NWSL: ESPN, CBS, Amazon & Scripps broadcasters in the USA over the 2023-2027 cycle (press)

The American pay-TV group ESPN (The Walt Disney Company), the American audiovisual group CBS (Paramount Global), the American e-commerce group Amazon and the American media group Scripps Networks have reportedly acquired the rights to broadcast the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States for the 2023-2027 cycle, according to the American website Sportico on 06/10/2023.

The rights to broadcast the NWSL in the United States and Canada are currently held by the CBS Group for the 2020-2023 cycle, at an estimated cost of $1.5m (€1.42m) per season. According to Sportico, the total cost of the rights for the new cycle will be ten times higher.

Portland Thorns FC - Kansas City Current (2-0), the final of the 2022 NWSL season, drew an average of 915,000 viewers on the English-language American channel CBS in the United States on 29/10/2022, representing a 71% increase in audience compared with the 2021 final, according to data from the American Institute Nielsen. This is the best audience for an NWSL match since the championship was launched in 2013.

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