ESPN-Youtube Channel… Give Me More Than Sports Clips

by Cari on April 27, 2009

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The ESPN-Youtube channel is now up and running. Not many people know about it, though. Probably because neither ESPN nor Youtube is promoting it yet.

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There are high hopes for the new channel; the biggest sports network paired with the biggest online video sharing site. How could it go wrong? I’m just hoping they’ll start talking about it offline soon in order to get the huge audience they’re expecting.

Right now, the content is what you would expect. Just clips from Sports Center. Don’t get me wrong, that’s great stuff but ESPN has a great opportunity to target their superfan in more meaningful ways than with just sports clips they could see anyday on ESPN.

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Everyone loves the Sports Center commentators and the funny commercials, which everyone talks about for years. They should use Youtube to give their fans exclusive access to ESPN commercials and behind-the-scenes footage of the sports casters.

If they are trying to get the attention of legit ESPN superfans, give them something unique and funny. Feed their appetite for signature ESPN humor.

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