BRISTOL, Conn. -- The Bowl Championship Series is moving to cable, as ESPN has agreed to a four-year deal to broadcast the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014.

ESPN will also broadcast the BCS National Championship Game in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

The Rose Bowl, which is televised under a separate contract with ABC, is scheduled to host the title game in 2014 under the rotating system among the four bowls.

Under the deal, ESPN gets exclusive TV, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for all 15 BCS games. The games will be the first ever BCS bowls to be featured on cable.

"The BCS will thrive on ESPN," ESPN president George Bodenheimer said. "Our slogan is 'College Football Lives Here' and the BCS will now top college football's best regular-season and studio coverage, the sport's top awards shows, Bowl Week and other national championships all carried on our family of networks. This is a proud day for ESPN and an exceptional day for this great sport and its passionate fans."

The BCS's current deal with FOX Sports, which began in 2007, ends after the 2010 games. The bowl games had been broadcast on ABC since the BCS's inception in 1998.