ESPN (Netherlands)

ESPN
Country	Netherlands
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Network	ESPN
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Language(s)	Dutch
Ownership
Owner	ESPN Inc.; operated by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV (51 % The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV)
Sister channels	24Kitchen; BabyTV; National Geographic; National Geographic Wild; Star Channel
History
Launched	29 August 2008; 16 years ago as Eredivisie Live; 1 August 2013; 11 years ago as Fox Sports
Former names	Fox Sports (2013–2020); Erdivisie Live (2008–2013)
Links
Website	www.espn.nl
Availability
Terrestrial
Digitenne	Channel 24 (ESPN HD); Channel 25 (ESPN 2 HD)
Streaming media
Ziggo GO	ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)
ESPN Watch	Watch live (Netherlands only)
Canal+	CANAL+ Sport (Netherlands only)

ESPN is a Dutch group of pay television sports channels, owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%) and operated by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV in which The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV has 51% ownership. ESPN launched as Fox Sports on 1 August 2013, buying out the Eredivisie Live service from the Dutch Football League.^[1]^[2] On 31 December 2020, it was renamed ESPN after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney in 2019. ESPN offers 4 HD channels and 1 Ultra HD channel, Video-on-demand services and ESPN app. Its main competitor is the Dutch premium television service Ziggo Sport Totaal.