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ESPNews(pronounced "ESPN News," stylizedESPNEWS) is an American multinationaldigital cableandsatellite televisionnetworkowned byESPN Inc.,ajoint venturebetweenThe Walt Disney Company(which owns a controlling 80% stake) andHearst Communications(which owns the remaining 20%).

ESPNews
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersBristol, Connecticut
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format720p(HDTV)
Downgraded toletterboxed480iforSDTVfeed
Ownership
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company(80%)
Hearst Communications(20%)
ParentESPN Inc.
Sister channels
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History
LaunchedNovember 1, 1996;28 years ago(1996-11-01)
Availability
Streaming media
WatchESPNor ESPN appWatchESPN
(U.S. cable subscribers only, requires login from pay television provider to access content)
Sling TV,YouTube TV,Hulu,DirecTV Stream,Vidgo

Known as "ESPN3" in its planning stages and proposed as early as 1993,[1]the channel launched on November 1, 1996, and originally featured arolling newsformat with 24-hour coverage of sports news and highlights. Since 2010, the network has largely shifted away from this format, and now primarily carries televisionsimulcastsofESPN Radioshows, encores of ESPN's weekday lineup of studio programs, and overflow event programming in the event of conflicts with ABC or the other ESPN networks.

As of November 2023,ESPNEWS is available to approximately 36 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2013 peak of 76 million households.[2]

Format and programming

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ESPNews is typically offered on the digital tiers of U.S. cable providers, and is carried as apremium channelin some areas, satellite providers offer it on their standard package. Someregional sports networksthat are not associated withFox Sports Networkshad previously aired ESPNews during the overnight or morning hours to provide a pseudo-national sportscast to their viewers, and to fill time that would otherwise be taken up bypaid programmingor other lower-profile programs, though asvertical integrationhas occurred with the sports networks now owned byComcast(withNBC Sports) andCharter Communications,ESPNews programming has been dropped from these networks; however, its programming is still carried during the overnight hours onMASN2.If a national ESPN broadcast isblacked outin a particular market, the ESPN broadcast will usually be replaced by ESPNews.

The network was formerlysimulcaston ESPN during coverage of major breaking sports news before that network expandedSportsCenterinto additional daytime slots in 2008, additionally,ABC's early morning newscast,America This Morning,previously ran a highlights segment rundown featuring sports news headlines and highlights of the previous night's sporting events presented by an ESPNews overnight anchor.

The channel'sBottomLineticker was formerly more in-depth than the versions used by ESPN's other networks. It contained not only scores, but also statistics and brief news alerts about the day's sports headlines. However, in June 2010, the network switched to the standard BottomLine and screen presentation used by all other ESPN networks in preparation for the launch ofSportsCenterbroadcasts.

On November 11, 2006, the channel marked its 10-year anniversary, programming commemorating the occasion included a montage of highlights covering the past 10 years in sports. The network began airingSportsCenteron nights when sporting event telecasts on ESPN and ESPN2, such ascollege footballorMajor League Baseballgames, were scheduled to overrun into the program's regular timeslots on ESPN and ESPN2's own sports analysis programs, which until 2010 would be the only incidences in whichSportsCenterwould be carried over to ESPNews.

XM Satellite RadioandSirius Satellite Radioboth provide channels with audio simulcasts of ESPNEWS, with the network's television advertisements replaced with radio ads from each service. On February 4, 2008, XM rebranded its channel as "ESPN Xtra,"[3]and added radio programs from local ESPN Radio affiliates as well as the audio simulcast of ESPNEWS.

In August 2010, telecasts ofSportsCenteron ESPNews increased in frequency, now airing whenever ESPN or ESPN2 were unable to air the program due to scheduling conflicts, along with an afternoon expansion ofSportsCenterto the channel's afternoon schedule rather than rollingESPNews-branded coverage, while ESPN and ESPN2 carry sports talk and debate programming.The Beat(a show showingpop cultureand sports action to the tune of a beat) was shown whileSportsCenteraired on ESPN at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time until its cancellation in July 2011, and replacement by a rebroadcast of the ESPN2 sports talk programSportsNation.By early 2013, the only other programs featured on ESPNews wereHighlight Express(a half-hour program showing the previous day's sports highlights, running from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the afternoon), and the overnight soccer programESPNFC Press Pass.The network also airs programming under theCollege Football Livebanner on Saturday afternoons during college football season, a whip-around program similar toESPN Goal Line,which gives live look-ins to multiple college football games happening simultaneously.

On June 13, 2013,Highlight Expresswas canceled due to low ratings and company-wide downsizing, leaving the overnightESPNFC Press Pass,produced primarily forESPN International,as the only program on the network that was exclusively broadcast (within the U.S.) on ESPNews,[4][5]that program was removed from the schedule in August 2013, after it was supplanted by a new ESPN2 program simply titledESPN FC.[6]Additional runs ofSportsCenterand other same-day airings of ESPN sports debate programming or the newsmagazineE:60now fill the network's schedule, along with encores such asFriday Night Fights,as well as programming affected by sports-induced pre-emptions and overruns such asOlbermannduring the US Open.[7]The highlights and segment package forAmerica This Morningcame under the purview of the late-nightSportsCenterteam fromLos Angelesfrom that day forward.

On November 29, 2017, as part of an expected announcement of 150 behind the scenes staffs being laid off from the network, ESPN announced that the primetimeSportsCentereditions carried in primetime on ESPNews would be terminated after November 30, 2017 to cut costs (breaking sports news coverage will be maintained when needed).[8]They were replaced by a block of reruns of ESPN and ESPN2's daytime talk programs, includingAround the Horn,Highly Questionable,Outside the Lines,Pardon the Interruption,andSportsNation.[9]

In March 2019, ESPNews premieredDaily Wager,a new weekday studio show devoted tosports betting.[10]In August 2019, it was announced thatDaily Wagerwould move to ESPN2 on August 20, 2019, and that a new L-bar featuring betting lines and other statistics would be displayed on ESPNews during non-event programming, and on ESPN2 duringDaily Wager.The feature was part of ESPN's partnership withCaesars Entertainment.[11]

Use as an overflow feed for live coverage

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ESPNEWS ran a simulcast ofESPN Radio'sMike and Mike in the Morningfrom 2004 to 2005, the program moved to ESPN2 in 2006, although it still occasionally airs on ESPNEWS when live sports events (such as tennis'French OpenorWimbledon) air on ESPN2. When ESPN2 televised the2009 US Opentennis tournament,SportsNationaired on ESPNEWS instead from August 31, 2009 to September 11, 2009.

AsESPN Classic's carriage declined more into specialty cable tiers due to bandwidth conservation concerns and low viewership, along with no high-definition channel ever being established before its demise on December 31, 2021, ESPNEWS became the primary overflow network for situations in which ESPN and ESPN2 carry live sports coverage, withESPNU,theACC NetworkandSEC Networkbeing limited to college sports overflow situations.

  • The network aired twoNational Invitation Tournamentcollege basketball games on March 25, 2013 that were originally scheduled to air on ESPN, which instead aired anNBAgame telecast between theMiami Heatand theOrlando Magic(a game in which the Heat extended its winning streak to 27 games).
  • Another NBA overflow of the late game of that night's ESPN doubleheader aired partially two days later on March 27, 2013 due to ESPN2 already carrying coverage of the2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournamentuntil the first game on ESPN ended, with ESPN having an extended post-game show for the first game due to the Heat's aforementioned winning streak ending at the hands of theChicago Bulls.
  • Coverage of theNCAA women's softball preliminary tournamentaired on ESPNEWS on May 18, 2013, due to NBA playoff coverage on ESPN andX Games Barcelonacoverage on ESPN2.
  • The network's most apparent overflow use has been with theNASCARNationwide Seriesin 2013. On April 26, 2013, ESPNEWS carried full live coverage of theToyota Care 250atRichmond International Raceway,due to NBA playoff coverage on ESPN, with the2013 NFL draft's second night airing on ESPN2. TheKentucky 300on September 21, 2013 fromKentucky Speedwaywas also moved over to ESPNEWS due to college football games airing on both ESPN networks.
  • On August 31, 2013, ESPNEWS aired three college football games, including theKentucky–Western Kentuckygame live fromLP FieldinNashville,presumably due to all other ESPN networks being fully booked for college games at that time.ESPN Goal Linealso has been expanded onto additional cable systems through new carriage agreements struck by The Walt Disney Company in early 2013, making the Goal Line simulcast unneeded.
  • ESPN's coverage of Wimbledon was often moved to ESPNews in2014due to their coverage of the2014 FIFA World Cup.
  • ESPN's coverage of the Wisconsin v. USC Holiday Bowl was moved to ESPNews in 2015.
  • ESPN's coverage of the northeast regional NCAA hockey tournament, due to the NCAA Women's basketball tournament on ESPN, NCAA baseball and softball on ESPN2 and NCAA lacrosse and other regional games of the NCAA hockey tournament on ESPN-U in 2018.
  • Also due to live coverage on ESPN and ESPN2 of the NCAA Women's basketball tournament, ESPNews showed the rest of the day's Miami Open quarterfinal and semifinal coverage that was shown on ESPN2 before primetime coverage of the basketball tournament.
  • Olbermannwas also carried live on ESPNEWS on weeknights if sports coverage onESPN2overflowed into that program's regular time slot.
  • The network aired game 6 in the first round of the2018 NBA playoffson April 27, 2018 between theToronto Raptorsand theWashington Wizardsdue to ESPN airing coverage of the2018 NFL draft(which would later shift to ESPN2) and later airing another first-round game between the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers. Additionally, this game was also simulcast onNBA TVusing the ESPN feed.
  • In June 2018, it was announced that sixNational Women's Soccer Leaguematches through the end of the2018 seasonwould air on ESPNews, as part of its broadcast arrangement with fellow Disney/Hearst ventureA&E NetworksandLifetime.[12]
  • Game 3 of the semifinal round of the2018 W NBA Playoffsbetween theAtlanta DreamandWashington Mysticsaired on ESPNEWS due to a college football game (Western Kentucky–Wisconsin) on ESPN and the third round of theUS Openairing on ESPN2. As with the Raptors–Wizards playoff game mentioned earlier, this game was also simulcast onNBA TVusing the ESPNews feed including the BottomLine ticker which was displayed above their own ticker.

Additionally, ESPNEWS simulcastedESPN Deportes' coverage of the2018 Supercopa de España,the first time it has aired Spanish-language programming although the BottomLine ticker continued to be displayed in English.

List of programs broadcast by ESPNews

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Current

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Former

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  • 4 Qtrs(2003–2006)
  • The Beat(2009–2010)
  • Coaches' Corner(aired on Tuesday from 2001–2005)
  • Daily Wager(2019–present)
  • The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz(2018–2020)
  • ESPNEWS(1996–2011)
  • ESPNEWS Late Night(2003–2010)
  • ESPNEWS Morning Final(2003–2010)
  • ESPNEWSEarly Evening(2003–2006)
  • ESPNEWS Day(2006–2009)
  • ESPNEWS Gametime(2006–2009)
  • ESPNEWS Night Cap(2005–2006)
  • ESPNEWS Postgame(2006–2009)
  • ESPNEWS Pregame(2006–2009)
  • ESPN Radio Primetime(2007–2008)
  • Football Friday(2004–2009)
  • The Highlight Zone(2008–2009)
  • Highlight Express(2010–2013)
  • The Hot List(2003–2009)
  • Mike and Mike in the Morning(2004–2006, simulcast of ESPN Radio show, moved to ESPN2 in 2006, still aired on ESPNEWS when ESPN2 was scheduled to air live sports events, the ESPN2 simulcast is rebroadcast mornings beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern)
  • NFL Monday Quarterback(aired on Mondays from 2001–2005)
  • The Pulse(2004–2009)
  • The Ryen Russillo Show(??–2017)
  • TheStephen A. SmithShow(2017-January 2020)
  • TheWill CainShow(2018– June 2020)
  • Golic and Wingo(2018–2020)
  • First Take, Your Take withJason Fitz(2020)
  • Greeny(August 2020 – November 2020)
  • TheMax KellermanShow(August 2020 – November 2020)
  • ChineyandGolic Jr.(August 2020 – November 2020)

ESPN Radio segment

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In 2007, ESPNEWS began broadcasting a half-hour segment ofESPN Radioprogramming on Sunday mornings. The broadcast includes three commentators (a retired coach, a retired player, and an analyst) to break down the events of the featured sport, while an on-screen graphical list of standings, statistical leaders, and other statistics of the featured sport is displayed, the upper-right of the screen shows sports highlights (usually of the player or team of discussion), a fan comment board appears at the bottom of the screen, above the ESPNEWS BottomLine.

High definition

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ESPNEWS operates ahigh-definitionsimulcast feed, which broadcasts in720p(the default resolution format for The Walt Disney Company's television properties) and was launched on March 30, 2008.[13]Originally, the layout and graphics were reworked specifically for viewing on widescreen television sets, offering additional content not available on the channel'sstandard-definitionfeed.[14]It utilized reworked HD sideline graphics, a descendant of the "Rundown" used on overnight editions ofSportsCenteron ESPN, which wrapped around the top left and bottom of the widescreen picture. The HD Sideline offered the display of textual information, headshots, news and scores, while still delivering video highlights in the HD format.

The enhanced format was discontinued in June 2010 and the channel now broadcasts in near-fullscreen16:9,with regular gray-and-red graphics similar to those used by the other ESPN channels. The move was made to "accommodate the high number ofSportsCenters that moved to the network during theWorld Cup."

On May 20, 2012, ESPNEWS switched the presentation of its standard definition feed from4:3to a downscaledwidescreenletterbox version of the HD feed, becoming the last ESPN network with a HD companion channel to make the conversion to a full-widescreen presentation. ESPNEWS HD was added to Dish Network on March 18, 2014, as part of a new carriage agreement that ended a four-year dispute that removed existing HD simulcast feeds of Disney-owned channels.

International versions

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While not operating under the ESPN name,CTV Specialty Television(which is partly owned by ESPN) operatesRDS Info,aFrench-languagesister network toRéseau des sports(RDS) (which in turn, is a sister network to the English languageTSN), which maintains a sports news format and ticker similar to that used by ESPNews, and carries continuous broadcasts ofSports 30(RDS's equivalent ofSportsCenter). Until October 2011, whenRDS2was launched, RDS Info was also used as a part-time secondary outlet for RDS in the event of scheduling conflicts. It has since served as an occasional tertiary outlet for RDS programming, similar to the role now served by ESPNews.

ESPN Star Sports(a joint venture betweenESPN InternationalandStar TV) operated an Asian version of ESPNews that was launched in November 2009 in Singapore onSingtel'sMio TV[15]and later expanded to other areas, including Hong Kong, where it was launched in August 2011 onPCCW'sNow TV.[16]It was renamed Fox Sports News in 2013, followingNews Corporation's full take over of ESPN Star Sports, before it was closed down in 2017.

Personalities

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This is a list of several past and present personalities on theESPNewsnetwork.[17](NOTE: All of the current ESPNews anchors listed below are nowSportsCenteranchors as of June 2013.)

Current

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Former

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See also

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References

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  • ESPN Mediakit (2006).[18]Retrieved 2006-02-13.
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  2. ^"U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023".wrestlenomics.May 14, 2024.RetrievedJuly 28,2019.
  3. ^"ESPN and XM Satellite Radio to Launch 'ESPN Xtra' Radio Channel"(Press release).PRNewswire.January 28, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon May 3, 2008.RetrievedJanuary 28,2008– viaXM Satellite Radio.
  4. ^Gosselin, Kenneth (June 13, 2013)."ESPN Cancels Two Shows Aired From Bristol".Hartford Courant.Tribune Publishing.RetrievedJune 14,2013.
  5. ^"ESPNFC Officially Launches With Premiere of ESPNFC Press Pass on U.S. Television".ESPN MediaZone. August 15, 2012.RetrievedJuly 31,2013.
  6. ^"ESPN to Launch Daily Soccer Studio Program".ESPN MediaZone. May 14, 2013.RetrievedJuly 31,2013.
  7. ^"ESPN Cancels" Highlight Express "And" Unite, "While Schwab, Hoenig Among Layoffs".Sports Business Daily.Street and Smith's Sports Group. June 13, 2013.RetrievedAugust 7,2024.
  8. ^Bucholtz, Andrew (November 29, 2017)."ESPN ending evening ESPNews editions of SportsCenter".Awful Announcing.RetrievedNovember 30,2017.
  9. ^Williamson, Norby (November 29, 2017)."Evolving SportsCenter".ESPN Front Row.RetrievedDecember 2,2017.
  10. ^Battaglio, Stephen (March 11, 2019)."ESPN launches 'Daily Wager' as sports betting goes showtime".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedMarch 12,2019.
  11. ^Bucholtz, Andrew (August 15, 2019)."Daily Wager is shifting to ESPN2 and adding a Sunday show".Awful Announcing.RetrievedAugust 15,2019.
  12. ^Goldberg, Jamie (June 6, 2018)."NWSL hopes moving games to evening slot on ESPNews will boost attendance, ensure player safety".OregonLive.RetrievedAugust 7,2024.
  13. ^"Disney To Launch HD Networks on DirecTV".Broadcasting & Cable.RetrievedMarch 28,2013.
  14. ^"ESPNEWS HD Takes Graphic Approach".Broadcasting & Cable.October 15, 2007.RetrievedDecember 3,2007.
  15. ^"ESPN STAR Sports & Singtel Unveil ESPNEWS on mio TV"(Press release).Singtel.November 18, 2009.RetrievedFebruary 21,2022.
  16. ^Schwankert, Steven (August 16, 2011)."ESPN Launches Two New Channels on Hong Kong's now TV".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedFebruary 21,2022.
  17. ^"ESPNtv - The People".July 18, 2006. Archived fromthe originalon July 18, 2006.RetrievedAugust 7,2024.
  18. ^"ESPN Mediakit - Index".Archived fromthe originalon March 27, 2006.RetrievedMarch 27,2006.
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