Ready to watch your favorite sports live on your phone? We are too!
Disney just released pricing for the new ESPN streaming service for their new app launching this fall.
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Ready to watch your favorite sports live on your phone? We are too!
Disney just released pricing for the new ESPN streaming service for their new app launching this fall.
With all four theme parks and the many resorts on Disney World property, ESPN Wide World of Sports is often unrecognized.
Mickey at ESPN Wide World of Sports
The Wide World of Sports isn’t really a stop guests make when visiting Disney World. ESPN is a place for athletes and fans of all ages, accommodating 70 different sports. The complex features a 9,500-seat stadium, a one-of-a-kind indoor arena, 2 field houses, multiple professional-level fields, and more. Having this place at Disney World just gives you an even better experience both on and off the field.
Heads up Disney streaming service subscribers! A couple of long in-the-works rule changes are being fully enforced today, March 24th, across Disney’s streaming platforms, including Disney+ and Hulu.
These changes to the terms of service have actually been live for new subscribers since January 27th, and legacy subscribers have had the option to opt into them through a pop-up window since then. If they didn’t, the changes automatically take effect today, March 24th.
A new exclusive version of ESPN’s flagship program SportsCenter is coming to Disney+!
In late February 2025, Disney announced that SC+ would be debuting on the streaming service on Monday, March 3rd. According to Disney’s release, the fast-paced update will highlight “each day’s top sports moments, stories, insights and exclusive commentary in a more concise and streamlined format.”
Disney+ is updating its subscriber agreement soon; here’s how the change might affect your subscription.
The changes to the subscriber agreement took effect on January 27th, 2025, for new subscribers and will be effective beginning March 24th, 2025, for current subscribers (unless you acknowledge an in-app notice prior).
Disney+ has a commercial teed up to air during the Super Bowl!
This year’s ad focuses on the company’s three major streaming platforms — Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ — featuring anchor franchises and programming from all three. As per AdWeek, a 30-second cut of the spot will air during the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl LIX, sometime near the end of the first quarter or beginning of the second, depending on gameplay’s effect on ad-break placement times. A minute-long cut is currently available on YouTube and other social platforms.
Disney may have canceled Venu, a sports streaming service, before it even launched, but Disney is still moving forward with its ESPN direct-to-consumer streaming service.
Previously, Disney had announced a sports-related streaming service called Venu, which was ultimately scrapped in early 2025 (after Disney agreed to buy a 70% stake in Fubo — a smaller streaming service that relies heavily on sports content). But during Disney’s 2025 Q1 earnings call, they shared more information about their hopes for the new ESPN service.
Disney’s collection of streaming services — including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ – – have combined to reach over 157 million ad-supported users globally.
Rita Ferro, the company’s President of Global Advertising, shared the numbers at the 5th annual Tech and Data Showcase at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). According to Ferro, over the past 6 months, the company’s streamers have reached 157 million ad-supported monthly active users globally, including 112 million domestically in the United States.
Disney has been working hard to expand ESPN and to seamlessly provide consumers with sports content.
A direct-to-consumer sports streaming platform has been discussed at length, and CEO Bob Iger continues to look for ways to bring us better sports entertainment. One of the most talked about ways of doing that has been the addition of the ESPN tile to Disney+. This tile would act similarly to the Hulu tile, which was recently added. This makes it easy for subscribers to access all their content in one location. Well, after talking about this coming service for a while now, it has officially launched!
Disney is about to do something NEW for Christmas this year!
During Disney’s most recent earnings call, CEO Bob Iger spoke highly about the value of live sports, especially to advertisers. He also discussed the upcoming ESPN+ tile coming to Disney+ and the potential for AI-powered enhancements that may allow Disney to create “personalized” versions of SportsCenter. With all that, it should come as no surprise that Disney has now announced another technologically-advanced sports initiative. And it’s happening soon.