ESPN International fully or partially owns 29 television networks outside the U.S., and offers many other media services.

ESPN Classic Sport Europe now reaches 40 countries through two dedicated sport and language-specific networks in France and Italy, as well as a pan-European English network feed. ESPN Latin America experienced its highest ratings to date through two networks in key markets. And ESPN Asia, in addition to its television programming distribution with ESPN Star Sports, launched a Chinese edition of ESPN The Magazine in October 2004 in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

X Games events were held for the first time in Seoul and Dubai, and the inaugural Thailand X Games Cup raised tsunami relief funds. ESPN mobile content is distributed across wireless carriers in Australia, Canada, Latin America, New Zealand, Japan and the U.K.