ESPN on Satellite

ESPN on DIRECTV®
You get ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNews. If you add the High Definition Programming package you will also get ESPN HD.

With the Total Choice Premier package you also ESPNU - a DIRECTV exclusive. ESPNU, Channel 609, is a college sports initiative across ESPN's family of services. The 24-hour television network will feature about 300 live events, mostly D-1 football and men's/women's basketball and college sports championships. ESPNU (along with their NFL Sunday Ticket) tilts the table in favor of DIRECTV for total sports coverage.

ESPN on Dish Network®
You get ESPN, ESPN Alternate, ESPN2, ESPN2 Alternate and ESPNews. If you add the High Definition Programming package you will also get ESPN HD.

Both DIRECTV and Dish Network:
- ESPN Grand Slam - College Baseball
- ESPN Full Court - College Basketball
- ESPN Game Plan - College Football
- MLS/ESPN Shootout - Pro Soccer

Monday Night Football™
ESPN, Inc. and the National Football League have announced that ESPN will be televising the Monday Night Football package of games for the next 8 years starting with the 2006 NFL season. ESPN replaces its Disney stablemate ABC as the sole provider for Monday Night Football™.

World Cup Soccer
ESPN, Inc. has announced that all 64 matches of World Cup 2006 will air in the US LIVE in high definition on either ABC HD, ESPN HD, or ESPN2 HD. ESPN, Inc. has an agreement with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), the television arm of Major League Soccer (MLS), which holds the US English-language TV rights to World Cup 2006. Both DIRECTV and Dish Network carry these ESPN channels and the local ABC channels are becoming available in most markets.

ESPN on DIRECTV®