ESPN and the Southeastern Conference will debut the SEC Network in August 2014 -- featuring "24-hour programming of 1,000 live SEC sports events annually, including 45 college football games, more
than 100 men’s basketball games, studio shows and other feature programming, the two sides said," writes Michael Buteau. The two said "they had extended their broadcast-rights deal for all SEC
sports by 20 years through 2034, the longest such contract in the U.S"
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