ESPNews
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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Bristol, Connecticut |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company (80%) Hearst Communications (20%) |
| Parent | ESPN Inc. |
| Sister channels |
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| History | |
| Launched | November 1, 1996 |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| WatchESPN or ESPN app | WatchESPN.com (U.S. cable subscribers only, requires login from pay television provider to access content) |
| Sling TV, YouTube TV, Hulu, DirecTV Stream, Vidgo | |
ESPNews (pronounced "ESPN News," stylized ESPNEWS) is an American multinational
Known as "ESPN3" in its planning stages and proposed as early as 1993,
As of November 2021[update], ESPNews reaches approximately 59 million television households in the United States.[2]
Format and programming
ESPNews is typically offered on the digital tiers of U.S. cable providers, and is carried as a
The network was formerly simulcast on ESPN during coverage of major breaking sports news before that network expanded SportsCenter into 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's BottomLine ticker 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 of SportsCenter broadcasts.
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 airing SportsCenter on nights when sporting event telecasts on ESPN and ESPN2, such as college football or Major League Baseball games, 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 which SportsCenter would be carried over to ESPNews.
In August 2010, telecasts of SportsCenter on 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 of SportsCenter to the channel's afternoon schedule rather than rolling ESPNews-branded coverage, while ESPN and ESPN2 carry sports talk and debate programming. The Beat (a show showing
On June 13, 2013, Highlight Express was canceled due to low ratings and company-wide downsizing, leaving the overnight ESPNFC Press Pass, produced primarily for ESPN 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 titled ESPN FC.[6] Additional runs of SportsCenter and other same-day airings of ESPN sports debate programming or the newsmagazine E:60 now fill the network's schedule, along with encores such as Friday Night Fights, as well as programming affected by sports-induced pre-emptions and overruns such as Olbermann during the US Open.[7] The highlights and segment package for America This Morning came under the purview of the late-night SportsCenter team from Los Angeles from 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 primetime SportsCenter editions carried in primetime on ESPNews would be terminated after November 30, 2017 to cut costs (breaking sports news coverage will be maintained when needed).
In March 2019, ESPNews premiered Daily Wager, a new weekday studio show devoted to
Use as an overflow feed for live coverage
ESPNEWS ran a simulcast of
As ESPN 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, with ESPNU, the ACC Network and SEC Network being limited to college sports overflow situations.
- The network aired two National Invitation Tournament college basketball games on March 25, 2013 that were originally scheduled to air on ESPN, which instead aired an NBA game telecast between the Miami Heat and the Orlando 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 the 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament until 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 the Chicago Bulls.
- Coverage of the NCAA Women's Softball Preliminary Tournament aired on ESPNEWS on May 18, 2013, due to NBA playoff coverage on ESPN and X Games Barcelonacoverage on ESPN2.
- The network's most apparent overflow use has been with the Kentucky 300 on September 21, 2013 from Kentucky 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 the 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 in 2014 due to their coverage of the 2014 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.
- Olbermann was also carried live on ESPNEWS on weeknights if sports coverage on ESPN2 overflowed into that program's regular time slot.
- The network aired Game 6 in the first round of the 2018 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 on NBA TVusing the ESPN feed.
- In June 2018, it was announced that six Lifetime.[12]
- Game 3 of the semifinal round of the 2018 WNBA Playoffs between the Atlanta Dream and Washington Mystics aired on ESPNEWS due to a college football game (Western Kentucky–Wisconsin) on ESPN and the third round of the US Open airing on ESPN2. As with the Raptors–Wizards playoff game mentioned earlier, this game was also simulcast on NBA TV using the ESPNews feed including the BottomLine ticker which was displayed above their own ticker.
Additionally, ESPNEWS simulcasted ESPN Deportes' coverage of the 2018 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
Current
- Keyshawn, JWill, and Max (September 2021 – present)
- SportsCenter (2008–present)
Former
- 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)
- ESPNEWS Early 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)
- The Stephen A. Smith Show (2017-January 2020)
- The Will Cain Show (2018– June 2020)
- Golic and Wingo (2018–2020)
- First Take, Your Take with Jason Fitz (2020)
- Greeny (August 2020 – November 2020)
- The Max Kellerman Show (August 2020 – November 2020)
- Chiney and Golic Jr. (August 2020 – November 2020)
ESPN Radio segment
In 2007, ESPNEWS began broadcasting a half-hour segment of ESPN Radio programming 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
ESPNEWS operates a high definition simulcast feed, which broadcasts in 720p (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's standard definition feed.[14] It utilized reworked HD sideline graphics, a descendant of the "Rundown" used on overnight editions of SportsCenter on 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-fullscreen
On May 20, 2012, ESPNEWS switched the presentation of its standard definition feed from
International versions
While not operating under the ESPN name,
See also
References
- ESPN Mediakit (2006).[17] Retrieved 2006-02-13.
- ^ Kent, Milton. "Viewers may soon have choice of 2 new all-sports channels". The Baltimore Sun (MediaWatch). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ "ESPN Pay-TV Carriage Fell Another 10% To End Fiscal 2021 At 76 Million U.S. Households". November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- PRNewswire. January 28, 2008. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2008 – via XM Satellite Radio.
- ^ Kenneth Gosselin (June 13, 2013). "ESPN Cancels Two Shows Aired From Bristol". Hartford Courant. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "ESPNFC Officially Launches With Premiere of ESPNFC Press Pass on U.S. Television". ESPN MediaZone. August 15, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ^ "ESPN to Launch Daily Soccer Studio Program". ESPN MediaZone. May 14, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- Sports Business Daily. Street and Smith's Sports Group. June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (November 29, 2017). "ESPN ending evening ESPNews editions of SportsCenter". Awful Announcing. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ "Evolving SportsCenter". ESPN Front Row. November 29, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ Battaglio, Stephen (March 11, 2019). "ESPN launches 'Daily Wager' as sports betting goes showtime". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Daily Wager is shifting to ESPN2 and adding a Sunday show". Awful Announcing. August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ "NWSL hopes moving games to evening slot on ESPNews will boost attendance, ensure player safety". OregonLive.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "Disney To Launch HD Networks on DirecTV". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ "ESPNEWS HD Takes Graphic Approach". Broadcasting & Cable. October 15, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
- ^ "ESPN STAR Sports & Singtel Unveil ESPNEWS on mio TV" (Press release). Singtel. November 18, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ Schwankert, Steven (August 16, 2011). "ESPN Launches Two New Channels on Hong Kong's now TV". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "ESPN Mediakit - Index". Archived from the original on March 27, 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2006.
