Netherlands Espn

ESPN launched as Fox Sports on 1 August 2013, buying out the Eredivisie Live service from the Dutch Football League. On 31 December 2020, it was renamed ESPN after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney in 2019. ESPN offers 4 HD channels and 1 Ultra HD channel, Video-on-demand services and ESPN app. Its main competitor is the Dutch premium television service Ziggo Sport Totaal.

ESPN

Country	Netherlands
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Network	ESPN
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Language(s)	Dutch
Ownership
Owner	ESPN Inc. operated by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV (51 % The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV)
Sister channels	24Kitchen BabyTV National Geographic National Geographic Wild Star Channel
History
Launched	29 August 2008; 15 years ago (2008-08-29) as Eredivisie Live 1 August 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08-01) as Fox Sports
Former names	Fox Sports (2013–2020) Erdivisie Live (2008–2013)
Links
Website	www.espn.nl
Availability
Terrestrial
Digitenne	Channel 24 (ESPN HD) Channel 25 (ESPN 2 HD)
Streaming media
Ziggo GO	ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)
ESPN Watch	Watch live (Netherlands only)
Canal+	CANAL+ Sport (Netherlands only)

It launched as Eredivisie Live at the start of the 2008–09 season on 29 August 2008. Highlights of the Eredivisie can be seen on the national public broadcaster NOS.

The pundit team includes Jan van Halst, Mario Been and Pierre van Hooijdonk. Gary Lineker provides a weekly analysis of the matches, which can be seen on the website of Eredivisie Live. The website also offers pay-per-view matches.

Between the 2009–10 and 2012–13 seasons, Eredivisie Live broadcast the UEFA Europa League live on Thursdays. From 2013–14 the coverage switched to sister service Fox Sports International for matches of non-Dutch clubs.

In August 2013, the Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV would establish another two channels which included Fox Sports International while Eredivisie Live was rebranded into Fox Sports Eredivisie on 1 August 2013.

On 20 March 2019 The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, including Fox Networks Group Benelux and Fox's 51% stake on the channel. Since July 2019, Fox Sports 1 is part of the KPN provider basic package. On 1 October 2020, it was announced that the networks would rebrand as ESPN on 31 December 2020, due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.

The number of linear television channels was reduced to 4 on 2 August 2021. ESPN Ultra HD launched on 2 August 2021, During the Johan Cruijff Schaal. This also was Evert ten Napel's last match as ESPN commentator.

• ESPN
• ESPN2
• ESPN3
• ESPN4
• ESPN Ultra HD
• ESPN Watch (digital app for subscribers)

Football

• Eredivisie All games live
• KNVB Cup All games live, with late evening kick-off simulcasted on free-to-air channel FOX
• Keuken Kampioen Divisie at least 2 games per week live with a switch program for all friday games (Voetbal op Vrijdag) (including the friday Eredivisie game)
• Vrouwen Eredivisie All matches live
• Johan Cruyff Shield
• UEFA
  • UEFA Europa League All games with Dutch teams involved live, selected other games
  • UEFA Europa Conference League All games with Dutch teams involved live, selected other games
• CONMEBOL
  • CONMEBOL Libertadores
  • CONMEBOL Sudamericana
  • CONMEBOL Recopa
• Africa Cup of Nations All games live
• CONCACAF
  • CONCACAF Gold Cup
  • CONCACAF Nations League (final four only)
  • CONCACAF Champions Cup

American Football

• NFL
• NCAA College Football
• USFL
• XFL

Baseball

• MLB

Basketball

• NBA 6 games per week live
• NCAA College Basketball

Ice Hockey

• NHL 3 games per week live

• Television in the Netherlands
• ESPN International