By Brian Steinberg

BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN, best known for its extensive portfolio of national sports rights, sees an opportunity to make games available to fans on a local basis.

ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro told reporters at the Disney sports giant’s headquarters on Wednesday that the company has reached out to sports leagues and executives to help distribute games to specific markets through its streaming services, including a new, full-service ESPN streaming product that the company expects to launch sometime in 2025.

“We want to be part of the solution,” Pitaro said, nodding to the tense economic environment for local sports media, with regional sports channels being spun off from traditional media conglomerates and sold to new entrants. Diamond Sports, one of those new entities, has been mired in legal trouble and battles with various sports leagues for months.