The ESPN sports broadcasting empire continues to grow. The network has acquired national TV rights to air Arena Football games for the next five seasons beginning in 2007, as well as a minority stake in the 19-team indoor league. ESPN will air 26 games in all — 17 regular-season and nine postseason, and will add a regular Monday night telecast. The network also will have extensive multimedia rights for everything from Internet to radio to publishing to international distribution.
NBC covered the AFL games over the past four seasons, but decided not to renew when the contract expired after the 2006 season.
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