17 Facts About ESPN Classic

1. ESPN Classic set itself apart from its competition by using the top reporters for each of their respective sports by the early 1990s.

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2. In 1990, ESPN Classic added Major League Baseball to its lineup with the signing of a $400 million contract to broadcast the league's games.

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3. The league agreed to the deal, as long as ESPN Classic agreed to simulcast the games on broadcast television stations in the local markets of the participating teams.

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4. ESPN Classic is an American-based global cable and satellite television channel that focuses on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports highlight and talk shows, and other original programming.

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5. ESPN Classic is currently available in over 39.5 million homes in the region.

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6. ESPN Classic operates a mature sports content distribution business, which syndicates sports content to more than 100 clients around the region.

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7. ESPN Classic has dedicated Chinese-speaking experts, editors, on-air talent and production staff to support the collaboration.

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8. ESPN Classic is one of the few television networks with an all-digital infrastructure.

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9. ESPN Classic is a subscription television network that launched in 1995 as Classic Sports Network, founded by Brian Bedol and Steve Greenberg.

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10. In 1992, ESPN Classic launched ESPN Classic Radio, a national sports talk radio network providing analysis and commentary programs as well as audio play-by-play of sporting events (including some simulcasted with the ESPN television channel).

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11. ESPN Classic launched on September 7, 1979, beginning with the first telecast of what would become the channel's flagship program, SportsCenter.

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12. On October 1, 2014, ESPN Classic began a gradual transition into a video on demand—only service, with Dish Network becoming the first to discontinue carriage of the linear channel and carry it as a VOD service on that date.

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13. ESPN Classic was the highest-rated Pay TV Olympic transmission in the territory, and delivered its three most-watched weeks ever across the region.

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14. ESPN Classic will begin a month-long commemoration of Black History Month that will include a televised special, a musical remake with artist Aloe Blacc and other content across print, digital and television platforms.

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15. ESPN Classic is used for ESPN's multiple-perspective telecasts under the Full Circle and Megacast brands; in these cases, ESPN Classic usually carries the event in question without commentary and only ambient venue noise.

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16. ESPN Classic served as the official broadcaster of the annual Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony until 2009.

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17. On October 1, 2014, ESPN Classic began a gradual transition into a video on demand-only service, with Dish Network becoming the first to discontinue carriage of the linear channel and carry it as a VOD service on that date.

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