Amazon has joined Apple and Verizon with curiosity in shopping for a minority stake in ESPN.
All three firms would assist ESPN in creating a full direct-to-consumer model of the media entity.
Final month, Iger mentioned Disney is open to promoting a part of ESPN to a strategic accomplice, as the corporate is “dealing head-on with a few of our largest challenges,” together with accelerating decline in linear attain.
The community is contemplating charging between $20 and $35 per thirty days for the direct-to-consumer model.
The NBA has its present media rights offers with ESPN and Turner expire in 2025.