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Front & Center Podcast: Julie Sobieski

Feature

October 6, 2014

| Ben Cafardo

In the Front & Center podcast above, Vice President, League Sports Programming, Julie Sobieski discusses ESPN’s just announced, nine-year, multiplatform agreement with the National Basketball Association, beginning with the 2016-17 season.

The new deal, announced earlier today in New York, will significantly enhance the company’s NBA rights and content offerings.

(L-R) ESPN executives Julie Sobieski, Burke Magnus, John Kosner, and President John Skipper (holding ball); NBA owner Ted Leonsis and Commissioner Adam Silver; ESPN executives Doug White, Sean Bratches and Ed Durso at the announcement of the new extension of partnerships between ESPN and the NBA. (Rich Arden/ESPN Images)
(L-R) ESPN executives Julie Sobieski, Burke Magnus, John Kosner, and President John Skipper (holding ball); NBA owner Ted Leonsis and Commissioner Adam Silver; ESPN executives Doug White, Sean Bratches and Ed Durso at the announcement of the new extension of partnerships between ESPN and the NBA. (Rich Arden/ESPN Images)