ESPNEWS HD is a 720p high definition simulcast of ESPNEWS that launched on March 30, 2008. Originally, the layout and graphics were reworked specifically for viewing on a HDTV, offering additional content not available on the standard definition ESPNEWS feed. There were reworked HD sideline graphics, a descendant of the "Rundown" used in overnight versions of SportsCenter on ESPN, which wrapped around the top left and bottom of the HD screen. The HD Sideline offered the display of textual information, headshots, news, and scores, while still delivering video highlights in the HD format.
The enhanced format was ended in June 2010 and the channel is now fullscreen 16:9, with regular gray and red graphics similar to the other ESPN channels. The move was made to "accommodate the high number of SportsCenters that moved to the network during the World Cup".
Around May 20, 2012, ESPN discontinued the 4:3 analog version of ESPNEWS and providers must down downscale the HD feed to widescreen for analog viewers, becoming the last ESPN network with a HD companion channel to make the conversion to a full-widescreen presentation.
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