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2015 X Games Austin

(Photo : X Games Archive) ESPN would be the official network to broadcast the X Games.

ESPN would be the home of the X Games in Austin, Texas from June 4 to 7.

According to Awful Annoucing, the network would do a 26.5 live coverage on the games on ESPN, ABC and ESPN 3.

During the 2014 X Games, there was an influx of 160,000 people who watched the games in Austin which was a 74 percent increase from the 2013 X Games in Los Angeles.

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The influx of people last year can be alluded to the additional Music Festival where Mac Miller and The Flaming Lips performed. This year Metallica would be performing at the Festival.

ESPN explained in a press release that viewers could expect an inside look at the event while establishing a two-way conversation with athletes.

They said that the X Games could also be accessed via WatchESPN and WatchABC to viewers who had subscriptions with their affiliated providers.

ESPN also said that the games would be syndicated in more than 215 countries. They would also have international telecast in Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, Israel, Middle East, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico, New Zealand, Central and South America.

The X Games would kick off on ESPN with the new Harley-Davidson Flat-Track Racing at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) at 8:30 pm.

This will be followed by the Moto X Step UP Final located in front of the Texas Capitol in downtown Austin at 9 pm.

The Telecast Team would include household names like Tony Hawk, Brandon Graham, Tes Sewell, Kevin Robinson, Alyssa Roenigk, Jimmy Coleman, Toby Moody, Cameron Steele and Nicole Briscoe.

Scotty Deubler, Tommy Kendall and Cristy Lee would also be part of this year's telecast team.

There are also new sponsors for the X Games such as the Bud Light, Toyota and Fruit of the Loom.

According to Broadcasting & Cable, the sponsorship package includes on site activations, X Game's logo rights and media presence during the telecast and in ESPN The Magazine.

They are also allowed to be positioned in the X Games digital and social media. They will be joining brands like America's Navy, GoPro, Harley-Davidson, Monster Enerfy, 7 UP, DuPont Kevlar, Fram, Oakley and Skype as sponsors.

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