John Skipper
John Skipper
John Skipper is an American businessman and is the president of ESPN Inc. and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks as of January 1, 2012...
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This is a time when consumers want whatever they want wherever they want it on the device they want. It's no longer about just sitting in front of the TV.
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Once it was clear he had reservations, we decided to move on.
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I hope we'll do a little more international football-centric production of the games so that it'll feel more and more authentic and more and more like ESPN is part of the international football world,
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Nothing finalized. It's natural we'd think about things such as the X-games. We certainly play a lot of poker on our air, so we're thinking about that. We're also thinking about bass. We have the rights to the bass license.
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Nothing finalized, ... It's natural we'd think about things such as the X-games. We certainly play a lot of poker on our air, so we're thinking about that. We're also thinking about bass. We have the rights to the bass license.
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We will propel MNF into a 21st century, all-day, exclusive, multi-media event that will engage fans in entirely new ways.
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We're thrilled our team is now in place. It's a brand-new team that we think will create a buzz. And we think every week will be a mini-Super Bowl.
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This deal allows ESPN and the NHL to further extend the game to fans whether they are watching television, logging onto their computer or flipping open their mobile phone,
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I've never been a believer that we should create channels for all these niches like beach volleyball. They just don't pencil out. Because if you have 12,000 people, you can't afford to do it. And if you can't afford to do it, you can't make any money on it.
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Ruffian's story is one of the most poignant of her time. This project will continue our strategy to make content available to consumers across multiple platforms and serve fans with superior programming.
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This 'Monday Night Football' team enthusiastically embraces our vision for sports television's signature series.
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Al wasn't comfortable with our vision. We reached a satisfactory resolution with Al. He did a fantastic job at ABC for 30 years, but once he said 'No,' we needed to move forward. We want to work with people who want to work with us.
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Al was not comfortable and let us know that he was not comfortable with the way that we were going. We want to work with the people who want to work with us. We made a decision quickly to move on.
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Al was not comfortable and let us know he was not comfortable with our vision of where we are going. Back in November he said it was the greatest job ever invented. So sometime between the last couple of weeks and November apparently he had a change of heart.