- ESPN Latin America
Infobox Network
network_name = ESPN Latin America
network_
country = Latin America
network_type = CableTelevision Network
available = Latin America
owner =The Walt Disney Company (80%)Hearst Corporation (20%)
key_people =George Bodenheimer , President, ESPN, Inc.
launch_date =1989
founder =Scott Rasmussen and Bill Rasmussen
slogan = | past_names =
website =ESPN Latin America is an
ESPN channel that broadcasts in Latin America, not to be confused withESPN Deportes , which is another channel which broadcasts in theUnited States in Spanish. ESPN Latin America is not available in the U.S., because is not authorized to air most of the programming seen on its U.S. sister channels due to television rights affecting the programs. It is adapted to the demands of Spanish-speaking viewers, who tend to prefer football and Hispanicbaseball players to the more Anglo-centric programming or athletes.ESPN Latin America first aired in 1989. It cablecasts programs in Spanish; some of the programs are live or taped retransmissions of the sister channels
ESPN ,ESPN2 andESPN Deportes . Some of those programs include English-language audio on asecond audio program (SAP) with commentators from sister channels of the U.S. or commentators who work just for the ESPN Latin America channel. One of the voiceover announcers who announces programming on TV commercials has also appeared as a voiceover substitute forCNBC programs like "Kudlow & Company " and "Mad Money " in the U.S.ESPN Latin America, unlike its U.S. sister channels, has more programs related to football, such as live games from the
Spanish football league . It also airs live retransmissions of "ESPN Sunday Night Baseball", the Home Run Derby, All-Star Game, Playoffs and World Series withErnesto Jerez as the Spanish-language play-by-play announcer and other baseball commentators such asVenezuelan brothersLuis Alfredo Álvarez andFernando Álvarez and former Puerto RicanMajor League Baseball playerCandy Maldonado . On weekday mornings at 9 a.m. Eastern Time, ESPN Latin America also airs the taped "SportsCenter " programs which air live the night before on ESPN in the U.S. at 1 a.m. ET.Many of the TV commercials shown on ESPN Latin America are for companies from
Mexico (e.g. Bimbo sliced bread),Venezuela (e.g.Empresas Polar beer) andArgentina (e.g. General Motors Argentina), where the viewer numbers are higher than in other countries.ESPN Latin America's main competitor is
News Corporation 's Fox Sports Latin America fromLos Angeles (formerly called "FOX Sports Americas"), which, unlike ESPN Latin America, has a FOX Sports Latin America Northern Cone channel for theCaribbean /Mexico baseball-focused region, and another channel called FOX Sports Latin America Southern Cone for central and southern South America, which is more soccer-oriented.The Disney/
Hearst Corporation joint venture has also added some secondary regional channels for the Spanish-speaking Americas in the last few years, likeESPN Dos (ESPN2) for the Caribbean/Mexico region, andESPN+ (ESPN Más) for theRío de la Plata region (Argentina/Uruguay /Paraguay /Bolivia /Chile ).The channel is also available in Portuguese for
Brazil , where ESPN also owns regional channelESPN Brasil . An exclusive feed for Brazil was launched inDecember 15th 2005 , introducing programming subtitled in Portuguese, ESPN Brasil programming and events commented by ESPN Brasil staff.ee also
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List of ESPN Latin America announcers
*Latin american sports television broadcast contracts
*ESPN+ External links
*es icon [http://www.espndeportes.com ESPNdeportes.com]
*pt icon [http://www.espn.com.br ESPN.com.br]
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