ESPN acquires stake in AFL, plus TV rights

UNDATED (AP) ESPN has acquired national TV rights to the Arena Football League and will have a minority stake in the 19-team indoor league. <br/><br/>The network will have a regular Monday night slot in

Tuesday, December 19th 2006, 10:35 am

By: News On 6

UNDATED (AP) ESPN has acquired national TV rights to the Arena Football League and will have a minority stake in the 19-team indoor league.

The network will have a regular Monday night slot in which it will televise 14 games from March through June.

In all, 26 regular-season and nine post-season games will be televised on ESPN/ABC outlets. ESPN also will have extensive multimedia rights in the five-year deal that includes everything from Internet to radio to publishing to international distribution.