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ESPN2 launched on October 1, 1993, at 7:30 p.m. ET.Its inaugural program was the premiere of SportsNight, a sports news program originally hosted by Keith Olbermann and Suzy Kolber; Olbermann opened the show and the channel by jokingly welcoming viewers to "the end of our careers."
ESPN Films, formerly known as ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE), is an American production company which produces and distributes sports films and documentaries.It is owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).
ESPN Classic was a subscription television network that launched in 1995 as Classic Sports Network, founded by Brian Bedol and Steve Greenberg. ESPN Inc. purchased Classic Sports Network in 1997 for $175 million, [53] rebranding the channel as "ESPN Classic" in 1998. The channel broadcast notable archived sporting events (originally including ...
ESPN Films films (1 C, 13 P) ESPN2 original programming (1 C, 50 P) ESPNU original programming (6 P) J. ... Bowl Championship Series on television and radio; Bracket ...
Full series rights split with NBC Sports and Amazon Prime Video from 2026 to 2036; ESPN gets all full series in odd-numbered years. [81] [82] WNBA Draft: ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU 2001–present Primarily broadcast on ESPN since 2020. [83] Boxing: Top Rank: Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+: ESPN ESPN+ 2017–present [84] Cricket: Cricket ...
On September 7, 2016, it was announced that ESPN Films and ESPN Audio would produce 30 for 30 Podcasts, reporting on new sports stories using a narrative podcasting approach. [128] The podcast was launched in June 2017, with the first season produced and hosted by Jody Avirgan and a team of in-house producers.
The ESPN flagship direct-to-consumer service, commonly shortened in trade media to ESPN Flagship or simply Flagship, is the working title of an American over-the-top sports video streaming service scheduled to be launched by ESPN Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company in partnership with Hearst Communications, in late summer 2025.
On April 7, 2011, ESPN released a mobile app called WatchESPN on the App Store for Apple devices, using the same subscriber authentication functionality to allow access to simulcasts of the available ESPN channels on the service via the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch; the app was released on the Android Market (now Google Play) on May 9, 2011.