The launch of ESPN’s long-awaited standalone streaming service is simply weeks away. Alongside its earnings outcomes on Wednesday, Disney revealed that ESPN’s streaming service and its “enhanced” app will arrive on August twenty first for $29.99 per thirty days.
ESPN’s new streaming service, which stays separate from ESPN Plus, will supply entry to the community’s linear channels, together with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACN, and extra. The service will embrace 47,000 stay sporting occasions yearly, along with on-demand replays and authentic programming.
As a part of the deal, ESPN’s streaming service, together with Disney Plus and Hulu, will stream the NFL draft beginning with the 2026 season. ESPN customers may also have the ability to add the NFL Plus Premium plan to their subscription, which incorporates entry to NFL RedZone. Moreover, a brand new cope with the WWE will make ESPN and its streaming service the house to “unique” wrestling occasions within the US subsequent yr, together with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and others. (NBCUniversal’s Peacock beforehand streamed these occasions.)
The competitors between stay sports activities streaming companies is heating up. Along with ESPN, Comcast and DirecTV launched sports-focused streaming choices earlier this yr in an try and patch up the fractured panorama. Fox’s sports activities and information streaming service additionally arrives on August twenty first for a cheaper $19.99 per month.
ESPN’s streaming service will launch alongside an up to date app, that includes extra personalization, an improved multiview characteristic, betting data, recreation statistics, fantasy sports activities, and extra.
The flagship $29.99 per thirty days ESPN “limitless” plan will exist alongside ESPN Plus, which can nonetheless price $11.99 per thirty days and home a extra restricted collection of stay sports activities. ESPN may also be accessible with a number of plan options that embrace bundles with Disney Plus and Hulu. Individuals who have already got a pay TV subscription that features ESPN will have the ability to entry the streaming service without cost.