ESPNU
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| Launched | 2005-03-04 |
| Owned by | ESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company (80%) Hearst Corporation (20%)) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Website | ESPNU official website |
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 609 |
| Dish Network | 148 |
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| Available on select cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's Charlotte, North Carolina offices.
The network was launched on March 4, 2005 from the site of Gallagher-Iba Arena on the Oklahoma State University Campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The network's first live event was a semi-final game of the Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament that saw Southeast Missouri State University fall to Eastern Kentucky University. The network was launched as a response to upstart rival CSTV (now CBS College Sports Network). ESPN was also being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department due to "warehousing" of college games from certain conferences, or signing a deal with a conference for all their games, but only televising a small number and not allowing the conference to make other arrangements for TV broadcasts.[1]
ESPN and XOS Technologies signed a partnership for college athletics websites to compete directly with CSTV's growing internet presence. On August 28, 2006, ESPNU launched a new SportsCenter spin-off dealing entirely with college sports. That show , called SportsCenterU, was originally scheduled to be broadcast from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, but ESPN changed its plans and the show originates from Charlotte.
Mike Hall was the show's lead anchor until August 2007, when he left for the new Big Ten Network. The new anchors are Mike Gleason and Lowell Galindo. They are joined on-set by color commentators that vary with the sports season.
Also, on August 28, 2006, ESPNU premiered ESPNU.com. The website will include Live streaming college sports events, multi-media player dedicated to college sports, podcasts and ESPN Motion clips of studio programming from the ESPNU television network.
On December 3, 2007 it was announced that ESPNU would launch a High Definition simulcast on August 28, 2008 to coincide with the start of the College Football season. [2]
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[edit] Programs
[edit] Current
[edit] Studio
- ESPNU Bracketology (2006-present)
- ESPNU Coaches Spotlight (2006-present)
- Give 'N Go (2007-present)
- Inside the Big East (2006-present)
- ESPNU Inside the Polls (2005-present)
- ESPNU Recruiting Insider (2006-present)
- SportsCenterU (2006-present)
[edit] Game telecasts
- ESPN Full Circle (2006-present)
- ESPNU College Baseball (2005-present)
- ESPNU College Basketball (2005-present)
- ESPNU College Football (2005-present)
- ESPNU College Football Primetime (2005-present)
- ESPNU College Hockey (2005-present)
- ESPNU College Lacrosse (2005-present)
- ESPNU College Softball (2005-present)
- High School Showcase (2005-present)
[edit] Original series
- Faces of Sports (2005-present)
- Honor Roll (2005-present)
- Summer House (2006-present)
[edit] Former
- The U (2005-2006)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ USA Today, Apr. 8, 2005, page 1C.
- ^ ESPNU To Kick Off In HD Next August - 12/3/2007 8:10:00 AM - Multichannel News
[edit] External links
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