ESPN has struck a deal with the NFL to keep airing "Monday Night Football" through 2021, the network announced Thursday.
The new multiplatform agreement, beginning in 2014, includes eight full seasons of "Monday Night Football," expanded NFL studio programming starting this week, highlight rights for TV and ESPN.com, the Pro Bowl, the NFL Draft, 3D rights, and enhanced international rights.
"While this deal ostensibly begins in 2014, it benefits us right now," George Bodenheimer, President of ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports and Co-Chairman of Disney Media Networks, said in a conference call. "This agreemnt will fuel ESPN on a year-round basis because it touches all corners of our company and supports our best available screen strategy with the NFL on TV, online and mobile."