ESPN College Extra broadcasts were drawn from the available live games from
ESPN3. ESPN College Extra broadcast college sports from
NCAA FBS and
FCS conferences, including football, basketball, baseball, and softball,[1] across eight channels.[2]
History
ESPN College Extra was announced by ESPN, Inc. on August 28, 2015, with launch date and its schedule.[3] College Extra started broadcasting on September 5, 2015, at 12:30 p.m. with the Wofford vs. Clemson football game. At launch, the package was available on
AT&T U-verse,
Bright House Networks,
Cox,
DirecTV,
Time Warner Cable,
Verizon Fios, and select NCTC members.[1] After its rights had transitioned to
ESPN+ and the wireline channel was from the lineups of providers such as Verizon Fios,
Spectrum, and
Hulu in the preceding years, ESPN College Extra de facto shut down on June 30, 2023 (the final day of the 2022–23 NCAA
academic year), and contractually ended on August 15, 2023.[4]
Availability
ESPN College Extra was available with these cable and satellite providers:
1 Indicates the channel is still in existence, but currently operates as a basic cable channel. 2 Star Channel was part of
Warner Communications'
QUBE interactive cable service, and was the precursor to present-day
The Movie Channel.