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ESPN was founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen, then 43 year old eye doctor and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan. [1] Bill, who had an affinity with sports for much of his life, was fired from his position as the communications manager for the New England Whalers in 1978. [1]
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, [52] rebranding the channel as "ESPN Classic" in 1998. The channel broadcast notable archived sporting events (originally including ...
ESPN Inc. is an American multinational sports media conglomerate majority-owned by the Walt Disney Company, with Hearst Communications as an equity stakeholder. [1]Founded by Bill Rasmussen in 1979, it owns and operates local and global cable and satellite television variants of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN+ and other related ventures and is currently headed by executive James Pitaro.
During Werner's time at ESPN, the network became the largest cable television network, [11] grew from $1 million to over $600 million in annual sales, and from an annual loss of $30 million to profits of approximately $150 million. In November 1990, Werner left ESPN and became president and chief executive of Prime Ventures.
CSN was founded by Brian Bedol and Stephen Greenberg, both of whom went on to launch College Sports Television (now CBS Sports Network)), with partial funding from Allen & Company. In 1997, ESPN, Inc. purchased Classic Sports Network for $175 million, [1] and relaunched it as ESPN Classic the following year. Throughout its history, dating back ...
ESPN on ABC (formerly known as ABC Sports from 1961 to 2006) is the branding used for sports event and documentary programming televised by ABC in the United States. . Officially, the broadcast network retains its own sports division; however, in 2006, ABC's sports division was merged into ESPN Inc., which is the parent subsidiary of the cable sports network ESPN that is majority owned by ABC ...
USFL on ESPN: ESPN 1983–1985: Broadcast games in primetime on Saturdays and Mondays. ESPN offered to broadcast a 22-game slate in 1986, but the league suspended operations instead. The league ultimately ceased to exist. [170] [171] [172] XFL: XFL on ESPN: ABC ESPN ESPN2 FX 2020, 2023: League suspended operations for two years.
National television broadcasts of the National Football League (NFL) first aired on ESPN in 1980, when the network broadcast the 1980 NFL draft. ESPN did not air live NFL games until 1987, when it acquired the rights to Sunday Night Football. In 2006, ESPN lost the rights to Sunday Night Football and began airing Monday Night Football (MNF ...