WBT's media expert Dr. Robert Thompson gives his thoughts to the Manning Brothers as an option for Monday Night Football play-by-play, ratings up for the NFL, and the FX show 'Impeachment'.
Sources tell SBJ, Disney is expected to pay an increase of up to 30% from its current deal, which would be roughly $2.6 billion per year. An agreement comes after news leaked last week of a stalemate between the two sides, which initially were so far apart in price that some ESPN executives questioned whether to cut a deal.