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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We will double the fans that watch Monday Night Football in a measured audience across all our platforms.
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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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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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First and foremost, The Full Circle initiative demonstrates ESPN's commitment to serving fans however and wherever they consume sports. It also offers a wonderful showcase of the collective exposure we can provide, particularly for a big event like North Carolina-Duke, which appropriately takes place on the first anniversary of ESPNU. In time, we plan to build the Full Circle concept by applying similar blanket coverage to future events.
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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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Our research and the ratings clearly suggest that a daily show may have been too much.
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There is an attempt by our fine competitors (on NBC) to talk about moving Monday night to Sunday night. Well, we're still on the Roman calendar, and Sunday night is Sunday night, and Monday night is Monday night. ... We believe we will still be the marquee, stand-alone NFL event.
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He let us know he was not comfortable with our vision of where we were going. We want to go with those who want to work with us. So we made the decision quickly to move on.
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We were very happy with our relations with Sega, ... However, if you think about who you want to be working with for the long term ... EA is the natural choice for us to be associated with.
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You'll expect to see this year much more coverage from us online, and we'll do a dedicated World Cup site -- expect to see phone updates and alerts and highlights,
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We plan to build the Full Circle concept by applying similar blanket coverage to future events.
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He said it was the greatest job ever invented. Apparently he had a change of heart.
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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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Once it was clear he had reservations, we decided to move on.