BR ESPN 2
ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).
ESPN2 was initially formatted as a younger-skewing counterpart to its parent network ESPN, with a focus on sports popular among young adult audiences (ranging from mainstream events to other unconventional sports), and carrying a more informal and youthful presentation than the main network. By the late 1990s, this mandate was phased out, as the channel increasingly became a second outlet for ESPN’s mainstream sports coverage.
As of November 2021, ESPN2 reached approximately 76 million television households in the United States – a drop of 24% from nearly a decade ago. As of June 2023, the channel’s reach had been reduced to 72.5 million homes.