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ESPNU, a network focusing exclusively on collegiate sports, was launched on March 4, 2005. ESPN made its expansion into video gaming by joining forces with game publisher Sony Imagesoft for a series of video games in 1993. The venture was short-lived, only releasing fewer titles for the SNES, Sega Genesis and Sega CD.
ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network[ 2]) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott ...
ESPN Inc. was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, initially as an attempt to broadcast Connecticut sports over an "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network" (ESPN) cable channel, and soon became a nationwide cable sports network. Shortly after being terminated as the World Hockey Association 's New England Whalers communications director in ...
In January 1980, Steve Bornstein joined ESPN as manager of program coordination when the cable sports network was a four-month-old start-up. During his time as manager of programming coordination, he developed and implemented ESPN's successful programming philosophy of presenting a mix of events, sports news and special interest programming.
Longhorn Network ( LHN) was an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between The University of Texas at Austin, ESPN and Learfield (formerly IMG College), and was operated by ESPN (itself owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Communications ). The network, which launched on August 26, 2011, focused on the ...
ESPN Classic was an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which controlled an 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which had 20%). The channel was originally launched as the Classic Sports Network in 1995, and was acquired by ESPN in 1997.
Digger Phelps: 1993–2014 College Gameday and College GameNight. Steve Phillips: 2005–2009 ( Baseball Tonight and MLB coverage) Bill Raftery: 1980–2010: ESPN College Basketball; now with Fox Sports. J.P. Ricciardi: Baseball Tonight. Paul Silas: NBA analyst (deceased) Chris Spielman: 2001–2016 ESPN College Football.
ESPN College Football Primetime (Thursday) (since 1997) ESPN Hockey Night (since 2021) ESPN Megacast (since 2006) ESPN2 College Football Friday Primetime (since 2004) ESPN2 College Football Saturday Primetime (since 1994) ESPN8 The Ocho (since 2017) Little League World Series (since 1985) Monday Night Football (since 2006) Monday Night Football ...