ESPN America is a European sports network, focusing on professional sports of the United States and Canada. Originally launched in December 2002 as NASN (the North American Sports Network), ESPN America broadcasts a selection of top North American professional and collegiate sports leagues including Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL), National Football League (NFL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Canadian Football League (CFL), 24 hours a day on digital cable and digital satellite television. The channel has been owned by ESPN since March 2007, formerly owned by Benchmark Capital Europe and Setanta Sports, and has been known as ESPN America since 1 February 2009.

Programming on ESPN America varies from country to country. Currently, the channel operates three feeds throughout Europe. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and the Scandinavian countries events currently seen on ESPN America include MLB, the College World Series, NCAA college football and college basketball, the NHL and the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship (Frozen Four) plus the Arena Football League, Major League Lacrosse, and the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship Final Four.

In other countries it also includes NFL. NASN paid £11.6m in March 2006 for the rights to show ten live MLB games a week.

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