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BT Sport and ESPN extend deal

The deal will see BT Sport expand the amount of programming it receives from ESPN to 5,000 hours per year.

Among a wide range of content, programming supplied during the course of the agreement will typically feature the Verizon IndyCar Series, NCAA College Football and Basketball, X Games, the AFL (Australian Football League) and more.

There is also enhanced availability of existing content supplied by ESPN, such as the Emmy Award-winning ESPN Films documentary series, plus the introduction to BT Sport of world football show ESPN FC, and some of the most well-known brands in US sport television, including Pardon The Interruption and Around The Horn.