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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 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Ownership | |
Owner | ESPN Inc. (operated by The Walt Disney Company Latin America) |
History | |
Launched | 31 March 1989 |
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Website | ESPN.com |
ESPN Latin America (on-air as ESPN) is the Latin American division of ESPN 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 prefer football and Hispanic baseball players to the more locally produced programs. The network also has a wide variety of sports not regularly see in the American network, including cycling, field hockey, motorsports, padel, polo and rugby union.
The company launched a second network in 2001, named ESPN2 in Mexico and ESPN+ in South America. ESPN3, the third network, was launched in 2011. 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 rebranded Fox 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: