Government OKs ESPN's blockbuster deal for NFL Network from league
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Government regulators approved ESPN's acquisition of NFL Network, linear rights to the NFL RedZone Channel and other league media assets in exchange for a 10% equity stake in ESPN, the NFL and ESPN announced late Saturday night.
The blockbuster deal was formally announced last August pending reviews by the Justice Department and other non-US antitrust authorities, which ar