How to Use the ESPN News App – OptiSigns

In this article, we'll explain how to use the ESPN News app on OptiSigns.

What You'll Need
Creating a ESPN News Asset

The OptiSigns ESPN app allows you to display ESPN News on your digital signs. It covers the most up-to-date Top Headlines, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, College Sports, and more.

QR Codes are displayed, which a viewer can scan with their phone to read the relevant article. ESPN News can also be displayed as Scrolling Strip.

Here is a Single view screenshot. View a live example here:

ESPN Top Headlines card on screen, with a QR code linking to the full article

What You'll Need

* If using a Free plan, make sure you're using a Free-plan capable device

Creating a ESPN News Asset

Then go to Files/Assets, Click on Apps and add ESPN on your Account.

Files/Assets page with the Apps button highlighted in the left sidebar

Click ESPN:

Add App dialog with the ESPN app tile highlighted

Enter your ESPN Wall App information:

ESPN Wall settings: Name, Category, Theme, Speed, Font Size, and a live preview

Name: Name of your ESPN Wall app, this is the name of the app in your asset list. It will not be displayed on your screens.
Category: Select the category or categories that you want to focus on. You can check as many as you want.
Theme: Select Light (default ESPN red) or Dark Theme.
Speed: Select how fast you want the app to scroll or switch between posts. You can also customize your speed if you select Custom.

Speed set to Custom, showing the 1-to-20 speed slider

Font Size: Set the font size for the ESPN Wall app.

Clicking Advanced opens up additional options:

Advanced section expanded, showing Date and Time and Scrolling Strip Font Size

Date & Time: Choose from a set of pre-formatted dates, or select a custom date format:

Scrolling Strip Font Size: If you put the ESPN News Wall app to a SplitScreen zone that is a scrolling strip, you can set how big you want the scrolling text to be.

After you've configured the ESPN News app to your liking, hit Save.

Your ESPN app will appear as an Asset in OptiSigns, and it can now be directly assigned to a screen or used in a Playlist. This asset can then be edited at any time from the Files/Assets tab.

That's all!

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