ESPN in the United Kingdom

Initially it was only available on Sky Digital but the channel became available on Virgin Media and UPC Ireland in August 2009 when ESPN UK launched.

[4] ESPN America broadcast a selection of top North American professional and collegiate sports leagues.

[6] The channel marked ESPN's first foray into live coverage of domestic sports events in the UK.

On 6 April 2010, ESPN secured mobile rights to highlights from all Premier League games from the 2010-11 season, after beating British Sky Broadcasting to the deal.

[9] The application, titled ESPN Goals, features a basic service offering news and live scores, which is free-to-download.

From the 2011–12 Premier League season, the app became completely free both to download and to view clips, instead relying on advertising revenue to fund the service.

[11] From the 2013–14 Premier League season, the rights to mobile highlights have been sold to News UK,[12] ESPN is not thought to have submitted a bid.

No associated ESPN basketball-related programming is shown on Sky, with the half time period filled by a non-College Basketball insert.