ESPN, a privately owned sports media company founded in 1979 and headquartered in the US, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, with partial ownership by Hearst Communications. Its primary business is broadcasting television and radio programming focused on sports content. As of 2024, ESPN employed approximately 11,120 people and generated revenue exceeding $1 billion.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1979

Headcount

11,117

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

8

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Disney Sports / ESPN offers 7 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Disney Sports / ESPN's product portfolio comprises of content rights, broadcast television and radio and media and TV services.
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Disney Sports / ESPN's revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Disney Sports / ESPN's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (thematic channel groups). For full access to Disney Sports / ESPN's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Disney Sports / ESPN currently holds 386 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including marathon, ice hockey, tennis, combat sports, professional wrestling, horse racing, gymnastics, baseball, golf, australian rules football, rugby league, other sports, beach volleyball, aquatics and swimming, winter sports, soccer | association football, climbing, poker, athletics, surfing, polo, american football, boxing, motorsports, rugby union, badminton, triathlon, cycling, lacrosse, sports sublicensing, volleyball, futsal, basketball, multi-sport, ice skating, handball, ultimate frisbee, padel and pickleball, cricket, table tennis, softball, fishing and field hockey.

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