ESPN+ Adds University of Oklahoma's SoonerVision Content to Streaming Portfolio

ESPN Adds University of Oklahoma's SoonerVision Content to Streaming Portfolio Agreement includes more than 100 live events per year, including a regular season football game By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital

Friday, May 6, 2022 - 8:55 am

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ESPN has struck a deal with the University of Oklahoma to add the content created by the athletic department's SoonerVision outlet to ESPN .

The multiyear agreement establishes SoonerVision on ESPN and adds more than 100 annual live events, studio programming and archival content from the University of Oklahoma to the ESPN streaming platform. In addition, ESPN now becomes the home of of one regular season college football game, the annual Oklahoma spring football game, and more than 100 additional competitions across men's and women's basketball and varsity Olympic sports.

Given the overwhelming size and passion of the Sooners fan base, we are thrilled that ESPN is partnering with Oklahoma to create SoonerVision on ESPN , the most expansive agreement ESPN has with an individual university athletics program, said OU Vice President and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione. SoonerVision on ESPN builds upon our previous media successes by offering over 1,000 hours annually of live OU sports events and other programming to ESPN 's growing subscriber base of more than 21.3 million. As a result, OU fans will now have an easily accessible year-round media home on all their screens.

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SoonerVision on ESPN will also include classic content, coaches shows, pro days, pregame shows and more.

The University of Oklahoma is home to one of the premier athletic departments in the country and we look forward to presenting a wide variety of men's and women's sports on SoonerVision on ESPN to fans across the country, said Nick Dawson, Vice President, Programming & Acquisitions, ESPN. From live events to historic games and studio programming, Sooners fans will be able to access all of the content they love via their favorite connected devices.

Beginning in August, content will be available on ESPN via a SoonerVision landing page, with live events starting at the onset of the fall athletics season. Combined with the Oklahoma games televised on ESPN's linear channels with TV Everywhere authentication, the ESPN App is one convenient destination to access Sooners sports.

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