{"id":1830,"date":"2017-12-19T10:30:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-docs\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T10:32:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:32:31","slug":"espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Player Expands Offering with Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN Films documentaries have launched on the streaming service ESPN Player in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The sports documentaries can be streamed on-demand by subscribers to any of ESPN Player\u2019s packages, which also offer NCAA sports, IndyCar, X Games and a host of other events. A total of 15 films are currently available on ESPN Player, with new films introduced each month. Many of the films will come from the critically acclaimed\u00a0<em>30 for 30<\/em>\u00a0series. Films from the\u00a0<em>SEC Storied<\/em>\u00a0series, such as\u00a0<em>The Book of Manning<\/em> and the\u00a0<em>Nine for XI<\/em>\u00a0films series celebrating stories from across women\u2019s sports, will also be available.<\/p>\n<p>The selection of films will rotate monthly. The first films available at launch include <em>You Don\u2019t Know Bo<\/em>, <em>Unmatched<\/em>, <em>The House of Steinbrenner<\/em> and <em>This is What They Want<\/em>. Other films that are currently available are <em>The Legend of Jimmy the Greek<\/em>, <em>Run Ricky Run<\/em>, <em>Rand University<\/em>, <em>Brothers in Exile<\/em>, <em>When the Garden Was Eden<\/em>, <em>Survive and Advance<\/em>, <em>The \u201985 Bears<\/em>, <em>Miracles on the Plains<\/em> and <em>40 Minutes of Hell<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Charly Classen, the VP and general manager of ESPN EMEA, said: \u201cESPN Films has redefined sports documentaries, raising the levels of production and storytelling to new heights. The quality of the series is such that they can be enjoyed by fans or non-sports fans alike, so we\u2019re delighted to make them accessible to subscribers across EMEA.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN Films documentaries have launched on the streaming service ESPN Player in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[378,224],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-espn-films","tag-espn-player"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ESPN Player Expands Offering with Docs - TVMEA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ESPN Films documentaries have launched on the streaming service ESPN Player in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ESPN Player Expands Offering with Docs - TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ESPN Films documentaries have launched on the streaming service ESPN Player in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-19T15:30:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-12-19T15:32:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/\",\"name\":\"ESPN Player Expands Offering with Docs - TVMEA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T15:30:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-19T15:32:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"description\":\"ESPN Films documentaries have launched on the streaming service ESPN Player in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/espn-player-expands-offering-with-docs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ESPN Player Expands Offering with Docs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/\",\"name\":\"TVMEA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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