ESPNdeportes.com Continues Development; Enhances Integration With ESPN Television.

Business & Sports Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2001

ESPNdeportes.com, (www.espndeportes.com), the Spanish-language sports site produced by ESPN Internet Group serving the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic communities, has launched new initiatives to enhance its integration with ESPN's U.S. and Latin American television networks, including television listings and an Internet component to ESPN International's Perfiles program, as well as a new rugby section with on-air integration.

ESPNdeportes.com is part of the Walt Disney Internet Group.

"The combined resources of television and the Internet we have available offer up not only new ways for fans to get involved with our content, but also offers a great opportunity for advertisers to reach a very attractive and growing targeted audience," said Minard Hamilton, general manager, international, ESPN Internet Group.

ESPNdeportes.com now offers complete television listings in Spanish - searchable by day, sport or network - for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ESPN Deportes, as well as the Latin American networks ESPN Dos, ESPN America Latina, and ESPN Sur.

As a complement to Perfiles, a half-hour monthly program produced by ESPN International featuring an in-depth interview with a Latin American athlete, ESPNdeportes.com provides a dedicated section related to the program. The section includes video highlights of the television interview, a photo gallery of the athlete, a column about the athlete by the Perfiles interviewer, a complete transcript of the interview, and biographical notes and statistics. The Perfiles area on ESPNdeportes.com launched recently with Dominican pitcher Pedro Martinez from the Boston Red Sox (http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/perfiles/index.html).

The recently launched rugby section includes in-depth coverage of the URBA Championship (Union de Rugby de Buenos Aires), including match previews and recaps, complete results and standings of each division, and a weekly feature column from ESPN Sur's Alejandro Coccia. The site will also feature integration with ESPN Latin America's television broadcasts, including regular results on-air for ESPNdeportes.com user polls.

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