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| 2025 | USA Network rebranded and began airing overflow sports programming sublicensed from TSN. |
| December 2024 | ESPN's association with CTV Specialty and Warner Bros. Discovery concluded at the end of December. |
| February 15 2024 | Disney continued channel rebranding, transforming Fox Sports 1, ESPN Extra, ESPN 4, Fox Sports 2, and Fox Sports 3 into ESPN Premium, ESPN 5, ESPN 6, and ESPN 7 respectively. |
| November 2023 | ESPN announced an agreement with Sky Sports to sub-license college football and basketball coverage. |
| October 31 2023 | The Canadian version of ESPN Classic ceased broadcasting. |
| July 2023 | ESPN programming on BT Sport ended completely when TNT Sports replaced BT Sport. |
| August 1 2022 | After Warner Bros. Discovery acquired a 50% stake in BT Sport, BT Sport ESPN was renamed BT Sport 4 and began phasing out U.S. sports programming. |
| January 17 2022 | Rebranded as ESPN, with previous channels renamed (ESPN became ESPN 2, ESPN 2 became ESPN 3) |
| January 1 2022 | ESPN Classic officially ended distribution at 5:59 a.m. Eastern, after a final airing of the Thrilla in Manila boxing match. |
| 2021 | ABC becomes the only broadcast television network with rights to broadcast games from all four major professional leagues simultaneously, leveraging joint contracts with ESPN. |
| 2021 | Jeremy Schaap begins as a reporter for ESPN Tennis. |
| 2021 | ESPN concludes its broadcasting of World TeamTennis, ending a seven-year partnership with the league. |
| December 31 2021 | ESPN Classic ceases operations in the late hours, marking the end of its linear television broadcasting after 26 years. |
| December 1 2021 | ESPN 4 channel launched in Latin America (except in Argentina and Mexico). |
| November 2021 | Announced retirement of ESPN Brasil brand after 26 years |
| November 2021 | Disney announced the launch of ESPN 4, rebranding Fox Sports' main channel in Latin America. |
| November 4 2021 | Sports Business Journal reported that Disney would close ESPN Classic at the end of 2021. |
| September 1 2021 | Atlantic Broadband dropped ESPN Classic from all of their systems. |
| 2020 | James Blake and Caroline Wozniacki become ESPN Tennis analysts. |
| May 6 2020 | Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE approved merger of ESPN and Fox Sports operations |
| March 2020 | Sony ESPN was shut down. |
| 2019 | Mardy Fish and Alexandra Stevenson join ESPN Tennis as analysts. |
| December 10 2019 | ESPN announced acquisition of top-tier SEC broadcast rights under a 10-year, $3 billion contract starting in 2024 |
| November 30 2019 | DirecTV and AT&T U-verse removed ESPN Classic after contract expiration without renewal. |
| November 4 2019 | Cox Communications removed ESPN Classic from their lineup. |
| October 15 2019 | Spectrum began dropping ESPN Classic from their systems as part of a new Disney agreement. |
| February 4 2019 | Verizon FiOS removed ESPN Classic from their channel lineup. |
| 2018 | James Pitaro becomes president of ESPN, taking over leadership of the network from John Skipper. |
| 2017 | Pac-12 Conference began branding their games under the title 'Pac-12 on ESPN' |
| 2017 | Saturday Primetime NBA game broadcasts stopped showing ESPN identification on screen |
| 2017 | Rennae Stubbs starts as an ESPN Tennis analyst. |
| December 2017 | Comcast Xfinity and Altice USA dropped ESPN Classic from their TV lineups. |
| July 18 2017 | Channel became part of Sony Sports Network following SPN's acquisition of TEN Sports. |
| 2016 | Big Ten conference telecasts began receiving conference branding on both ESPN and ABC |
| 2016 | Chris McKendry begins as a studio host for ESPN Tennis. |
| January 2016 | Sony Kix was relaunched as Sony ESPN. |
| January 17 2016 | Channel officially rebranded as Sony ESPN and launched its high-definition version, coinciding with the 2016 Australian Open. |
| 2015 | ESPN began full coverage of the US Open tennis tournament. |
| 2015 | Jason Goodall joins ESPN Tennis as play-by-play and analyst. |
| October 2015 | ESPN International established a partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India. |
| April 8 2015 | Sony ESPN launched as Sony Kix, coinciding with the 2015 Indian Premier League. |
| January 2015 | BT Sport and ESPN reached a seven-year agreement to continue licensing ESPN's brand and broadcasting rights for British programming and events. |
| 2014 | ESPN begins broadcasting World TeamTennis, marking the start of their coverage of this unique tennis league format. |
| 2014 | The channel started broadcasting 'ESPN First Take Classics', bringing renewed interest to historical sports discussions and highlights. |
| October 1 2014 | ESPN Classic began transitioning to a video on demand-only service, with Dish Network being the first provider to discontinue linear channel carriage. |
| 2013 | ESPN established a distribution agreement with KLAS ESPN Sports 89 FM in Jamaica, expanding its regional radio network in the Caribbean. |
| October 2013 | Launched second screen app ESPN Sync for football match broadcasts |
| February 2013 | BT Group acquired ESPN's UK and Ireland television channel and broadcasting contracts, rebranding the domestic channel as BT Sport ESPN. |
| January 2013 | Star India acquired ESPN India from ESPN Star Sports, maintaining the ESPN brand temporarily. |
| 2012 | John Skipper becomes president of ESPN, succeeding George Bodenheimer in the network's leadership. |
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