USA: ESPN to acquire Bundesliga broadcasting rights from 2020-21 onwards (press)

News Tank Football - Paris - News #153535 - Published on 01/08/19 at 12:40

The American pay-TV sports channel package ESPN is on the verge of acquiring the Bundesliga's broadcasting rights in the United States from the 2020-21 season onwards, according to the New York Post, on 31/07/2019.

Nearly all of the matches are expected to be broadcast on the OTT platform ESPN+, according to the American newspaper.

The rights to the Bundesliga in the USA (2015-2020 cycle) are currently held by the American group Fox Corporation.

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