September 16, 2025
By Alex Byington, On3 Sports: ESPN is in the process of acquiring the NFL Network and its popular RedZone brand in a deal that would give the NFL a 10-percent equity into the sports television network. And while the deal has yet to be finalized, ESPN has already started looking toward how it could expand the “NFL RedZone” platform beyond just the NFL.
During a recent appearance at Front Office Sports‘ 2025 Tuned In sports media summit in New York City, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro told FOS that the network is exploring new ways to utilize RedZone — which broadcasts scoring plays and most redzone opportunties across all NFL games each week — in other sports, including college football.
“As I mentioned, we are acquiring the RedZone brand, so we would have that opportunity. And look, we’ve started to think about how we could potentially expand it to other leagues but also other sports in general. (And) college football is something that we started to look at,” Pitaro said.
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