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• ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader in Sports, is the leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring the broadest portfolio of multimedia sports assets with over 50 business entities.
• Based in Bristol, Conn., with 3,900 employees (6,500 worldwide) ESPN Plaza includes 900,000 square feet in 18 buildings on 123 acres (116 contiguous), with additional office space (400,000 sq. ft.) rented nearby.
• The company is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The Hearst Corporation holds a 20 percent interest in ESPN.

President:

John Skipper, President, ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports, and Co-Chairman Disney Media Networks, joined ESPN in 1981. Appointed President, ESPN, Inc. on January 1, 2012, he previously had been ESPN’s Executive Vice President, Content. He joined ESPN in 1997 from the Disney Publishing Group.

Primary Business Entities

Television

ESPN on ABC (Broadcast), eight U.S. Cable Networks (five with high-definition simulcast services), Regional, Syndicated, Pay Subscription Packages, 48 International Networks reaching all seven continents

Radio

ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes Radio, syndicated radio in 11 international countries

Online

ESPN.com, ESPNDeportes.com, market-specific sites and more

Multi-Screen Network

ESPN3

Publishing

ESPN The Magazine and other periodicals in the U.S. and abroad & ESPN Books

Wireless

ESPN Mobile Properties, Scores, Headlines, Video Highlights, Games

Event Management

X & Winter X Games, ESPYs, college bowls & basketball games, high school competitions

Multiplatform Business

Emerging businesses espnW and ESPNHS

Location-Based Businesses

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, ESPN Zones

Corporate Outreach Team

ESPN, The V Foundation for Cancer Research and more

• ESPN expands Big South Conference coverage

  The Big South Conference, a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) affiliate conference made up of 12 US colleges, has agreed an extended and expanded seven-year broadcast deal with ESPN.

• ESPN picks up Collegiate Bowl rights

  ESPN has agreed a multiyear deal with the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) to broadcast the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.

• British Lionhearts to be broadcast on ESPN

  ESPN has agreed a broadcast deal with World Series of Boxing (WSB) franchise the British Lionhearts.

• ESPN acquires Orange Bowl rights

  ESPN has agreed a 12-year broadcast deal with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the media rights to the Orange Bowl from 2015.

• Atlantic 10 signs three-way broadcast pact

  The Atlantic 10 college sports conference has signed a batch of long-term broadcast deals with ESPN, CBS, and NBC.

• ESPN acquire rights for NextGen Series

  ESPN has acquired the media rights to the NextGen Series, a six-month soccer competition featuring the rising stars from 24 European clubs, until 2015-16.

• Al Jazeera Sport gets first live cricket rights

  Al Jazeera Sport has secured the live TV rights to the Friends Life t20 tournament in a deal with ESPN Star Sports, the Asian broadcast partner of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

• SPL teams up with Weatherseal

  The Scottish Premier League (SPL) has confirmed Weatherseal Home Improvements Ltd. as its latest sponsor, with the firm becoming the league's 'official home improvement partner'.

• ECB seals ESPN Star Sports deal as News Corp moves in

  The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has renewed its broadcast deal with ESPN Star Sports (ESS) for Asia, the Middle East and north Africa.

• BBC to follow Tartan Army’s World Cup campaign

  BBC Scotland has secured the live broadcast rights to four of Scotland's qualifiers for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

• TVM and MTV get Euro 2012 rights

  Television Maldives (TVM) and Villa TV (VTV) are to broadcast Uefa Euro 2012 in the Maldives.

• ESPN Star Sports brings La Liga to Singapore

  Asian sports content provider ESPN Star Sports has secured the exclusive live rights to broadcast action from Spain's La Liga in Singapore until the end of the 2014/15 season.

• ESPN and ACC reach billion-dollar agreement

  ESPN has renewed its billion-dollar broadcast deal with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), on revised terms, until the 2026/27 season.

• Sky Sports retains rights to cricket’s biggest events

  Sky Sports has secured the exclusive live UK TV rights to all major International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments until 2015.

• ESPN selects cities for expanded X Games brand

  ESPN has announced that X Games events will be held in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguacu, as well as Barcelona and Munich, for the next three years.

• The FA extends its distribution deal with AMI

  UK-based agency Advisers Media International (AMI) has today confirmed reports that it has renewed its exclusive broadcast and new media rights agreement with the Football Association.

• Golden Boy signs multi-year deal with Fox

  Ocar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions has reached a multi-year agreement with Fox Sports Media Group for rights to live boxing content in the United States and internationally.

• Clyde FC finds shirt sponsor

  Second-tier Scottish soccer club Clyde FC have secured a new shirt sponsor for next season.

• USC and ESPN Radio agree national broadcast deal

  The University of Southern California (USC) athletics department has signed a multi-year broadcast agreement with ESPN Radio that will see the station broadcast all of the Trojans' home games nationally.

• Hot Wheels plans major stunt for 2012 X Games

  According to SportsBusiness Journal (SBJ), toy manufacturer Mattel has inked a seven-figure deal with ESPN for the staging of a Hot Wheels stunt at this summer's X Games.