Three of the largest sports television companies in the United States – ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery – will launch a sports streaming service in fall 2024, the companies announced in a statement. joint statement Tuesday. It will broadcast sporting events from networks owned by all three companies, including NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA games. Importantly, subscribers will also be able to stream linear channels including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+, which will be helpful to anyone considering cancelling. cable.
The name of the service and its pricing will be announced later this year, the companies said. It will be available as a standalone app that anyone in the United States can subscribe to. But customers will also be able to bundle it with their existing Disney+, Hulu and Max subscriptions for an undisclosed fee.
Each network will own a third of the service, which will be managed by an independent management team. However, the new service won't be the one-stop shop that diehard sports fanatics might want. Amazon, for example, owns Thursday Night Football; Apple owns Major League Soccer; NBC owns Sunday Night Football; and Paramount owns certain NFL rights.