ESPN Partnership
In a report from The Wall Street Journal Steve Bornstein, chief executive of the NFL Network and the former chairman of ESPN, has been in “high-level discussions” with NFL and executives from The Walt Disney Company including Disney CEO Robert Iger and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. An analyst quoted in the report suggested combining NFL Network with ESPN Classic which has a wide distribution on expanded basic cable line-ups but attracts a modest audience. ESPN could use its market weight and demand more than the 16 to 17 cents per month that it currently receives from ESPN Classic. Though such a merger has yet to occur as of 2010, ESPN Networks and NFL Network do share some programming (such as NFL's Greatest Games).
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