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Encyclopedia > ESPN360
ESPN360
Country Flag of the United States United States
Availability    National
Founder George Bodenheimer
Owner The Walt Disney Company (80%)
Hearst Corporation (20%)
Launch date 2005

ESPN360 is a video content player that can be found at ESPN360.com. The program only fully works through Internet service providers who have signed up and paid ESPN for the programming. Viewers from non-subscribing ISP's only can see a preview (roughly 3-5 minutes of taped content), although there are occasions where ESPN360 is "all access" and permits all individuals to access the site. These periods are advertised on the ESPN family of networks. (In that way, ESPN360 is similar to the ESPN cable networks, in which distributors sign carriage deals.) Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... “Disney” redirects here. ... The Hearst Corporation is a large privately-held media conglomerate based in New York City. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “ISP” redirects here. ... ESPN/ESPN-DT, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an [[United States|Amer<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here--68. ...


ESPN 360 features live sporting events, such as the 2006 FIFA World Cup and college football and college basketball games, and content from the past night in sports. The entire program is free to the individual (the ISP pays for the cost) with few advertisements. “2006 World Cup” redirects here. ... A college football game between Colorado State and Air Force. ... College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ...


Until June 25, 2006, ESPN360 was a standalone application requiring Windows 2000 or greater and Windows Media Player. Currently, ESPN 360 is a web-based application using Macromedia Flash and Windows Media Player, the FAQ section of ESPN 360 indicates that Mac OS X is now supported using a Mozilla Firefox browser. is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible, graphical and business-oriented operating system that was designed to work with either uniprocessor or symmetric multi-processor 32-bit Intel x86 computers. ... Windows Media Player (WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. ... // == Macromedia Flash == ==]] Using Macromedia Flash 8 (bundled in Studio 8) in Windows XP. Maintainer: Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Latest release: 8 / September 30th, 2005 OS: Windows (no native Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support), Mac OS X, Linux (i386 only, via wine [1]) Use: Multimedia Content Creator License: Proprietary Website... Mac OS X (IPA: ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... “Firefox” redirects here. ...


Until August 31, 2007 seven channels were programmed for ESPN360, four of them ("The latest", "The Greatest", "ESPN Shows, and "Dot Comedy") non-changing. The other three channels are alternating. For example, in July 2006, there were "The NBA Draft", "The ESPY's", and "The World Cup" channels. There are also "360 only" channels, formerly including one ESPN Online Games channel. The video games were set into two categories, one was called "Arena Games" and consisted of boxing, baseball, and basketball games. The other category, labeled "Bar Sports" consisted of "Air Hockey", "Beer Curling", and "Coin Toss". All three of the bar games have the ESPN Zone as the background. The other one is called ESPN Exclusive, which features clips of shows that have run on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, and ESPN Deportes. is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Associations (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. ... The ESPY Awards are a set of annual sports awards given out by the ESPN sports television channel in the United States since 1993. ... “2006 World Cup” redirects here. ... Overview ESPN Online Games are a collection of sports-themed internet video games available on the ESPN360 broadband internet channel. ... For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... This article is about the sport. ... ESPN Zone is a small chain of very large sports-theme restaurants that include arcades, TV studios, and radio studios. ... ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ... ESPNEWS (word origin: grammatical blend of ESPN and news), launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel produced by the sports network ESPN. It airs news, highlights, press conferences, and commentary by analysts all in relation to sports. ... ESPN Deportes is an cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...


ESPN 360 also offered coverage of the 2006/2007 UEFA Champions League Football games. The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...


As of September 1, 2007 ESPN360 relaunched with an "emphasis on live events" [1] and a single player pop-up window featuring live and replay events from the ESPN family of channels, ranging from NCAA College football, to NASCAR, to FIBA basketball, to MLS soccer, at the outset. is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... ESPN/ESPN-DT, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an [[United States|Amer<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here--68. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... A college football game between Colorado State and Air Force. ... Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The International Basketball Federation (French Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs international competitition in the sport. ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ...


Technical Details

Notice, This section is out of date due to the relaunch as of September 1, 2007.


ESPN 360 uses WMV 9 video at a resolution of 400x300 pixels. The video can be resized, to a degree, but this only stretches or contracts the actual footage. The audio is streamed using a one-channel stream at 48 kb/s. Windows Media Video (WMV) is a generic name for the set of video codec technologies developed by Microsoft. ... Label for 1. ...


Controversy

Because ESPN360 is only available to ISPs that have paid for the service (usually cable companies and services such as Verizon's FiOS and DSL services), it has been alleged that ESPN is streaming college sports games only on the service in order to force cable companies and other ISPs to carry it. This article or section should include material from Bell Atlantic This article or section should include material from GTE Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is a local exchange telephone company formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic, a former Bell Operating Company, and GTE, which was the largest independant local exchange... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... DSL may refer to: Damn Small Linux Dark and Shattered Lands, a MUD based loosely on Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance books. ...


For instance, an October 2006 Big Ten matchup between the Wisconsin Badgers and Northwestern Wildcats was only aired live on ESPN360, and most viewers in the state of Wisconsin could not view it, due to ESPN360 not having agreements to be carried by the dominant cable companies in the area, Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable [2]. Wildcat fans in the Comcast-dominated Chicago area also faced the same difficulties, as Comcast also had no ESPN360 deal. The University of Wisconsin-Madison had to receive special permission from ESPN to allow the game to be streamed over their university's computer network for students and faculty [3]. The only way to view the game on television was a late-night tape delay over the state's public television network. Big Ten can refer to: Big Ten Conference, a college athletics conference Big Ten (movie studios), the largest movie studios in Hollywood This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Wisconsin Badgers are a variety of collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ... The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference, and the only private university member. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42° 30′ N to 47° 05′ N  - Longitude 86° 46′ W to 92° 53′ W Population  Ranked... Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5. ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... Comcast Corporation, (NASDAQ: CMCSA) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest cable company[1] and the second largest Internet service provider in the United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... “University of Wisconsin” redirects here. ... Wisconsin Public Television is a satellite network of non-commercial and non-profit PBS stations that are run by the Educational Communications Board, a state agency that oversees the operations and funding of public TV and radio networks in the state of Wisconsin, which also include Wisconsin Public Radio. ...


The same scenario has also happened for football games between the Maryland Terrapins/Virginia Cavaliers [4], and the Boston College Eagles/Buffalo Bulls [5]. Logo, featuring Testudo the Turtle. ... The Virginia Cavaliers are the athletics teams of the University of Virginia. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...


ESPN360 is not available to school or public libraries, and it is unclear if the service has been or will ever be offered to them. The service is also unavailable through dial-up providers like AOL or NetZero because of the requirement of a high-speed connection. For other uses, see Library (disambiguation). ... In telecommunication, the term dial-up has the following meanings: Dial-up access, typically to the Internet A service feature in which a user initiates service on a previously arranged trunk or transfers, without human intervention, from an active trunk to a standby trunk. ... For other uses, see AOL (disambiguation). ... NetZero is an Internet Service Provider based in Woodland Hills, California. ...


To add to the controversy ESPN has rolled over its online ESPN GamePlan package to ESPN360 as of September 1, 2007. On-line viewers that do not have an ESPN360 affiliated ISP will be unable receive the Gameplan content online. However, individuals who do have an ESPN360 affiliated ISP will get the ESPN GamePlan content online for free[6]. ESPN GamePlan is a pay-per-view television package offering college football games to viewers throughout the United States. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... ESPN GamePlan is a pay-per-view television package offering college football games to viewers throughout the United States. ...


Rolling of ESPN GamePlan package to 360 has also prevented Americans living abroad, particularly those in the Armed Forces, from watching games that were previously available on a pay-per-view basis. ESPN GamePlan is a pay-per-view television package offering college football games to viewers throughout the United States. ...


Current List of Service Providers

The following is a list of the Internet Service Providers subscribing to ESPN360 as of June 4, 2007.

  • AT&T (excluding former Bellsouth customers)
  • BELD
  • Cavalier
  • Charter (currently Los Angeles and St. Louis area systems only)
  • Conway
  • Frontier
  • Grande
  • Iowa Network Services
  • Liberty PR
  • Mediacom
  • MidHudson
  • MTC
  • NTELOS
  • Phonoscope
  • RCN
  • Shen-Heights
  • SMU
  • StarStream
  • US Cable
  • Verizon


 

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