{"id":75114,"date":"2025-08-11T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75114\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:59:06","slug":"espn-and-fox-will-bundle-their-latest-streaming-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75114\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN and Fox Will Bundle Their Latest Streaming Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/espn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_espn_1\" data-tag=\"espn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/fox\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fox_1\" data-tag=\"fox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox<\/a>\u2019s previous effort at a sports-centric streaming service was a nonstarter, but the two companies are teaming up again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Disney-owned ESPN and Fox announced a plan on Monday to bundle their forthcoming direct-to-consumer offerings. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/wwe-events-espn-streaming-service-launch-date-1236338276\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN streaming service<\/a> (just called \u201cESPN\u201d) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/fox-one-streaming-price-launch-date-revealed-1236337571\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox One<\/a> will be offered as a bundle beginning Oct. 2. (Both platforms are set to go live on Aug. 21.) <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe ESPN-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/fox-one\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fox-one_1\" data-tag=\"fox-one\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox One<\/a> bundle will cost subscribers $40 per month; separately, ESPN streaming will run for $30 monthly and Fox One, $20 per month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe bundle offering comes seven months after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/venu-sports-dead-streaming-service-pulled-before-launch-1236106145\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">death of Venu<\/a>, a proposed sports-only streaming service that Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery had planned. The companies scuttled the service amid legal challenges and Disney\u2019s decision to press forward with its standalone ESPN service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe ESPN-Fox One bundle will give subscribers a wealth of sports options from the two companies, including the ESPN networks and Fox\u2019s sports networks FS1 and FS2. Fox One also includes programming from Fox News, the Fox broadcast network and its local stations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWorking with Fox One on this bundle offer allows us to bring ESPN\u2019s world-class sports content to even more fans in a seamless and innovative way,\u201d said Sean Breen, executive vp Disney Platform Distribution. \u201cThis collaboration reflects our shared commitment to delivering premium experiences across platforms and meeting consumers where they are \u2014 anytime, anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSaid Tony Billeter, senior vp strategy and business development for Fox Direct to Consumer, \u201cAnnouncing ESPN as our first bundle partner is evidence of our desire to deliver the best possible value and viewing experience to our shared customers. Viewers will have access to an incredible portfolio of content through this bundle, including NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, college football and basketball, NASCAR, Indycar, as well as the upcoming FIFA World Cup, and more as we continue to look for opportunities to streamline the user experience, especially for the ultimate sports fan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN and Fox\u2019s previous effort at a sports-centric streaming service was a nonstarter, but the two companies are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,352,6265,45213,92],"class_list":["post-75114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-espn","tag-fox","tag-fox-one","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}