In a landscape-altering deal, The Walt Disney Co. will acquire assets from NFL Media, including NFL Network and NFL RedZone, with the league acquiring a 10 percent ownership stake in the sports media giant.

ESPN will fully own NFL Network, with plans to bake it into the upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service. The RedZone channel, meanwhile, will join Disney’s linear portfolio, with Disney also planning to merge its ESPN fantasy football product with NFL Media’s fantasy product.

Perhaps most importantly, the NFL will also license games, RedZone, NFL Films programming and other content and rights to ESPN, potentially supercharging the streaming service when the deal closes.

In a landscape-altering deal, The Walt Disney Co. will acquire assets from NFL Media, including NF

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