ESPN2

ESPN2 is an American multinational <a href="/facts/Pay_television/AhMoaP69">pay television</a> <a href="/facts/Television_network/xq32nKxz">network</a> owned by <a href="/facts/ESPN_Inc./Rr2IfGYp">ESPN Inc.</a>, a <a href="/facts/Joint_venture/f2Fv8QqA">joint venture</a> between <a href="/facts/The_Walt_Disney_Company/R8kCbAVc">the Walt Disney Company</a> (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and <a href="/facts/Hearst_Communications/rgMl3gAP">Hearst Communications</a> (which owns the remaining 20%).
ESPN2 was initially formatted as a younger-skewing counterpart to its parent network <a href="/facts/ESPN/1FeLYofR">ESPN</a>, with a focus on sports popular among <a href="/facts/Young_adult/ESLpfj7U">young adult</a> 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 December 2023<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ESPN2&action=edit">[update]</a>, ESPN2 is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households.

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