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Disney and Fox say two new sports-heavy streaming services that debut Thursday aren’t meant to kill traditional TV. They might just do it anyway. After keeping the bulk of their sports portfolios on cable,
It's a new era of sports streaming! ESPN's all-in-one DTC streaming service and new app are live. Here's everything you need to know.
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ESPN Finally Enters Its Streaming Tomorrowland, Taking Wraps Off Long-Awaited Direct-To-Consumer App
After years of questions about its streaming future, ESPN is finally unveiling a new service that dramatically expands its digital footprint.
The media giants face the difficult task of winning over roughly 65 million “cord never” households while avoiding linear TV cord-cutting.
Major League Baseball and ESPN have a framework agreement that would give the network the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five clubs over the next three years, sources briefed on the discussions told The Athletic.
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Sportico on MSNESPN’s DTC Rollout Aided by Stephen A. Smith and Its First Mascot
ESPN’s future is nearly here. On Thursday, sports fans can begin paying $30 per month for the entirety of ESPN’s offerings for the first time. The company’s mobile and TV apps have been updated for the occasion as well.
Walt Disney's ESPN will deliver its full range of sports programming outside of pay TV for the first time starting on Thursday, when the network debuts an app designed to be a hub for live games and personalized news,
My colleague Andrew Marchand has the must-read story of how ESPN got to this company-defining moment, under its chairman Jimmy Pitaro, who has spent north of $80 billion on live-sports rights during his tenure to keep fans tuned in to ESPN and to stave off the Thanos-like inevitability of YouTube and Netflix consumption.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger: We believe the new app will ‘contribute nicely' to ESPN's bottom line over time
Bob Iger, Disney CEO, and Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN chairman, join CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss ESPN's new direct-to-consumer platform, how the success of the app will be measured, and much more.