ESPN Deportes, an American spanish-language sports network that is aimed primarily toward the hispanic population in the U.S., is a digital cable and satellite channel that many people tune into. Deportes launched in July 2001, when ESPN and Major League baseball started offering spanish-language telecasts of select Sunday Night baseball game broadcasts.Soon, ESPN expanded to broadcasting all Sunday Night baseball and Sunday Night football games. In 2004, ESPN Deportes became its own 24-hour sports cable channel. Today, the company is open to at least 5.5 million hispanic households in the United States.
ESPN Deportes' channel broadcasts in Los Angeles, California and Bristol, Connecticut. It also broadcasts from their Mexican base in Mexico City. ESPN has shared that they would like to broadcast globally. By launching ESPN Deportes, they are a step closer to achieving this goal. ESPN Deportes allows ESPN's hispanic listeners to enjoy culturally relevant content, as well as other programs.
Other programs that ESPN Deportes provides includes SportsCenter (an hour long segment providing daily highlights and scores from major games), Futbol Picante (a discussion of football games and scores), Beisbol Esta Noche (a segment covering the daily highlights and scores of baseball games), and many others.
ESPN Deportes is a channel that allows hispanic listeners to conveniently tune into sports games and to be updated on scores and highlights, anywhere across the United States.