Photo by Dave Adamson on Unsplash BIZESPN To MegaCast Its January Wild Card Playoff Coverage by Nicholas Durst December 3, 2020 ESPN plans to MegaCast its coverage of their NFL Wild Card playoff game this season, offering viewers at least four different presentations across five Walt Disney Co. networks.ESPN and ABC will simulcast the Wild Card game, currently scheduled to be played on either Jan. 9 or 10. Both networks will air the telecast featuring ESPN’s Monday Night Football announce team of Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick, Lisa Salters and John Parry.ESPN2 and Freeform, a Disney cable network aimed at teens and young adults, will also offer their own distinct telecasts, while ESPN Deportes will have its own Spanish language production of the game.The Wild Card production will be the first time the multi-channel MegaCast coverage concept has been utilized during the NFL postseason. ESPN has previously done MegaCasts for the College Football Championship.The NFL’s TV partners ESPN, CBS Sports, Fox Sports and NBC Sports are currently competing to forge new TV rights deals with the league after the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Under its current deal for MNF, ESPN gets a Wild Card playoff telecast but is shut out of the lucrative Super Bowl TV rotation. In this upcoming rights cycle, Disney is pushing hard for ABC to land its first live game package in 15 years.The NFL would like ABC, the original home of MNF from 1970 to 2005, to return to live games, said sources. The network’s return would give NFL games a clean sweep of all four broadcast channels: ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox.With these broadcasters reaching more than 100 million U.S. homes, they’re more immune to cord-cutting than cable channels such as ESPN. Post Views: 52The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest PostsNicholas DurstNicholas Durst is a sports media professional who has worked as an on-air personality and producer with the Brooklyn Cyclones, Bleacher Report, MSG Networks, WFAN Radio and MTV. He has experience in TV, radio, social/digital media, short-form and live video across sports and entertainment. He is also a NCAA Division II broadcaster for CSI SportsNet. Nicholas hosts You Know I'm Right, right here on InTheZone.io. Follow him on twitter @Nick_DurstLatest posts by Nicholas Durst (see all) You Know I’m Right, Episode 74: WFAN’s Craig Carton (Audio/Video) - January 25, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 73: The New York Post’s Marc Berman (Audio/Video) - January 22, 2021 The End Of NBCSN - January 22, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 72: SNY’s Eamon McAnaney (Audio/Video) - January 21, 2021 Related TopicsABCCBSDisneyESPNFOXNBCNFlsports businessWild Card Newsletter SubscriptionCan't Miss Posts! No Shame in Their Game – Female Mixed Martial Artists Use Onlyfans to Make Money by Brandon Berrios | posted on December 4, 2020 You Know I’m Right, Episode 69: WFAN’s Al Dukes (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on January 12, 2021 The Most Catastrophic Boat Trip Since the Titanic; the New York Giants by John Venezia | posted on October 4, 2020 Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 You Know I’m Right, Episode 68: WFAN’s Gregg Giannotti (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on January 7, 2021More in BIZ You Know I’m Right, Episode 74: WFAN’s Craig Carton (Audio/Video)On the 74th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... The End Of NBCSNNBCUniversal will shutter its NBCSN sports network, and move some of its top sports properties to... Michigan Legalizes Online Sports BettingSports betting has been legal in Michigan since the end of 2019, but you... You Know I’m Right, Episode 72: SNY’s Eamon McAnaney (Audio/Video)On the 72nd episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Venus Williams Grows Business Portfolio With Vegan Protein Brand The Henrik Lundqvist Foundation has stepped up its Fundraising Efforts During COVID-19