ESPN Latin America
ESPN Latin America | |
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Launched | 1989 |
Network | Cable Television Network |
Owned by |
ESPN Inc. (operated by The Walt Disney Company Latin America) |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
Language | Latin American Spanish |
Broadcast area |
Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela |
Sister channel(s) | ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Brasil |
Website | ESPN.com |
ESPN Latin America is an ESPN channel that broadcasts in Latin America and Brazil (in Portuguese), not to be confused with ESPN Deportes, which is another channel which broadcasts in the United States in Spanish. ESPN Latin America is not available in the U.S., because it is not authorized to air most of the programming seen on its U.S. sister channels due to television rights affecting the programs. It is adapted to the demands of Spanish-speaking viewers, who tend to prefer football and Hispanic baseball players to the more Anglo-centric programming or athletes and Portuguese-speaking viewers who also tend to prefer football and prefer other popular sports in Brazil like basketball, futsal and volleyball.
ESPN Latin America first aired in 1989. It cablecasts programs in Spanish; some of the programs are live or taped retransmissions of the sister channels ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Some of those programs include English-language audio on a second audio program (SAP) with commentators from sister channels of the U.S. or commentators who work just for the ESPN Latin America channel. One of the voiceover announcers who announces programming on TV commercials has also appeared as a voiceover substitute for CNBC programs like Kudlow & Company and Mad Money in the U.S.
ESPN Latin America, unlike its U.S. sister channels, has more programs related to football, such as live games from Spain's La Liga. It also airs live retransmissions of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, the Home Run Derby, All-Star Game, Playoffs and World Series with Ernesto Jerez as the Spanish-language play-by-play announcer and other baseball commentators such as Venezuelan brothers Luis Alfredo Álvarez and Fernando Álvarez and former Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player Candy Maldonado. On weekday mornings at 9 a.m. Eastern Time, ESPN Latin America also airs the taped SportsCenter programs which air live the night before on ESPN in the U.S. at 1 a.m. ET.
Many of the TV commercials shown on ESPN Latin America are for companies from Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil, where the largest companies are based and where viewer numbers are higher.
ESPN Latin America's main competitor is News Corporation's Fox Sports Latin America from Los Angeles (formerly called FOX Sports Americas), which, unlike ESPN Latin America (and like ESPN2 and ESPN+), has a FOX Sports Latin America Northern Cone channel for the Caribbean/Mexico baseball-focused region, and another channel called FOX Sports Latin America Southern Cone for Central and South America, which is more football-oriented.
The Disney/Hearst Corporation joint venture has also added some secondary regional channels for the Spanish-speaking Americas in the last few years, like ESPN Dos (ESPN2) for the Central America/Mexico region, and ESPN+ (ESPN Más) for South America (Argentina/Bolivia/Chile/Colombia/Ecuador/Paraguay/Peru/Uruguay/Venezuela).
In 2011 ESPN launched a new channel for Latin America: ESPN3. This channel is divided in four segmets: Live (broadcasts live coverage of sport events), Compact (resumed sport events), ESPN3.0 (extreme sports) and ESPN Series (featuring ESPN US show 30 For 30).
See also
- List of ESPN Latin America announcers
- Latin American sports television broadcast contracts
Sport Events
Some of the major events that can be viewed on this channel and other signs are:
Football
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- Super Cup
- La Liga (Only for South America)
- Premier League (Only for South America)
- Serie A
- Bundesliga
- Ligue 1
- Primeira Liga
- Eredivisie
- Copa del Rey (Only for South America)
- FA Cup (Only for South America)
- Community Shield (Only for South America)
- Football League Cup
- Italian Super Cup (Only for South America)
- Serie B (Only on ESPNPlay)
- German Super Cup
- Coupe de la Ligue
- Trophée des Champions
- UEFA European Championship qualifying (Only for South America)
- Brasileirão
- Copa do Brasil
- Campeonato Paulista
- Campeonato Carioca
- MLS
- North American Soccer League (Only on ESPNPlay)
- Liga MX
- Ascenso MX
- Copa Mexico
- Argentina Primera Division (Except for Argentina)
- Toulon Tournament
- Emirates Cup
- FIFA Ballon d'Or
Olympic
- Sochi 2014 Olympics
- 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Rio 2016 Olympics
Tennis
- Australian Open
- Roland Garros
- Wimbledon
- U.S. Open
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000
- ATP World Tour Finals
- Mexican Open Tennis (Only for Mexico)
Basketball
- NBA
- WNBA
- NCAA basketball
Baseball
Boxing
College Sports
Cycling
- Le Tour de France
- Giro d'Italia (Only for South America)
- Vuelta a España
- Tour de San Luis
- Paris–Roubaix
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- La Flèche Wallonne
- Classic Sud-Ardèche
- La Drôme Classic
Extreme Sports
Field Hockey
- Hockey World Cup
- Champions Trophy
- Hockey World League
Golf
- The Masters
- U.S. Open
- The Open Championship
- PGA Championship
- PGA Tour
- World Golf Championships
- President's Cup
- Senior major golf championships
- Women's major golf championships
- Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Latin America Amateur Championship
Gridiron Football
- National Football League
- College Football
Horse Racing
- Kentucky Derby
- Preakness Stakes
- Belmont Stakes
- Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo classic races
- Hipódromo de San Isidro classic races
- Hipódromo de La Plata classic races
- Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas classic races
- Gran Premio Latinoamericano
Marathon
- New York City Half Marathon
- Rome Marathon
- London Marathon
- Buenos Aires Marathon
- Venice Marathon
- New York Marathon
Motor Sports
- Formula One (Highlights)
- Moto GP
- Moto 2
- IndyCar Series
- Indy Lights
- AMA Motocross Championship
Polo
- Argentine Open Polo Championship
- Hurlingham Open Polo Championship
- Open Championship of the Tortugas Country Club
- British Open for the Gold Cup
- Coronation Cup
- Sotogrande Open
- Copa Cámara de Diputados
- U.S. Open
Rugby
- Rugby World Cup
- RBS Six Nations
- Rugby Championship
- European Rugby Champions Cup
- Top 14
- Aviva Premiership
- Super Rugby
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
- IRB Sevens World Series
- Currie Cup
- ITM Cup
- IRB Junior World Championship
- South American Rugby Championship
- World Club 7s
- World Club 7s Series Limerick
- The Varsity Match
- Buenos Aires league
- Top 14 de la URBA
- Campeonato Argentino
- Nacional de Clubes
- Torneo del Interior
- Test-matches
Among others.
Competitors
- GOL TV (Latin American)
- Fox Sports Latin America
- Torneos y Competencias
- DIRECTV Sports
- Claro Sports
External links
- Official website
- ESPN Latin America on Twitter
- ESPN Latin America on Facebook
- Programming Guide
- ESPNPlay