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{{short description|American pay television network}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = ESPNews
| logo = ESPNews.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1996|11|1}}
| picture_format = [[720p]] ([[HDTV]])<br><small>Downgraded to [[Letterboxing (filming)|letterboxed]] [[480i]] for [[SDTV]] feed</small>
| owner = [[The Walt Disney Company]] (80%)<br/>[[Hearst Communications]] (20%)
| parent = [[ESPN Inc.]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| area = Worldwide
| headquarters = [[Bristol, Connecticut]]
| sister_channels = {{collapsible list|
* [[ESPN+]]
* [[ESPN]]
* [[ESPN2]]
* [[ESPN3]]
* [[ESPNU]]
* [[ESPN on ABC]]
* [[ESPN Deportes]]
* [[SEC Network]]
* [[ACC Network]]
* [[Disney Channel]]
* [[Disney Jr.]]
* [[Disney XD]]
* [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
* [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]]
* [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
* [[LMN (TV channel)|LMN]]
* [[Localish]]
* [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]]
* [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]
* [[FYI (American TV channel)|FYI]]
* [[History (American TV network)|History]]
* [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|Nat Geo TV]]
* [[Nat Geo Wild]]
* [[Vice (TV channel)|Vice TV]]
}}
| online_serv_1 = [[WatchESPN]] or ESPN app
| online_chan_1 = WatchESPN.com<br>{{small|(U.S. cable subscribers only, requires login from pay television provider to access content)}}
| online_chan_2 = [[Sling TV]], [[YouTube TV]], [[Hulu]], [[DirecTV Stream]], [[Vidgo]]
}}
'''ESPNews''' (pronounced "ESPN News," stylized '''ESPNEWS''') is an American multinational [[digital cable]] and [[satellite television]] [[television network|network]] owned by [[ESPN Inc.]], a [[joint venture]] between [[The Walt Disney Company]] (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and [[Hearst Communications]] (which owns the remaining 20%).

Known as "ESPN3" in its planning stages and proposed as early as 1993,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kent |first=Milton |title=Viewers may soon have choice of 2 new all-sports channels |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/05/14/viewers-may-soon-have-choice-of-2-new-all-sports-channels/ |journal=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |issue=MediaWatch |access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> the channel launched on November 1, 1996, and originally featured a [[rolling news]] format with 24-hour coverage of sports news and highlights. Since 2010, the network has largely shifted away from this format, and now primarily carries television [[simulcast]]s of [[ESPN Radio]] shows, encores of ESPN's weekday lineup of studio programs, and overflow event programming in the event of conflicts with ABC or the other ESPN networks.

{{As of|2023|11}}, ESPNEWS is available to approximately 36 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2013 peak of 76 million households.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrestlenomics.com/u-s-cable-network-households-universe-1990-2023-nielsen-data/|title=U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023|website=wrestlenomics.com|date=May 14, 2024|access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref>