NEW YORK, June 27, 2024 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced today that it represented the BIG EAST Conference in connection with its new six-year media rights agreement. FOX Sports, the BIG EAST’s television partner for the last 11 years, will continue as the Conference’s lead network provider, with NBC Sports and TNT Sports also providing comprehensive BIG EAST basketball coverage for the first time. The agreement will provide major national broadcast, cable and direct-to-consumer streaming coverage of BIG EAST men’s and women’s basketball games and Olympic sport championship contests.
Proskauer has represented the BIG EAST Conference since 2013 and advised the Conference on all of its substantial matters, including its formation, the readmission of the University of Connecticut and its agreements with Madison Square Garden.
The Proskauer team was led by Joseph Leccese (Sports Group co-chair and Chairman Emeritus), partner Jason Krochak (Sports), associate Benjamin Freeman (Sports) and associate Jordan Horowitz (Technology, Media & Telecommunications).
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