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| Broadcast area | Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Central America Dominican Republic Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela |
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| Network | ESPN |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ESPN Inc. (operated byThe Walt Disney Company Latin America) |
| History | |
| Launched | 31 March 1989; 36 years ago (1989-03-31) |
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| Website | ESPN.com |
ESPN Latin America (on-air asESPN) is the Latin American division ofESPN Inc., and broadcasts sports-related programming for the region in Spanish. It was launched on 31 March 1989. Its programming is adapted to the likes of viewers, who tend to preferfootball and Hispanicbaseball players to the more locally produced programs.
ESPN Latin America, unlike its U.S. sister channels, has more programs related tosoccer andtennis.
TheDisney/Hearst Corporationjoint venture has also added some secondary regional channels for the Latin American region in the last few years, likeESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN4, ESPN5 and ESPN Premium.
In 2011, ESPN launched a new channel, named ESPN3, which is divided in four segments: Live (broadcasts live coverage of sport events), Compact (resumed sport events), ESPN 3.0 (extreme sports) and ESPN Series (featuring "30 For 30").
In November 2021, Disney announced that a new channel named ESPN 4 would be launched on December 1, 2021 (except in Argentina and Mexico) after Disney rebrandedFox Sports' main channel in Latin America with ESPN Premium, ESPN 4, ESPN 5, ESPN 6, ESPN 7 following on February 15, 2024, after Disney rebranded Fox Sports 1, ESPN Extra, ESPN 4, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 respectively.[1][2][3]
List of events that can be viewed on ESPN Latin America Networks:
Javier Alarcón
Cristina AlexanderRaúl Allegre Eitán BenezraJared Borgetti José Briseño Eduardo Brizio César Caballero Tlatoani CarreraMario Carrillo Ruth Carrillo Katia Castorena Guillermo Celis Rigoberto CervantezJulio César Chávez Odín Ciani Kary CorreaFrancisco Gabriel de Anda Iván del Ángel Díaz Eugenio Díaz Sergio Dipp Dionisio EstradaJosé Ramón Fernández Juan Pablo Fernández Marcelino Fernández del Castillo Adalberto Franco Roberto Gómez Junco Jaime "Jimmy" González Miguel González Julia Headley Héctor Huerta Rebeca Landa Marisa Lara León Lecanda Jesús Humberto LópezJuan Manuel Márquez Jorge Carlos MercaderDesirée Monsiváis Heriberto Murrieta Bernardo Osuna Miguel Pasquel Mauricio PedrozaRicardo Peláez Pilar Pérez Jorge Pietrasanta Alex PomboCiro Procuna Ricardo Puig Antonio RodríguezHugo Sánchez Jorge Eduardo SánchezJosé Luis Sánchez Solá John Sutcliffe Gustavo Tella Fernando Tirado Javier Trejo GarayIsmael Valdez Antonio Valle Eduardo Varela Pablo Viruega
Andrés Agulla Axel Jürgens Daniel Martínez Delfina Moyano Francisco "Paco" Alemán Hernán Pereyra Hernán ReyJosé Luis Clerc Leopoldo GonzálezMario Alberto Kempes
Martín Ainstein Ricardo Ortiz Sebastián Martínez Christensen Silvia Bertolaccini
Flavio PereiraRicardo Ferretti
Óscar Restrepo Claudia Trejos
Enrique RojasErnesto Jerez
Fernando Palomo Roger Valdivieso
Álvaro Morales
Barak Fever
Fernando Valdizán Manuel "Manú" MartínAlba Galindo Kenneth GarayHerculez Gomez Carlos Nava Jerry Olaya
Alfredo Lomeli Michelle LaFountain
Robert Sierra
Carolina GuillénCarolina PadrónFernando ÁlvarezLuis Alfredo ÁlvarezNicolás PereiraRichard Méndez Damián Trillini Daniel Retamozo Miguel Simón Jorge BarrilJuan Manuel Pons Julián Fernández Facundo Quiroga Germán Sosa Hernán de LorenziQuique Wolff Alejandro Coccia Pablo FerreiraJavier Frana Juan Ignacio "Juani" Guillem Pablo SteccoMercedes "Mechi" MargalotMarcelo Espina Martín Ponte Matias Sanchez Mauricio Gallardo Juan Pablo Alessandrini Diego Monroig Facundo Quiroga Manuel Contemponi Fabián Taboada Agostina Larocca Ignacio Meroni Alfredo Conrad Esteban Lasala Tomás de Vedia Carolina Losada Carlos Irusta Guillermo Poggi Javier Gil Navarro Marcelo López Mario Sabato Martín Garrahan Juan Marconi Miguel Granados Juan Szafrán Esteban Lasala Tony Peña Alejandro Klappenbach Gustavo Morea Gustavo SgallaJuan Ignacio "Juani" Chela Nati Jota Nicolás Hueto Andrea Schettino Alejandro Ruzal Norberto Laterza Natalia Botti Victor Pochat Martín Urruty Fernando Carlos Mariano Ryan Martín Altberg Matías Sánchez Marcelo Durán Diego Albanese Eduardo SimoneLeo MonteroDaniel TílgerDiego CánepaFrancisco CánepaMorena BeltránPablo Pons Pablo Schillaci Raúl BarcelóSebastián PortoAndrés LacoutureAndrés MaroccoFabián VargasFaustino AsprillaJorge BermudezVíctor Romero
Vito De PalmaDiego MuñozChristian MartinMatias MartinMartín SoutoMartín LibermanMaximo PalmaAgostina ScaliseAgustina CasanovaAlina MoineSofía MartínezAgustina VidalLola del CarrilStefanía CaseroFlorencia Romero
Grace LazcanoMonserrat GrauRafael OlarraMauricio Pinilla Pablo RamosNatalia ÁlvarezLizet DuránMelissa MartínezNicole RegnierDiana RincónLaura RuizPaula SalamancaJuliana Salazar
José Daniel ÁlvarezGisella BuendíaKarolina DávilaWilliam DávilaFanny GonzálezLuigi MarchelleDoménica RodríguezSoledad RodríguezAndrés VillamarínFranco LostaunauMoises LlorensMirela RoigGemma SolerGeraldine CarrasqueroNatalie Gedra| Executives | | ||||||||||||||||||
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