The Missouri Valley Football Conference will have more than 50 events on ESPN’s networks during the 2018 season, Commissioner Patty Viverito has announced. The Conference will produce eight league games as part of its 2018 Game of the Week package, with each streaming live on “Valley Football on ESPN” — the league’s co-branded digital network.
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The league’s eight-game production schedule begins on Thursday, Sept. 27, with a UNI at Indiana State contest on ESPN3. Approximately 50 additional games will stream live in conjunction with MVFC institutional packages, with all the games carried on “Valley Football on ESPN.” Of the league’s 56 regular-season home contests, 13 will air on ESPN3, and the remaining 43 will appear on ESPN+ — the premium multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International Group and ESPN.
Additionally, games that air on ESPN3 are eligible for consideration for ESPN’s College Extra. Notably, for the third-straight year, the league will utilize DVSport instant replay during all of 40 of its conference games.
The league’s digital initiative is available through the redesigned ESPN App and features live-event programming on both ESPN3 and ESPN+. The new ESPN App gives fans a premier, all-in-one digital access point for everything ESPN offers — 1) news, scores, highlights and audio, 2) “TV Everywhere” streaming video and 3) ESPN+. The league’s digital endeavor is part of its 10-year agreement with ESPN which runs through the 2023-24 academic year.
“We are very satisfied with the coverage that we’ve gotten with our agreement with ESPN. The exposure that’s given us and the national respect that it’s given us is really important,” said Viverito.
Most of the events will be produced and transmitted by production units on each of the league’s campuses or by regional sports networks, while the league’s 8-game package will be produced and distributed by Tupelo Raycom of Indianapolis, Ind. — the Conference’s digital production agency.
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