The Walt Disney Company has announced a multi-year distribution agreement with YouTube TV that delivers Disney’s sports, news and entertainment programming – ending a stand-off that resulted in a Disney channel blackout on the YouTube platform that lasted for over two weeks. As part of the new deal, Disney’s full suite of networks and stations […]
YouTube TV subscribers in the US have lost access to multiple channels owned by The Walt Disney Corporation – including the likes of ESPN, FX, Nat Geo and ABC – as the two companies remain engaged in a carriage dispute. YouTube TV, owned by Google, pulled every channel owned by Disney on October 30th after […]
ESPN’s direct-to-consumer service and Fox One, Fox Corporation’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, have partnered to offer fans even more flexibility, giving them the option to subscribe to both services together for $39.99 (€34.13) per month. This new bundle brings two services under one subscription, giving users access ESPN or Fox One content directly through its respective […]
Disney+ has revealed its broadcast line-up for the 2025/26 UEFA Women’s Champions League, combining expert talent with ESPN’s production experience. Football fans can watch all 75 matches of the competition exclusively live on Disney+, with the league phase kicking off on October 7th. Disney+ customers will be able to follow their local teams in their […]
About half of the US say they are sports fan, meaning that they follow sports “at least somewhat closely”. Only 17 per cent are super fans, defined as people who say they follow sports “very or extremely closely”, according to a survey by The Associated Press-NORC. About four in 10 fans use sports-only streaming platforms […]
FuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced that it will launch Fubo Sports – a skinny content service that will offer US consumers a focused sports option at a lower price – on September 2nd At launch, Fubo Sports will include local broadcast stations owned-and-operated by ABC, CBS and Fox plus additional affiliates […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has acquired live rights to a range of US college football and basketball content through a multi-year sub-licensing agreement with ESPN. The content will be available to all DAZN users in selected territories in Europe and MENA free-to-view for a limited time. From the 2025 season, fans in the aforementioned […]
Disney+ launched on November 12th 2019 in a few select countries before being rolled out to others over the following months and years. The subscription-based streaming service gives registered members on-demand access to almost every TV show and movie produced by Disney. It also includes content from several major brands acquired by Disney, such as […]
ESPN and WWE have announced that WWE Premium Live Events (PLEs) will debut on ESPN platforms this September – several months earlier than previously announced. The first WWE PLE to kick off the ESPN partnership will be the entertainment company’s first-ever Wrestlepalooza on September 20th, live from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Wrestlepalooza will stream live on the […]
ESPN has rolled its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service and a set of new features on an enhanced ESPN App, making ESPN’s full suite of 12 networks and services available directly to US sports fans for the first time. The launch comes in time for a key stretch of sports programming across ESPN networks and […]