ESPN
ESPN launched on September 7, 1979 as the flagship network and is currently in more than 98M HH’s. ESPN programs more than 5,100 live and/or original hours of sports annually across 65+ different sports including the BCS, MLB, NBA, NFL’s Monday Night Football, NASCAR, the Open Championship, FIFA World Cup, WNBA, College Football, College Basketball, the Masters, Little League World Series and the X Games. ESPN’s assets also include industry-leading Digital, Mobile, Print and Audio properties.
ESPN Digital is leader of sports content online and on-the-go.
Fans view over 2.2 Billion total monthly minutes on ESPN.com, making it the #1 sports site in total minutes. ESPN.com reached more than 27 Million unique visitors in November; delivering fans up-to-the-minute coverage of sports news, statistics, analysis and scores, along with extensive video and audio programming, and chats with players, ESPN experts and other sports personalities.
ESPN360.com is the sports industry’s leading live video player with over 3,500 live events across 40 different sports/leagues. Fans consumed over 3 Million hours of ESPN360.com in November alone.
ESPN Mobile receives over 10 Million monthly unique visitors, leading the mobile sports category with 69% share. Over 600K fans opt-in to receive ESPN SMS alerts, resulting in 65+ Million SMS alerts sent each month. In 2009 ESPN Mobile released over 10 new iPhone Apps, including ScoreCenter and ESPN Radio (both listed on iTune’s “Best Of 2009”). And that’s just the beginning…
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Contacts
Patricia Betron, Senior Vice President - Multimedia Sales, ESPN Customer Marketing and Sales, 212.456.7552, patricia.s.betron@espn.com
Lisa Valentino, Vice President - ESPN Digital Media & Mobile Sales, ESPN Customer Marketing and Sales, 212.456.7519, lisa.valentino@espn.com
Doug Fleming, Account Executive - Online Sales, ESPN Customer Marketing and Sales, 212.456.6172, doug.fleming@espn.com
