The dust has settled from the formal announcement of the blockbuster deal between ESPN and the NFL, with the league swapping NFL Network, linear rights to RedZone, NFL Fantasy and other content assets to ESPN for a 10% equity stake in the network.

ESPN and the NFL Network are now one. ESPN, and its parent company Disney, confirmed Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the NFL to acquire NFL Network and certain other media assets including RedZone and the NFL’s fantasy product. As a result ...

It was a long time coming. It could be a long time going. The first sentence of the press release calls the deal between ESPN and the NFL a “non-binding agreement.” Which makes it even weaker than a Jerry Jones handshake deal. It’s not binding ...

In 1987, an eight-year-old cable network in just 41 million homes acquired the rights to eight NFL regular season Sunday night games and the Pro Bowl. The then-up-and-coming ESPN paid a now-quaint $51 million per season to the NFL for the three-year ...

The deal gives the NFL a 10% equity stake in ESPN. ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, announced on Tuesday that it will officially acquire the National Football League (NFL) Network in a landmark agreement. The deal -- which gives the NFL a 10% ...