Get the broadcast / streaming outlets carrying a single college football game.
Value
A data frame with one row per broadcast outlet:
| col_name | types | description |
| game_id | character | ESPN game identifier. |
| type_id | character | Broadcast-type id. |
| type_name | character | Broadcast-type name (e.g. TV, Streaming, Radio). |
| type_slug | character | Broadcast-type slug (e.g. streaming, tv). |
| station | character | Broadcast station / network name (e.g. ESPN+). |
| slug | character | Broadcast outlet slug. |
| channel | character | Channel number, when published. |
| priority | integer | ESPN display priority of the outlet (1 = first). |
| partnered | logical | TRUE if the outlet is an ESPN broadcast partner. |
| market_id | character | Geographic market id. |
| market_type | character | Geographic market type (e.g. National). |
| lang | character | Broadcast language code. |
| region | character | Broadcast region code. |
| media_id | character | ESPN media id for the outlet. |
| media_name | character | ESPN media name for the outlet. |
| media_short_name | character | Short ESPN media name for the outlet. |
| media_call_letters | character | Broadcast call letters for the outlet. |
| media_slug | character | ESPN media slug for the outlet. |
| media_group_id | character | ESPN media-group id (e.g. corporate parent). |
| media_group_name | character | ESPN media-group name (e.g. Disney). |
| media_group_slug | character | ESPN media-group slug. |
| competition_ref | character | $ref URL to the competition resource. |
| media_ref | character | $ref URL to the media resource. |
Details
Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint
events/{game_id}/competitions/{game_id}/broadcasts. Returns one row
per broadcast outlet – a television network, streaming service, or radio
station. type_name distinguishes TV / streaming / radio; market_type
is the geographic market (e.g. National); priority is ESPN's display
ordering of the outlets.
See also
Other ESPN CFB Functions:
espn_cfb_award(),
espn_cfb_awards(),
espn_cfb_clear_cache(),
espn_cfb_coach(),
espn_cfb_coach_record(),
espn_cfb_coaches(),
espn_cfb_franchise(),
espn_cfb_franchises(),
espn_cfb_futures(),
espn_cfb_game_drive_plays(),
espn_cfb_game_drives(),
espn_cfb_game_leaders(),
espn_cfb_game_odds(),
espn_cfb_game_pbp(),
espn_cfb_game_play(),
espn_cfb_game_player_box(),
espn_cfb_game_player_statistics(),
espn_cfb_game_powerindex(),
espn_cfb_game_predictor(),
espn_cfb_game_probabilities(),
espn_cfb_game_situation(),
espn_cfb_game_status(),
espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(),
espn_cfb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_cfb_game_team_records(),
espn_cfb_game_team_roster(),
espn_cfb_game_team_statistics(),
espn_cfb_game_teams(),
espn_cfb_groups(),
espn_cfb_pbp_v2(),
espn_cfb_player(),
espn_cfb_player_career_stats(),
espn_cfb_player_eventlog(),
espn_cfb_player_gamelog(),
espn_cfb_player_overview(),
espn_cfb_player_seasons(),
espn_cfb_player_splits(),
espn_cfb_player_stats_v3(),
espn_cfb_players(),
espn_cfb_position(),
espn_cfb_positions(),
espn_cfb_powerindex(),
espn_cfb_qbr(),
espn_cfb_rankings(),
espn_cfb_recruits(),
espn_cfb_season_info(),
espn_cfb_season_types(),
espn_cfb_season_weeks(),
espn_cfb_seasons(),
espn_cfb_standings(),
espn_cfb_team(),
espn_cfb_team_ats(),
espn_cfb_team_awards(),
espn_cfb_team_coaches(),
espn_cfb_team_events(),
espn_cfb_team_leaders(),
espn_cfb_team_powerindex(),
espn_cfb_team_ranks(),
espn_cfb_team_record(),
espn_cfb_team_roster(),
espn_cfb_team_schedule(),
espn_cfb_teams(),
espn_cfb_unnest_plays(),
espn_cfb_venue(),
espn_cfb_venues(),
espn_cfb_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_cfb_game_broadcasts(game_id = 401628339))
#> ── Game broadcasts data from ESPN ──────────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:55:51 UTC
#> # A tibble: 2 × 23
#> game_id type_id type_name type_slug station slug channel priority partnered
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <lgl>
#> 1 401628339 4 Streaming streaming ESPN+ espn… 755 1 FALSE
#> 2 401628339 4 Streaming streaming SECN+ sec-… 701 2 FALSE
#> # ℹ 14 more variables: market_id <chr>, market_type <chr>, lang <chr>,
#> # region <chr>, media_id <chr>, media_name <chr>, media_short_name <chr>,
#> # media_call_letters <chr>, media_slug <chr>, media_group_id <chr>,
#> # media_group_name <chr>, media_group_slug <chr>, competition_ref <chr>,
#> # media_ref <chr>
# }