ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a privately owned American sports content provider owned and operated by Disney General Entertainment Content and Disney Sports, with a minority stake held by Hearst Communications. Founded in 1979, it is headquartered in the United States and has over 11,120 employees. ESPN primarily focuses on broadcast television and radio, providing sports news, highlights, analysis, and live event coverage. With over $1 billion in revenue in 2023, ESPN is one of the largest sports media companies in the world.

2023 Revenue

Founded

1979

Headcount

11,117

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

1

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ESPN offers 5 products in the sports and media and telecoms services industries. ESPN's product portfolio comprises of ball sports, broadcast television and radio, streaming services and pay TV services.
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ESPN's revenues were over $1B in 2023. Caretta Research has split ESPN's revenue into 4 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (thematic channel groups). For full access to ESPN's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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ESPN has partners like Cosm. Examples of ESPN's suppliers include Deluxe, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NEP Group.

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ESPN sells broadcasting rights of its basketball competitions globally. ESPN currently holds 296 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including soccer | association football, futsal, surfing, badminton, marathon, table tennis, multi-sport, cycling, baseball, basketball, other sports, horse racing, climbing, beach volleyball, motorsports, volleyball, combat sports, padel and pickleball, aquatics and swimming, tennis, australian rules football, figure skating, field hockey, golf, handball, rugby league, boxing, ultimate frisbee, poker, lacrosse, triathlon, american football, gymnastics, ice hockey, rugby union, softball, cricket and athletics.

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