ESPN 2 (Latin America)

ESPN 2
Owned by	ESPN Inc. (operated by The Walt Disney Company Latin America)
Picture format	720p HDTV (downscalled to 16:9 480i/576i for SDTVs)
Slogan	El líder mundial en deportes
Country	United States
Language	Spanish
Broadcast area	Latin America
Headquarters	Buenos Aires, Argentina Mexico City, Mexico Bogotá, Colombia
Formerly called	ESPN+ (South America only, 2002–2015)
Website	espn.com.ar espn.cl espn.com.co espn.com.ve

ESPN 2 is a Latin American pay-television channel based in Buenos Aires broadcasting for Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. Its programming is mostly football-, tennis- and rugby union-related.

The channel was first launched in 1996 as ESPN 2 in Mexico and Central America and in 2002 as ESPN+ for South America. It consists on four different feeds available in the region according to its geographical location. On 1 September 2015, the network was rebranded as ESPN 2 in South America and launched its HD simulcasts for each feed. Moreover, in 2016 the ESPN 2 standard-definition feeds switched to air its programming in widescreen.

ESPN 2 shows live MotoGP races, and selected IndyCar Series races. It also complements ESPN's coverage of the four Grand Slam of tennis.

ESPN+ logo from 2005 to 2013

ESPN 2 coverage

As of May 2018, there are four feeds of the channel available throughout the region

• South feed, originally serving Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, based on Buenos Aires.
• South Andean feed, covering Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. It was launched on 3 November 2014 and works as a simulcast channel mirroring the South feed (with exception of Argentine-exclusive events) with two additional time zones featured on promos.
• Andean feed, covering Colombia and Venezuela. It used to be distributed on Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia until they switched to the South Andean feed on 3 November 2014.
• North feed, serving Mexico and Central America. Originally launched in 1996 as the Mexican spin-off of American ESPN2, the feed used to be partnered with Mexico's National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE) for co-producing its programming. Initially, originally-produced ESPN2 Mexico's programming was also broadcast on American sister channel ESPN2 until the creation of ESPN Deportes in the US on 2004. In 2002, the South American branch of ESPN2 was launched in Buenos Aires as ESPN+, which offered sports programming primarily centred on European events. ESPN 2 was sold as an additional high-tier channel on South America for those who opted to watch American-centred programming until 1 September 2015, when it was pulled off the air due to the rebrand of ESPN+ as ESPN 2.

Programming