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{{Infobox TV channel
|name = ESPN
|logofile = ESPN wordmark.png
|launch = September 7, 1979
|network = ESPN Inc.
|owner = {{Plainlist|
*[[The Walt Disney Company]] (80%) 
*[[Hearst Communications]] (20%) 
}}
|picture format = 480i (SD)<br>720p (HD)<br> 2160p (4K UHD)
|country = United States
|headquarters = Bristol, Connecticut, [[United States]]
|logosize = 250px
|logocaption = 
}}'''ESPN''' is a cable television network based in [[Wikipedia:Bristol, Connecticut|Bristol, Connecticut]] that broadcasts [[Wikipedia:Sport|sports]]-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded on [[September 7]], [[1979]] by [[Wikipedia:Scott Rasmussen|Scott]] and [[Wikipedia:Bill Rasmussen|Bill Rasmussen]] as the '''E'''ntertainment and '''S'''ports '''P'''rogramming '''N'''etwork.

From the network's founding, its majority owner was [[Wikipedia:Getty Oil|Getty Oil]]. [[ABC]] acquired ESPN in [[1984]], selling 20% to [[Wikipedia:Nabisco|Nabisco]], who later sold its share to [[Wikipedia:Hearst Corporation|Hearst Corporation]]. When [[The Walt Disney Company]] acquired ABC's parent company [[Disney–ABC Television Group|Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.]] in [[1995|1996]], ESPN became a subsidiary of [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]].

==Assets==
===Television===
*[[ESPN]]
*ESPN International
*[[ESPN2]]
*ESPN Australia
*[[ESPN Brasil]]
*[[ESPNews]]
*ESPN Classic
*ESPN PPV
*[[ESPN Films]]
*[[ESPN Deportes]]
*[[ESPNU]]
*ESPN Goal Line, Buzzer Beater, and Bases Loaded
*ESPN Events, also called ESPN Regional Television
*Longhorn Network
*SEC Network
*Sony ESPN (in partnership with Sony Pictures Networks)
*ESPN Indonesia (in partnership with Trans Media)

===Radio===
*ESPN Radio
*[[ESPN Deportes Radio]]
*[[ESPN Xtra]]
*LRI710 ESPN 107.9
*Rádio Eldorado ESPN
*Rádio Estadão ESPN
*KESN (FM 103.3, Dallas-Fort Worth; owned by Disney, but operated by Cumulus Media under a local marketing agreement)
*KSPN (AM 710, Los Angeles)
*WEPN-FM (FM 98.7, New York City)
*[[WEPN (AM)]] (AM 1050, New York City)
*WMVP (AM 1000, Chicago)
*ESPN TalkSPORT
*WEEI (AM 850, Boston; operated by ESPN Inc. under a local marketing agreement with its licensee, Entercom)

===Other===
*ESPY Awards
*ESPN The Magazine
*The ESPN Sports Poll
*ESPN Broadband
*ESPN Books
*[[ESPNU|ESPNU.com]]
*ESPN Deportes La Revista
*ESPN Integration
*ESPN Online Games
*[[ESPN Wide World of Sports]]
*College football bowl games (owned by ESPN Plus)
*X Games

==Gallery==
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==See also==
*[[ESPN Zone]]{{stub}}

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[[Category:The Walt Disney Company]]
[[Category:ABC]]
[[Category:Hulu]]
[[Category:Disney+]]

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