Editing ESPNews (section)

==High definition==
[[File:ESPNEWS HD logo.svg|thumb|left|260px]]
ESPNEWS operates a [[High-definition television|high-definition]] simulcast feed, which broadcasts in [[720p]] (the default resolution format for The Walt Disney Company's television properties) and was launched on March 30, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Disney To Launch HD Networks on DirecTV |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6424080.html?display=Breaking+News |access-date=March 28, 2013 |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]}}</ref> Originally, the layout and graphics were reworked specifically for viewing on widescreen television sets, offering additional content not available on the channel's [[standard-definition television|standard-definition]] feed.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 15, 2007 |title=ESPNEWS HD Takes Graphic Approach |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6491487.html |access-date=December 3, 2007 |work=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> It utilized reworked HD sideline graphics, a descendant of the "Rundown" used on overnight editions of ''SportsCenter'' on ESPN, which wrapped around the top left and bottom of the widescreen picture. The HD Sideline offered the display of textual information, headshots, news and scores, while still delivering video highlights in the HD format.

The enhanced format was discontinued in June 2010 and the channel now broadcasts in near-fullscreen [[16:9]], with regular gray-and-red graphics similar to those used by the other ESPN channels. The move was made to "accommodate the high number of ''SportsCenter''s that moved to the network during the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]."

On May 20, 2012, ESPNEWS switched the presentation of its standard definition feed from [[4:3]] to a downscaled [[widescreen]] letterbox version of the HD feed, becoming the last ESPN network with a HD companion channel to make the conversion to a full-widescreen presentation. ESPNEWS HD was added to Dish Network on March 18, 2014, as part of a new carriage agreement that ended a four-year dispute that removed existing HD simulcast feeds of Disney-owned channels.