If you live in the US and subscribe to the Disney+ streaming service, you know that you can now access all content from the Hulu service within the Disney+ app if you’re also a Hulu subscriber, or bundle it with Disney+. Today, it was revealed that Disney+ users in the US will soon be able to do the same The thing if they have an ESPN+ subscription.
B The latest quarterly financial resultsDisney announced that an ESPN+ title will be added to the US Disney+ app sometime in late 2024. Disney says those users will be able to stream “select games and live studio shows” from ESPN+. No word yet on the specific content that will be available on the Disney+ app.
First step to bring ESPN to @DisneyPlus Looking ahead to the launch of a standalone ESPN streaming service in the fall of 2025
By the end of this calendar year, an ESPN tile will be added to Disney+📺 pic.twitter.com/355e0umStj
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) May 7, 2024
Disney has already announced that it plans to team up with Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch a new sports streaming service in late 2024. The currently unnamed service will combine all content shown on ESPN, Fox Sports and TNT Networks. Disney also plans to launch a standalone ESPN streaming service with all content from its cable networks in late 2025.
in today’s Disney’s fiscal second quarter 2024 financial presentationthe company revealed that it added nearly 8 million more Disney+ subscribers in the US and Canada. It now has a total of 117.6 million subscribers worldwide.
Earlier this year, Disney announced that it would begin cracking down on people who share passwords on its streaming services. The company says it will start slowly in June and be fully operational in September. Disney has not yet announced how it plans to handle these password-sharers. It might introduce new fees to those users like Netflix did, or it might try another method to discourage them.