ESPN

Summary

ESPN is a cable channel^[1]. ESPN ranks in the top 4% of cable_channel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,200 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• ESPN is in the country of United States^[3].
• ESPN's instance of is recorded as cable channel^[4].
• ESPN's instance of is recorded as subscription television^[5].
• ESPN's instance of is recorded as specialty channel^[6].
• ESPN's founder is recorded as Bill Rasmussen^[7].
• ESPN's owned by is recorded as The Walt Disney Company^[8].
• ESPN's owned by is recorded as Hearst Communications^[9].
• ESPN's owned by is recorded as National Football League^[10].
• ESPN's logo image is recorded as ESPN wordmark.svg^[11].
• ESPN's headquarters location is recorded as Bristol^[12].
• ESPN's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 160106267^[13].
• ESPN's GND ID is recorded as 10145554-9^[14].
• ESPN's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82156578^[15].
• ESPN's child organization or unit is recorded as ESPN International^[16].
• ESPN's Commons category is recorded as ESPN^[17].
• ESPN's country of origin is recorded as United States^[18].
• +1979-09-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ESPN^[19].
• +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ESPN^[20].
• ESPN's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kc6x^[21].
• ESPN's parent organization or unit is recorded as ESPN Inc.^[22].
• ESPN's official website is recorded as https://www.espn.com/^[23].
• ESPN's topic's main category is recorded as Category:ESPN^[24].
• ESPN's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3571^[25].
• ESPN's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3681^[26].
• ESPN's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3685^[27].

Body

Founding

ESPN's founder is recorded as Bill Rasmussen^[7]. Recorded inception include +1979-09-07T00:00:00Z^[19] and +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z^[20].

Operations

ESPN's headquarters location is recorded as Bristol^[12]. ESPN's parent organization or unit is recorded as ESPN Inc.^[22]. ESPN's child organization or unit is recorded as ESPN International^[16].

Ownership

Owners include The Walt Disney Company^[8], a film production company^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1923^[30], headquartered in Burbank^[31]; Hearst Communications^[9], a business^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1887^[34], headquartered in Hearst Tower^[35]; and National Football League^[10], a professional sports league^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1920^[38], headquartered in 345 Park Avenue^[39].

Why It Matters

ESPN ranks in the top 4% of cable_channel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,200 views/month).^[2] ESPN has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] ESPN is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]