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ESPN
CountryUnited Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Ownership
OwnerESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation)

ESPN operates five sports television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Channels

ESPN launched on in the UK on 3 August 2009.[1] The channel marks ESPN's first foray into live coverage of domestic sports events in the UK.

Programming is available in standard definition and high definition formats.

ESPN America is a British based European sports network, focusing on professional and collegiate sports of the United States and Canada. Originally launched in December 2002 as NASN (the North American Sports Network), ESPN purchased the channel in March 2007 for €70m from Benchmark Capital Europe and Setanta Sports.[2][3] The channel has been known as ESPN America since 1 February 2009.[4] ESPN America broadcasts a selection of top North American professional and collegiate sports leagues.

Programming is available in standard definition and high definition formats.

ESPN Classic launched on 13 March 2006 on Sky channel 442,[5] the first channel in the UK under the ESPN branding. Initially it was only available on Sky Digital but to co-inside with the launch on ESPN UK, the channel became available on Virgin Media and UPC Ireland. It broadcasts a range of archive sports coverage, with an emphasis on football. Programming is available in only standard definition format.

Availability

Platform ESPN ESPN HD ESPN America ESPN America HD ESPN Classic
BT Vision 34 — — — —
Sky 417/442 417/442 430/431 430/431 429
Smallworld Cable — —
TalkTalk TV 555 — 556 — —
Top Up TV 34 — — — —
UPC Ireland 407 416 410 — 409
Virgin Media 529 530 531 — 533

Mobile

On 6 April 2010, ESPN secured mobile rights to highlights from all Premier League games from the 2010-11 season, after beating British Sky Broadcasting to the deal.[6] The broadcaster won a three-year deal for short-form mobile highlights from all 380 Premier League games. It is thought that ESPN paid under £10m for the rights in a blind auction.[7]

The application, titled ESPN Goals, features a basic service offering news and live scores, which is free-to-download.[8] However, the full video clips package are chargeable on a monthly or season basis. The clips can be issued during any matches not kicking off at 3pm on Saturdays, with highlights from those games only being permitted for release after 4.45pm.

UK users will be able to access the application on Apple's iPhone or Google Android-enabled devices, along with ESPN's mobile site. The application will expand to other mobile services, such as Nokia's Ovi Store, in due course.[9]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "ESPN announces channel details for its Premier League debut". Media Week. 7 July 2009.
  2. ^ Hancock, Ciaran (3 December 2006). "Ireland: TV3 grabs Setanta stake". London: The Times.
  3. ^ "ESPN TO ACQUIRE NASN". NASN. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. ^ "NASN to become ESPN America". Digital Spy. 2 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Disney Cinemagic & ESPN Classic launch in March". Media 247. 27 February 2006.
  6. ^ "ESPN wins rights for mobile-phone Premier League highlights". London: The Guardian. 6 April 2010.
  7. ^ "ESPN to offer Premier League mobile clips". Digital Spy. 8 April 2010.
  8. ^ "ESPN to launch Premier League mobile app". Digital Spy. 12 August 2010.
  9. ^ Sweney, Mark (12 August 2010). "ESPN offers Premier League goals app". London: The Guardian.
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