Disney will add an ESPN tile to Disney+ on December 4, giving subscribers to its “trio” streaming bundle access to ESPN+ content when they are on Disney+.
The move, which was signaled by the company last spring, follows a similar initiative with Hulu earlier this year. It precedes the arrival of ESPN’s “flagship” streaming service, which will include the full suite of live programming from all ESPN networks. The projected date of that launch remains early fall of 2025.
While subscribers to the “trio” package combining Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will see the most benefit from the tile addition, Disney says it plans to make “select” ESPN programming available to all Disney+ subscribers.
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CEO Bob Iger and CFO Hugh Johnston revealed the date of the ESPN tile addition in their executive commentary about the company’s fiscal fourth quarter. Earlier
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