[2] ESPN Internet Group Goes Global, Launching Spanish-language Sports Site, ESPNdeportes.com.

Sports Editors

NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--November 6, 2000

ESPNdeportes.com, (www.espndeportes.com), a Spanish-language sports site produced by ESPN Internet Group serving the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic communities, has launched, delivering original sports content for Internet uses in those markets while leveraging the relevant content and resources of ESPN.com and ESPN's domestic and international cable channels.

ESPNdeportes.com will cover Latin and European soccer, the NFL, NBA and South American basketball, Major League, Mexican and Caribbean Winter League Baseball, motor sports including CART and Formula One, tennis, golf and more. ESPN Internet Group is part of Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:DIG).

"ESPN has been in the TV business in Latin America since 1989, so our brand and relationship with sports fans is strong, and ESPNdeportes.com is a natural progression as we seek to deepen and broaden that relationship," said Minard Hamilton, general manager of international business, ESPN Internet Group. "This site enables us to enhance a fan's enjoyment and knowledge of sports by offering content that is both new and complementary to the programming on our television networks."

With offices in Bristol, Conn., Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Miami, Fla., ESPNdeportes.com boasts reporting and analysis from on-air commentators from ESPN's U.S. and Latin American television operations, including Alvaro Martin, Pablo Mamone, Eduardo Alperin, Luis Omar Tapia, and other experts in various sports from across the region, including Pepe Espinosa of TV Azteca (Mexico), Pedro Carcuro of TVN (Chile), and Juan Zuanich of Ole (Argentina). The service will also offer Spanish-language GameCast real-time stats feeds, fantasy games, audio and video, chats, polls and more.

Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:DIG) manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, ESPN.com, Family.com, GO.com, Movies.com, Mr. Showbiz, NASCAR Online, NBA.com, NFL.com and Soccernet. The Internet Group also includes The Walt Disney Company's direct marketing business. Steve Bornstein is chairman of Walt Disney Internet Group, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, Calif., with operations in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Seattle; New York; Bristol, Conn.; and London. For more information, visit our web site at www.dig.com.