Disney’s “trio” bundle of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ is now up and running under a single roof at Disney+.
As signaled last month, the addition of ESPN+ took effect this morning, giving subscribers to select live sporting events and library and studio fare via a branded ESPN tile on the home screen. The integration follows that of Hulu earlier this year.
In a Zoom briefing with reporters, executives said initial sports programming due to be featured on the home page of Disney+ will include NBA and WNBA games, Australian Open tennis and studio shows like Pardon the Interruption. The effort to cross-pollinate sports and entertainment programming offers a preview of a more ambitious undertaking slated for fall 2025: the planned launch of ESPN’s “flagship” streaming service. (It, too, is slated to get real estate on Disney+.)
The move comes a bit more than five years after
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