunday 2am-9am.
  • Dedicated NFL Draft show on ESPN2 most of the time, airing from after Super Bowl to the Draft’s conclusion. Airtime will be revealed early next year.
  • Altcasts are now able to be made for all three days.
  • College GameDay, NFL Live and ESPN Radio will continue to be on-site in draft days.
  • All telecasts and altcasts are available on Disney+ and Hulu.
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ESPN announced women’s college volleyball broadcast lineup today. Season begins Monday, August 25 with the AVCA First Serve Showcase, and concludes Monday, December 22 with the Division I tournament national championship.

In total, ESPN’s platforms will combine to showcase 2,600+ games live in the U.S., the most ever in its history. All but one team in the top 25 preseason poll will have at least one game showcased.

The following schedule is through the end of September.

Date Time (AEST) Game Live
Mon, Aug 25 From 3 a.m. AVCA First Serve
No. 3 Pittsburgh vs. No. 16 Florida
No. 1 Nebraska vs. No. 6 Stanford		 ESPN
Mon, Sep 1 From 2 a.m. Broadway Block Party
No. 1 Nebraska vs. No. 7 Kentucky
No. 15 Purdue vs. Tennessee		 ESPN
Tue, Sep 9 11:30 a.m. Showdown at the Net
No. 6 Stanford at No. 17 Missouri		 ESPN
Wed, Sep 10 From 8:30 a.m. Showdown at the Net
No. 3 Pittsburgh at No. 7 Kentucky
No. 4 Louisville at No. 5 Texas		 ESPN2
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NBA has confirmed the first games of the season, all live on ESPN.

Opening Day (October 22):
10:30am - Thunder vs. Rockets
1pm - Lakers vs. Warriors

Boxing Day (December 26):
4am - Knicks vs. Cavaliers
6:30am - Thunder vs. Spurs
9am - Lakers vs. Rockets
Noon - Warriors vs. Mavericks
2:30pm - Nuggets vs. Timberwolves
NFL games that day (starts 5am): Commanders vs Cowboys, Vikings vs Lions, Chiefs vs Broncos

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NBA opening day is a Tuesday night (US time). There is no NFL on.

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