Wanene ya sayi ESPN? Bisa ga tambayar da ta gabata, ka rubuta mahallin da ke ɗauke da amsar. Zai iya zama jumla 1 - 20. Abubuwan da ke ciki:
A cikin 1983, ABC ta siyar da KXYZ ga Kamfanin Watsa Labarai na Infinity. A ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1984, The New York Times ta ba da rahoton cewa ABC, ta hanyar reshen kamfanin ABC Video Enterprises, ya yi amfani da damar da ya samu na sayen kashi 15% (ko tsakanin dala miliyan 25 zuwa dala miliyan 30) na hannun jarin Getty Oil a ESPN, wanda zai ba shi damar fadada hannun jarinsa a wani lokaci na gaba. A watan Yunin 1984, kwamitin zartarwa na ABC ya amince da sayen hannun jari na kamfanin a ESPN, kuma ABC ta shirya tare da Getty Oil don samun kashi 80% a cikin tashar, yayin sayar da ragowar kashi 20% ga Nabisco. A wannan shekarar, ABC da Hearst sun cimma yarjejeniya tare da RCA don haɗuwa da ARTS da sabis na zane-zane mai gasa, The Entertainment Channel, a cikin tashar kebul guda da ake kira Arts & Entertainment Television (A&E); sabon tashar daga baya ta yi hayar wani mai ba da izinin watsa labarai na tauraron dan adam daban, yana kawo karshen yarjejeniyar raba shi da Nickelodeon don zama sabis na sa'o'i 24. A halin yanzu, ABC ya janye daga kasuwancin wurin shakatawa har abada lokacin da ya sayar da Silver Springs Nature Theme Park.