ESPN2 Australia
| ESPN Australia | |
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ESPN logo
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| Launched | 19 September 1995 (Optus TV) April 1999 (Austar) September 2002 (Foxtel) |
| Network | ESPN |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Audience share | (In Australia) 0.1% (April 2008, ) |
| Slogan | The Worldwide Leader in Sports |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area |
Australia New Zealand Pacific Islands Papua New Guinea |
| Formerly called | Sports ESPN |
| Sister channel(s) | ESPN2 |
| Website | www.espn.com.au |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 508 (HD) Channel 1508 (SD) |
| SKY TV | Channel 61 (SD) Channel 861 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 508 (HD) Channel 1508 (SD) |
| Optus TV | Channel 508 (SD) |
| Neighbourhood Cable | Channel 18 (SD) |
| TransACT | Channel 351 (SD) |
| Vodafone TV | Channel 61 (SD) Channel 861 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Foxtel Play | Channel 508 (HD) |
| Fetch TV | Channel 115 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Foxtel Go | Channel 508 |
ESPN Australia is a 24-hour sports channel offered in Australia and New Zealand.
Initially, ESPN was known as Sports ESPN on the Optus Vision cable television system, and focused on sports aired by its home network in the United States, including American football, baseball, and basketball. In order to expand its local reach, it has shown an increasing amount of football games including La Liga (now on beIN Sports), UEFA Champions League (shared with SBS), World Cup qualifying games, and Major League Soccer. Also on the network schedule are rugby matches and Cricket matches.
ESPN Australia has also commenced showing locally produced content including Australian versions of PTI and SportsCenter. They also air a soccer discussion show Monday to Friday called ESPNsoccernet PressPass which is hosted by Andrew Orsatti.
On 1 March 2011 ESPN2 launched in Australia both in standard and high definition formats.
It became available on Austar in April 1999, and Foxtel in September 2002.
The broadcast of Jarryd Hayne's debut for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League on 15 September 2015 drew the network's highest ever audience with 116,000 viewers watching the game live, beating the previous audience record of 107,100 viewers for Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014.
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