MotoGP has agreed a new two-year broadcast deal with ESPN that will make the network the exclusive rights holder for the series in the United States and Latin America from 2027. The arrangement is intended to give the championship a more stable American home after a run of short-term and shifting contracts. Under the deal, ESPN has committed to live or same-day coverage of every round, and the races will also reach viewers through Disney+ streaming.

The championship's US broadcast history has been unsettled. Before 2020 it had a deal with BeIN Sports, under which its team attended multiple races in person, followed by four years with NBC. Those arrangements, though involving a major network, left coverage moving between channels with many races not airing live. A 2024 deal with TNT Sports was announced only hours before the season opened, and a 2025 move to Fox was similarly abrupt, with this year's American Grand Prix at Austin airing live on Fox Business.S1

The deal matters for MotoGP's new owner, Liberty Media, which hopes to replicate the success Formula 1 has enjoyed in North America. MotoGP's deputy CEO Carlos Ezpeleta described the agreement as an important milestone in the series' growth strategy across the Americas, saying ESPN's reach across the United States and Latin America makes it the ideal platform to bring the sport to millions of people while serving the existing fanbase.S1S2

ESPN's head of global sports and talent office, Freddy Rolon, said the relationship dates back nearly 25 years to when ESPN began bringing the championship to Latin American fans, and that the expansion into the United States builds on that history. The announcement did not detail the precise coverage US viewers can expect, and it was not specified which races will be broadcast live, with the remainder to be shown on tape delay.S2