ESPN Then and Now

Comparative ESPN Statistics from 1979 to 2008

	Then	Now
Date:	September 7, 1979	2008
Locations:	One in Bristol, Connecticut	Multiple - worldwide
Subscribers:	About 1.3 million	Over 98,000,000 in US alone
Employees:	80	More than 6,000
Facilities:	One 10,000 sq. ft. building 3 satellite dishes	Approx 1.500,000 square feet; Multiple buildings; 30 satellite dishes
Land Area:	One domestic	130 acres in Bristol alone
TV Networks:	One domestic	ESPN on ABC 6 cable networks in US; 34 Int'l; 192 countries - 14 languages
Radio:	None	Over 750 affiliates-largest sports radio network in US ESPN Desportes MLB in Spanish
Magazine:	None	US circulation 2 million Chinese language edition monthly
Digital Media:	None	ESPN.com ESPN360.com ESPN Mobile
Other:	None	ESPN Books ESPN Enterprises ESPN Outdoors ESPN Zones

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