ESPN America
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| ESPN America | |
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| Launched | 5 December 2002 |
| Owned by | ESPN |
| Audience share | N/A (Data Unknown, ) |
| Formerly called | North American Sports Network (NASN) (until 31 January 2009) |
| Website | www.espnamerica.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 430 |
| Canal Digital | Channel 23 |
| CanalDigitaal | Channel 33 |
| CanalSat | Channel 95 |
| n | Channel 65 |
| SKY Italia | Channel 213 |
| D-Smart Turkey | Channel 49 |
| meo Satélite Portugal | Channel 32 |
| ZON TV Cabo Portugal | Channel 28 |
| TVTEL Portugal | Channel ??? |
| TotalTV Serbia/Slovenia/Montenegro/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Croatia/ | Channel 46/34/40/40/22 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 531 |
| UPC Austria | Channel 303 |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 410 |
| UPC Romania | Channel 210 (digital with DVR) Channel 80 (digital) |
| Cablecom | Channel 104 Channel 173 (digital CH-D) |
| Com Hem Sweden | Channel 110 |
| Ziggo Netherlands | Channel 412 |
| Cabovisão Portugal | Channel 69 |
| Kabel Deutschland | Channel 411 |
| ZON TV Cabo Portugal | Channel 28 |
| TVTEL Portugal | Channel 26 |
| UPC Netherlands | Channel 204 |
| IPTV | |
| Telia Sweden | Channel 77 |
| meo Portugal | Channel 32 |
| PrimeTV Cyprus | |
| KPN Netherlands | Channel 212 |
| Síminn Iceland | |
| P&T Luxembourg | Channel 450 |
| Tiscali TV United Kingdom | Channel 566 |
ESPN America is a British based European sports network, focusing on professional sports of the United States and Canada. Originally launched in December 2002 as NASN (the North American Sports Network), ESPN America broadcasts a selection of top North American professional and collegiate sports leagues including Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL), National Football League (NFL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Canadian Football League (CFL), 24 hours a day on digital cable and digital satellite television. The channel has been owned by ESPN since March 2007, formerly owned by Benchmark Capital Europe and Setanta Sports,[1] and has been known as ESPN America since 1 February 2009.
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[edit] ESPN America programming
Programming on ESPN America varies from country to country. Currently, the channel operates three feeds throughout Europe. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Finland and Spain events currently seen on ESPN America include MLB, the College World Series, NCAA college football and college basketball, the NHL and the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship (Frozen Four) plus the Arena Football League, Major League Lacrosse, and the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship Final Four. In continental Europe and Iceland the broadcast also includes NFL programmes.
NASN paid £11.6m in March 2006 for the rights to show ten live MLB games a week.[2]
In 2006, ESPN programmes, including Baseball Tonight, Around the Horn, The Sports Reporters and Pardon the Interruption were dropped from the schedule as the contract between NASN and ESPN ended. However, they returned from 1 April 2007 when the contract was renewed.[3]
ESPN America also airs other special single-sport programmes, such as College Football Live, College GameDay, NHL on the Fly, NBA Fastbreak and NASCAR Now.
As of 28th October 2009, ESPN America switched from 4:3 to 16:9 SD. All 4:3 content is shown in 16:9 with sidebars.[4]
[edit] Sale to ESPN
In late 2006, former owners Benchmark Capital Europe and Setanta Sports agreed to sell the network to ESPN for €70m.[5] The sale was completed in March 2007 but the network continued to be part of the Setanta Sports Pack on satellite television until June 2009 when Setanta UK went into administration.[1][6] The network became known as ESPN America on 1 February 2009 to coincide with Super Bowl XLIII. The channel continued to provide the same lineup of North American sports programming.[7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b NASN. "ESPN TO ACQUIRE NASN". Press release. http://www.nasn.com/content/nasn/portal.nsf/content/espnrelease. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ Sabbagh, Dan (13 March 2006). "NASN to show live baseball in Europe". The Times. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article658043.ece. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "ESPN Programming Is Back On NASN". ESPN America. http://www.nasn.com/content/nasn/portal.nsf/content/ESPNprogramming?open®ion=uk. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "ESPN America Gets Even Better". ESPN America. http://www.espnamerica.com/portal/content/ESPNAChanges. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ Hancock, Ciaran (3 December 2006). "Ireland: TV3 grabs Setanta stake". The Times. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article658043.ece. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "Overview of Setanta Sports Pack". Setanta.com. http://www.setanta.com/SetantaSportsPack/Overview.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ^ Welsh, James (2 October 2008). "NASN to become ESPN America". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a131634/nasn-to-become-espn-america.html. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
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