The Sun Belt Conference, which includes South Alabama, has expanded its agreement with ESPN to provide exclusive distribution of up to 50 additional Sun Belt events on ESPN3, the conference announced.
Fall Sports
The expansion begins this fall, when a number of Sun Belt football games will be produced and distributed exclusively on ESPN3. The network will also carry the conference championships in women’s soccer, men’s soccer and volleyball.
Basketball, Baseball and Softball
Several men’s and women’s basketball regular-season games will be streamed on ESPN3, along with every game of the 2015 Sun Belt Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships.
In the spring, ESPN3 will carry regular-season baseball games as well as several games from the 2015 Sun Belt Softball Championship.
Schools to Produce Content
Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson said the conference will work with ESPN to help member schools produce their own broadcasts that meet ESPN3 standards.
“One of the more unique aspects of this alliance is that the Sun Belt is going to work with ESPN to make sure our institutions are capable of producing their own content that meets ESPN3’s production standards,” Benson said. “This has the potential to make a tremendous impact on the total number of Sun Belt contests – in all sports – that will be available on ESPN3.”
About ESPN3
ESPN3 is ESPN’s online network for live streams and replays of sporting events. It is available to viewers who receive high-speed internet or cable television service from an affiliated provider, and to about 21 million college students and military personnel in the United States.
The network can be accessed through WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets, and on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. It is available in more than 92 million homes.
“ESPN3 and WatchESPN have revolutionized how viewers consume sports – we are excited to be part of that and eager to display the Sun Belt to the 92 million homes that ESPN3 reaches,” Benson said.
