College Football Widens Reach In Movie Theaters As ESPN Sets Distribution Deal For ACC Regular Season, New Year’s Bowl Games And Playoff
deadline.comESPN is enlarging college football’s presence in movie theaters, setting a distribution agreement with Theater Sports Network for dozens of Atlantic Coast Conference games this season.
Building on a previous venture with major exhibitor Cinemark for the three-game College Football Playoff, the new pact spans about 75 games in all.
ACC contests airing on ESPN platforms (including on the ACC Network, which is owned and operated by ESPN) will be eligible for theatrical play in the away teams’ markets, or in both home and away markets for neutral-site games.
Local theaters will set ticket prices. The ACC, which includes the likes of Clemson, Florida State, Boston College, Syracuse and North Carolina, is one of college football’s Power Five conferences.
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