ESPN 2 is a Latin American pay-television channel based in

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broadcasting for Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. Its programming is mostly

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- and

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-related. The channel was first launched in 1996 as ESPN 2 in Mexico and Central America and in 2002 as ESPN+ for South America. It consists on four different feeds available in the region according to its geographical location. On 1 September 2015, the network was rebranded as ESPN 2 in South America and launched its HD simulcasts for each feed. Moreover, in 2016 the ESPN 2 standard-definition feeds switched to air its programming in

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. ESPN 2 shows live

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races, and selected

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races. It also complements ESPN's coverage of the four

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of tennis.

ESPN 2 coverage

As of March 2020, there are six feeds of the channel available throughout the region * South feed, originally serving Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, based on Buenos Aires. * Peru feed, covering Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. It was launched on 3 November 2014 and works as a simulcast channel mirroring the South feed (with exception of Argentine-exclusive events) with two additional time zones featured on promos. * Chile feed, covering that country. It was launched in June 2019 with original programming as a local spin-off from the South Andean feed (now the Peru feed). * Andean feed, covering Colombia and Venezuela. It used to be distributed on Chile, Peru and Bolivia until they switched to the South Andean feed on 3 November 2014 (currently, the Peru feed). * Mexico feed, serving that country. Originally launched in 1996 as the Mexican spin-off of American

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, the feed used to be partnered with Mexico's National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE) for co-producing its programming. Initially, originally-produced ESPN2 Mexico's programming was also broadcast on American sister channel

until the creation of

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in the US on 2004. In 2002, the South American branch of ESPN2 was launched in Buenos Aires as ESPN+, which offered sports programming primarily centred on European events. ESPN 2 was sold as an additional high-tier channel on South America for those who opted to watch American-centred programming until 1 September 2015, when it was pulled off the air due to the rebrand of ESPN+ as ESPN 2. *North feed, serving Central America and the Caribbean. It rebroadcasts the Mexico feed with local ads with the exception of some events licensed exclusively for that feed.

Programming

Football

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(except ESPN 2 Argentina) *English

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, League Cup,

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*Spanish Primera Division –

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*Italian

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*French

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*U.S.

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Other sports

*Tennis: Australian Open *Rugby: Heineken Cup *Volleyball: Argentine League *

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* Women's Hockey Champions Trophy *

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(ESPN 2 Andean only) *

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