The combined viewership for ESPN's four largest networks was up over 2004 on a 24-hour basis. In June, ESPN, the flagship network, became one of only two cable networks to surpass the 90 million household mark. A record audience watched the movie 3 about Dale Earnhardt; the hugely successful World Series of Poker returned with 32 new episodes; and ESPN announced that The Breeders Cup and the boxing series The Contender would move to the network. ESPN2, now reaching nearly 90 million homes, debuted two daily shows, Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith and ESPN Hollywood; premiered the movie Four Minutes; and is developing a new game show Teammates.

ESPN Classic, in 58 million homes, added three series: Classic Now, giving historic context to today's sports stories; Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame; and Who's #1, all of which contributed to a streak of 11 consecutive months of year-to-year primetime household ratings growth. ESPNEWS, now in 46 million homes, is one of the most frequently visited ad-supported cable networks by the coveted Men 18-34 demographic (Source: Npower '05). Through The Pulse, viewers on ESPN.com interact with anchors on the biggest stories.

ESPNU, a 24-hour college sports network, was launched March 4 and already reaches eight million U.S. homes. ESPNU's freshman year featured 300 live college events. ESPN PPV features GamePlan's 150 college football games and Full Court's 450 college basketball games.

ESPN Deportes, now available nationwide through EchoStar's Dish Network, grew its brand beyond TV, debuting ESPN Deportes La Revista magazine and expanding ESPN Deportes Radio into the first 24-hour, U.S. Spanish sports radio network. ESPNDeportes.com is the pre-eminent Spanish-language sports site in the U.S.

ESPN Radio, the nation's premier 24/7 sports radio network with 720 affiliates and coverage over virtually 100% of the U.S., renewed its MLB agreement for exclusive, national radio rights including every game of the World Series through 2010.

And through ESPN's Event Management group, the ESPY Awards were the most-viewed ever; Winter X Games ratings were up 33%; X Games XI was ESPN's highest-rated among Men 12-17; and the Great Outdoor Games were up 38% in viewing. The 2005 CITGO Bassmaster Classic drew a record 80,000 spectators and moves to Orlando in 2006. BassCenter and BASS Saturday debuted on ESPN2, and a Women's Bassmaster Tour was announced.