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WRES: ESPN to Expand TV and Digital Coverage of NCAA Division I Wrestling Champ

WRES: ESPN to Expand TV and Digital Coverage of NCAA Division I Wrestling Champ

Feb 20, 2014 by FloWrestling Staff
WRES: ESPN to Expand TV and Digital Coverage of NCAA Division I Wrestling Champ
Attention media covering Illinois Wrestling:

For the first time, all six sessions of the NCAA Wrestling Championships will be televised. In addition, semifinals and finals matches will now air live on ESPN. Please see the release below for more information.

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Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 8:51 AM
Subject: ESPN to Expand TV and Digital Coverage of NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

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February 20, 2014

 

ESPN to Expand TV and Digital Coverage of NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships  

For the First Time, All Six Sessions on TV and Every Match on ESPN3

 

ESPN will expand its TV and digital coverage of the 2014 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 20-22 by televising all six sessions and carrying every match on ESPN3, both for the first time. ESPN will televise the semifinals and championship finals while ESPNU will air the preliminary sessions and medal round. The entire tournament will be available on WatchESPN.

 

The tournament from Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., will begin Thursday, March 20, with the first and second sessions – never before televised – on ESPNU. ESPN3’s individual mat feeds will allow fans to watch every match, including the wrestle-back bracket, accompanied by live commentary throughout the tournament. Additionally, for computer users, ESPN3 will once again offer multi-mat simultaneous viewing which allows fans to watch up to four different mats at one time.

“We’ve seen significant audience growth in our NCAA Wrestling Championships coverage over the last few years which reflects the insatiable appetite wrestling fans have for live competition,” said Brent Colborne, ESPN director of programming and acquisitions. “The addition of the first two sessions on television, combined with our ‘every mat, every match’ digital strategy will provide the ultimate viewing experience for them.” 

The 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships finals were the most-viewed since 2004, the first year ESPN televised the finals live. Overall, ESPN and ESPNU’s 2013 Wrestling Championships coverage reached 5.4 million viewers in the course of two days. Digitally, ESPN3 and WatchESPN combined to generate 12.68 million live minutes viewed throughout three days of coverage, up 13% from 2012. 

2014 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Schedule

Date

Time (ET)

Session

Number of Mats

Network

Thu, March 20

Noon –  3:30 p.m.

First Session

Eight Mats

ESPNU/ESPN3

 

7 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Second Session

Eight Mats

ESPNU/ESPN3

Fri, March 21

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Third Session - Quarterfinals

Eight Mats

ESPNU/ESPN3

 

8 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Fourth Session -Semifinals

Six Mats

ESPN/ESPN3

Sat, March 22

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Fifth Session -Medal Round

Three Mats

ESPNU/ESPN3

 

8:00 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Sixth Session – Championship Finals

One Mat

ESPN/ESPN3

ESPN began covering the NCAA Wrestling Division I Championships in 1980. Live telecasts of the championship finals began in 2004 and preliminary round telecasts began in 2005.  Since 2011, ESPN has provided live coverage of all six sessions on ESPN3.

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Media contact: Derek Volner at 860-384-9986; Derek.Volner@ESPN.com and @DerekVolner

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