ESPN4

ESPN4 is a Brazilian sports channel that was launched on 5 February 2012 as Fox Sports, replacing the Brazilian variant of Speed. A second channel, Fox Sports 2 was launched on 24 January 2014, which continues to use the Fox Sports name temporarily due to contractual obligations. On May 6, 2020 Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE announced that Fox Sports and ESPN Brasil could merge as part of the 21st Century Fox merger with Disney, with it remaining as-is until January 1, 2022 due to its broadcast rights and overall structure.^[1]

ESPN4

Country	Brazil
Network	ESPN International
Headquarters	São Paulo
Programming
Language(s)	Portuguese
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) (downgraded to 16:9 480i for the SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company Latin America Disney Branded Television (Disney International Operations)
History
Launched	ESPN4: February 5, 2012 ESPN5: January 24, 2014
Replaced	Speed
Former names	Fox Sports (2012–2022) Fox Sports 2 (2014–2024)
Links
Website	www.espn.com.br

Fox Sports main channel was rebranded as ESPN4 in Brazil on 17 January 2022, becoming the fourth network among those of the domestic version of ESPN. Fox Sports 2 remained on-air in Brazil under that name until February 15, 2024 and was renamed ESPN5, due to contractual language with CONMEBOL regarding its coverage of the 2022 Copa Libertadores and the retirement of Fox Sports' brand in Latin America (including Brazil).^[2][3]

Programming rights

Football

• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Europa League
• UEFA Europa Conference League
• Premier League
• EFL Championship
• EFL Cup
• La Liga
• DFB-Pokal
• Serie A
• Ligue 1
• Coupe de France
• Primeira Liga
• Eredivisie
• Qatar Stars League
• CONMEBOL Libertadores
• CONMEBOL Sudamericana
• Argentine Primera División
• Copa do Nordeste
• CONCACAF Champions League
• UEFA Women's Euro
• AFC Asian Cup
• FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
• AFC Champions League
• AFC Cup
• AFC U-23 Asian Cup
• AFC U-20 Asian Cup
• AFC U-17 Asian Cup
• AFC Women's Asian Cup
• AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
• AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
• AFC Futsal Asian Cup
• YBC Levain Cup
• Japanese Super Cup
• Toulon Tournament
• Soccer Champions Tour
• Bola de Prata
• Florida Cup

American Football

• National Football League

Baseball

• Major League Baseball

Boxing

• ESPN Knockout

Motorsports

• Superbike World Championship
• Dakar Rally
• World Rally Championship
• FIA World Endurance Championship
• Extreme E
• TCR South America Touring Car Championship
• DTM
• IndyCar Series
• Indy Lights
• Super Formula Championship
• Super Formula Lights

Professional wrestling

• WWE

Programs broadcast by ESPN4 in Brazil

• Além da Bola
• Bola da Vez
• Especial Libertadores
• ESPN FC
• Inside Serie A
• La Liga World
• Momento ESPN
• Mundo Premier League
• Resenha
• Show da Rodada: Coppa Italia
• Show da Rodada: La Liga
• Show da Rodada: Ligue 1
• Show da Rodada: Serie A
• Show da Rodada: Premier League
• Show da Rodada: Bola da Asia
• SportsCenter Abre o Jogo
• UEFA Europa League Highlights
• UEFA Europa & Conference League Magazine
• UEFA Nations League: Match Day Highlights
• UEFA Nations League: Match Night Highlights
• The Inside Line

Staff

Play-by-play

• Antero Greco (Soccer)
• Camilla Garcia (soccer and Basketball)
• Cledi Oliveira (Soccer)
• Eliane Trevisan (Soccer and Tennis)
• Hamilton Rodrigues (Soccer, Tennis and MotoGP)
• Luciana Marianno (Soccer)
• Marco Alfaro (WWE)
• Matheus Pinheiro (Soccer and NFL)
• Matheus Suman (Basketball)
• Renan do Couto (Motorsports, Soccer and NFL)
• Rogério Vaughan (Soccer)
• Thiago Alves (Motorsports and MLB)

Color commentators

• Carlos Eugênio Simon (Soccer)
• Christian Fittipaldi (IndyCar Series)
• Edgard Mello Filho (Motorsports)
• Eugênio Leal (Soccer)
• Fausto Macieira (MotoGP)
• Gian Oddi (Soccer)
• Gustavo Zupak (Soccer)
• Juliana Tesser (MotoGP)
• Livio Reis (WWE)
• Mauro Naves (Soccer)
• Mário Filho (MMA)
• Mário Marra (Soccer)
• Osvaldo Pascoal (Soccer)
• Paulo Godinho (Boxe)
• Rafael Marques (Soccer)
• Raphael Prates (Soccer)
• Renata Ruel (Soccer)
• Renato Rodrigues (Soccer)
• Roberto Figueroa (WWE)
• Rodrigo Bueno (Soccer)
• Thiago Alves (Motorsports)
• Victor Martins (Motorsports)
• Ubiratan Leal (Soccer, MLB and NFL)
• Zinho (Soccer)

References

1. "Cade aprova fusão entre Disney e Fox, e ESPN poderá transmitir Libertadores".
2. "Exclusivo! Fox Sports ganha data para virar ESPN no Brasil".
3. Amaya, Hernán (2023-11-15). "Latinoamérica: Disney crea Espn 5, Espn 6 y Espn 7 para abandonar definitivamente la marca Fox Sports en la región". TAVI (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-09.

External links

• Official website