ESPN Classic will shutter at the end of the year - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 11-04-2021, 02:04 PM

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.co...N-Classic.aspx

Disney has started telling cable and satellite distributors that it plans to shut down ESPN Classic, which offers footage of old games, on Jan. 1, 2022, reports Sports Business Journal. ESPN Classic launched in 1995 as Classic Sports Network. In 1997, it was acquired by ESPN and rebranded as ESPN Classic. As Awful Announcing points out, many of the old games shown on ESPN Classic are now easily accessible online.

AMackII · 11-06-2021, 12:17 PM

ESPN Classic had a stellar 25+ year run on the air but I hate to see it leave

TMC · 11-09-2021, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by AMackII

ESPN Classic had a stellar 25+ year run on the air but I hate to see it leave

I had a feeling that the end was coming when DirecTV dropped it near the end of 2019. I guess the general feeling is that ESPN Classic has outlived its usefulness with the existence of not only YouTube (where you can see the games in their entirety; ESPN Classic often showed old broadcasts in an edited-to-two-hours timeslot) but also league owned channels like MLB Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, and NFL Network rebroadcasting the games themselves, without a middle man. Plus, I don't think that ESPN Classic never broadcast in high-definition.

TMC · 01-03-2022, 09:34 PM

NBCSN, ESPN Classic and Fusion TV were all shut down on New Year's Day

NBC Sports marked the new year by pulling the plug on NBCSN, which launched as Outdoor Life Network in 1995 and later renamed Versus in 2006. ESPN Classic, which also debuted in 1995, was also shuttered at the beginning of the new year. Univision also ceased operations for its English-language cable news and lifestyle network Fusion TV in time for 2022.

11-04-2021, 02:04 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,227	ESPN Classic will shutter at the end of the year https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.co...N-Classic.aspx Disney has started telling cable and satellite distributors that it plans to shut down ESPN Classic, which offers footage of old games, on Jan. 1, 2022, reports Sports Business Journal. ESPN Classic launched in 1995 as Classic Sports Network. In 1997, it was acquired by ESPN and rebranded as ESPN Classic. As Awful Announcing points out, many of the old games shown on ESPN Classic are now easily accessible online.

11-06-2021, 12:17 PM	#2
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,231	ESPN Classic had a stellar 25+ year run on the air but I hate to see it leave

01-03-2022, 09:34 PM	#4
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,227	NBCSN, ESPN Classic and Fusion TV were all shut down on New Year's Day NBC Sports marked the new year by pulling the plug on NBCSN, which launched as Outdoor Life Network in 1995 and later renamed Versus in 2006. ESPN Classic, which also debuted in 1995, was also shuttered at the beginning of the new year. Univision also ceased operations for its English-language cable news and lifestyle network Fusion TV in time for 2022.