{"id":587107,"date":"2026-09-01T17:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/587107\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:38:11","slug":"espn-unlimited-now-available-on-youtube-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/587107\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Unlimited Now Available on YouTube TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/espn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_espn\" data-tag=\"espn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> Unlimited content is now available directly on <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/youtube-tv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_youtube-tv\" data-tag=\"youtube-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube TV<\/a>, giving the streaming service\u2019s subscribers access to thousands of additional live sporting events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYouTube TV\u2019s addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/espn-unlimited\/\" id=\"auto-tag_espn-unlimited\" data-tag=\"espn-unlimited\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN Unlimited<\/a> comes under <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/youtube-tv-disney-blackout-deal-renewal-espn-abc-1236567658\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the deal struck between Google and Disney reached in November 2025<\/a>, after a two-week blackout of Disney-owned networks on YouTube TV. Other pay-TV providers offer customers access to ESPN Unlimited, including Disney\u2019s Hulu + Live TV and Fubo TV, DirecTV, Charter\u2019s Spectrum TV, Verizon FiOS, U-verse, Cox and Comcast Xfinity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe addition of ESPN Unlimited to YouTube TV comes as the Disney-owned sports giant is raising the prices of its stand-alone streaming plans: As of Sept. 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/espn-streaming-price-increase-espn-unlimited-1236841594\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the\u00a0price of ESPN Unlimited is increasing from $29.99 to $31.99\/month<\/a>, with price hikes across its other plans as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tESPN Unlimited, in addition to everything on the ESPN and ESPN2 linear networks, includes programming from ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, SECN, SECN+, ACCN, and ACCNX plus thousands of additional live sporting events per year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUsers subscribed to the main YouTube TV plan (priced at $82.99 per month), or any plan that includes sports, can now catch all the action from ESPN such as the U.S. Open tennis, NCAA College Football, PGA Tour golf, WWE Premium Live Events, LaLiga, and out-of-market NHL games. They\u2019ll also get access to studio shows such as \u201cThe Rich Eisen Show,\u201d ESPN originals and films, and the complete ESPN \u201c30 for 30\u201d documentary library. Features like unlimited DVR, key plays, scores and stats and multiview will also be available with ESPN Unlimited content, all within the YouTube TV app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs part of the launch, YouTube TV is enhancing its menu to make it easier for viewers to find ESPN content. The live guide now shows three rows of currently airing live events from ESPN Unlimited, along with a dedicated network row for further browsing. When a game has multiple feeds, fans will now have the choice between options for different languages, home and away feeds, and alternate camera angles, all clearly labeled in our updated station picker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn addition, YouTube TV\u2019s Fantasy View feature now supports ESPN Fantasy Football. ESPN Fantasy Football users can link their ESPN account through YouTube TV settings ahead of the upcoming NFL season to track their fantasy teams during live NFL games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN Unlimited content is now available directly on YouTube TV, giving the streaming service\u2019s subscribers access to thousands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,12484,284870,111,139,69,437,14831],"class_list":["post-587107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-espn","tag-espn-unlimited","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv","tag-youtube-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}