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The mascot of ESPN’s streaming app. (Courtesy photo) Key Points: Disney is suing Echostar’s Sling TV, claiming its new Day Pass subscriptions for ESPN and other channels violate their distribution agreement. Disney says it was never notified of the plan, despite an assurance from a Sling TV executive that programming partners were briefed. Sling’s…

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Walt Disney’s ESPN will deliver its full range of sports programming outside of pay TV for the first time starting on Thursday (August 21), when the network debuts an app designed to be a hub for live games and personalized news, stats and highlights. Syakir Jasnee reports.

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Representatives for Major League Baseball and ESPN have renewed talks to keep the sports network involved in the game after a contentious break-up earlier this year, sources briefed on the conversation told The Athletic. The discussions were described to be in their early stages and, if they were to progress, would center around local…

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Pixalate According to Pixalate’s May 2025 rankings, ‘Fox News’ (Apple App Store) and ‘ClevMoney’ (Google Play Store) ranked No. 1 among mobile apps; Hulu (Roku TV), ESPN (Samsung Smart TV), DirecTV (Amazon Fire TV), fuboTV (Apple TV) were among the top-ranked CTV apps; spotify.com was No. 1 for websites in the United States (U.S.)…