By Lisa Richwine and Liana B. Baker

Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:59pm EDT

(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s TV sports network, ESPN, pronounced it will tighten a 3D wire channel in a United States, finale a three-year examination after sports fans unsuccessful to welcome a record in their homes.

ESPN launched a 3D wire channel in 2010 and will tighten a channel by a finish of a year, pronounced ESPN mouthpiece Katina Arnold. It presented 3D broadcasts of college football games and a Masters golf tournament, among other offerings.

Despite disappearing costs for 3D televisions and widespread use of 3D in movies, consumers have not rushed to move a record into their homes.

ESPN 3D was autocratic monthly fees on normal of $2.79 per subscriber from wire and satellite operators this year, among a top for a wire channel, according to investigate organisation SNL Kagan. Pay TV providers also compensate $5.54 on normal for a flagship ESPN network.

The network was carried by vital operators such as DirecTV, Time Warner Cable Inc and Comcast Corp in several programming packages.

“They were only too early,” SNL Kagan researcher Derek Baine said. “This record is not prepared for primary time.”

ESPN will continue to examination with other technologies including Ultra High Definition, or ultra HD, for a programming on ESPN and a sister channels, Arnold said.

“We are committing a 3D resources to other products and services that will improved offer fans and affiliates,” she said.

The network could lapse to 3D programming “if or when 3D does take off,” she added.

ESPN, a widespread U.S. sports network and a vital motorist of Disney’s earnings, operates a flagship ESPN channel and others, including ESPN2 and Spanish denunciation ESPN Deportes.

Disney shares were down 0.5 percent during $63.45 on Wednesday afternoon on a New York Stock Exchange.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Liana B. Baker in Washington; modifying by Ronald Grover and Matthew Lewis)