
ESPN and CANAL+ Events began their collaboration in June 2009. ESPN is guarantor for the sports side of the event. Canal+ Events will be managing the Winter X Games Europe and providing all its expertise in events, marketing and TV production to mobilize the CANAL+ channels around the competition.
CANAL+ Events is a branch of CANAL+ that take care of marketing and events. For example:
- Golf / Vivendi Trophy with Severiano Ballesteros (property of CANAL+ Events, organisation, broadcasting)
- Lyon Tennis Tournament (property of CANAL+ EVENTS, organisation, production Tv, broadcasting)
- Masters France of Toulouse (organisation, production management, broadcasting)
- Lyon marathon (organisation, production Tv, broadcasting) etc.
ESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming.