Tungkol sa the U.S. television channel ang artikulo na ito. Para ESPN channels in other countries, tingnan angESPN International. Para the company and other channels of the same name, tingnan angESPN Inc.. Para the railroad, tingnan angEast Penn Railroad.
AngESPN (sa una ay isang inisyal na para sa Libangan at Sports Programming Network) ay isang American basic cable sports channel na pag-aari ng ESPN Inc., na pag-aari ng The Walt Disney Company (80%) at Hearst Communications (20%). Ang kumpanya ay itinatag noong 1979 ni Bill Rasmussen kasama ang kanyang anak na sinaScott Rasmussen atEd Egan.
ESPN ay nagbro-broadcast primarily sa kanilang studio facilities na naka-base saBristol, Connecticut. Ang network na ito ay nag-ooperate ng mga opisina isaMiami,New York City,Seattle,Charlotte, atLos Angeles.John Skipper ay ang kasalukuyang pangulo ng ESPN, ang posisyong hinawakan noong pang January 1, 2012.Sa kabila ng ESPN na isa sa mga succesful na sport network sa buong mundo, maraming kritisismo ang kinaharap ng ESPNcriticism of ESPN, kabilang dito ang akyusasyon ng bias na coverage,[1]conflict of interest, and kontrobersiya kabilang ang indibidwal na broadcasters at analysts.
As of February 2015, ESPN is available to approximately 94,396,000 paid television households (81.1% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.[2] Nielsen has reported a much lower number in 2017, below 90,000,000 subscribers, losing more than 10,000 a day. In addition to the flagship channel and its seven related channels in the United States, ESPN broadcasts in more than 200 countries,[3] operating regional channels inAustralia,Brazil,Latin America and theUnited Kingdom, and owning a 20% interest inThe Sports Network (TSN) as well as its five sister networks inCanada.
AngESPN ay isang tsanel satelebisyong kaybol, na pinapalabas saEstados Unidos, mula pa noong 1979. AngNASCAR, ay pinapalabas dito mula noong mga Dekada 1980 at 1990 at nagpalabas hanggang katapusan ng 2000. AngNASCAR ay babalik sa ESPN sa taong 2007.