ESPN and MultiChoice Africa this week announced the launch of ESPN's second sports channel on DStv: ESPN Classic.
Devoted entirely to the greatest moments, and legends in sport, the channel will showcase some of the most unforgettable highlights from
global sports archives, alongside sporting documentaries, sporting movies and interviews with sporting icons.
ESPN Classic will be available 24/7 from May 1 (19:00 CAT) to DStv premium subscribers on channel 231 and will complement the flagship ESPN
(channel 230).
ESPN Classic will take fans back in time to relive the greatest triumphs, comebacks, upsets and achievements in international sports history. In addition, leading up to major sports events, viewers will see footage from ESPN's vast archives that showcase classic moments from that event's history.
The channel will also include programming scheduled to complement real-time live sports events shown on other channels. Programming on the
channel includes FA Premier league; UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup; Serie A; FIFA World Cup, Summer & Winter Olympics, Cricket, Rugby,
Tennis; Formula 1 and Moto GP motorsport. In 2008, this includes all the best from 34 years of the Euro football competitions and outstanding
Olympic victories over the past four 4 decades.
Lynne Frank, Managing Director of ESPN, Europe, Middle East and Africa said; "with the launch of ESPN Classic in Africa we are excited that
viewers of DStv will be able to re-live the greatest moments in sports history as well as turn over to ESPN to see those moments being created."
Aletta Alberts MultiChoice GM: Content says, "We are pleased to welcome ESPN Classic to the DStv platform. Its appealing content will provide
our customers with the opportunity to both reminisce and watch sporting history in the making."
ESPN Classic is created by ESPN, Inc. which is the world's leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring a portfolio of over 50 multimedia sports assets. ESPN is distributed in over 194 countries and territories across all seven continents in a number of languages, including Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Turkish, Malay and Spanish.