Published 11/19/2008
at L.A. Times - College Football
Cable network will get broadcast rights to Bowl Championship Series title game and Orange, Sugar and Fiesta bowls starting in 2011. Plans for Rose Bowl remain unclear.
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ESPN and the Bowl Championship Series confirmed Tuesday that they have reached agreement on a four-year television deal beginning in 2011 that gives the cable network broadcast rights to the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and the national championship game, which rotates among those three plus the Rose Bowl. Sources from both sides said the contract is worth $500 million.
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