Culture news A sports Netflix is coming very soon and its offer will simply be unbeatable
Sports galore, that’s what ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. will soon be offering. Discovery via a new exclusive service in the United States.
Attention sports fans, long-time competitors that are ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery are joining forces to carry out a new joint project, however exclusive to the United States for the moment: the launch of a sports streaming service planned for this fall. This should include all sports broadcast networks belonging to these mentioned entities as well as ESPN+. The offer will therefore be colossal in the sector, RMC Sport recalling that by combining their programs, these companies now have “a large part of the rights to the major American championships, as well as Formula 1, the Football World Cup, three of the four major tennis tournaments, and the PGA professional golf circuit.”
The platform will be owned by a newly created company that will have formed its own management team while Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery will each be entitled to a third of the shares, so no one will be jealous. For the moment, the information is quite scant: no name has yet been released for this service, and prices are also yet to be known. However, we know that future subscribers will be entitled to a dedicated application and will be able to associate the service with other existing platforms, in particular those of Dinsey +, Max and Hulu.
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch a joint sports streaming service this fall, giving consumers a new way to access marquee live sports for the first time, the companies say. https://t.co/MrZrRoXyof
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 7, 2024
A project in validation
This VOD service with no other equivalent in the world can be considered as the new Netflix of sport, unfortunately only planned for the United States. Note that the alliance was announced on Tuesday and must still be approved by American regulatory authorities., but that it probably already shakes the competition. Until now, American sports consumers were forced to subscribe to several different platforms to enjoy their favorite disciplines.
“The launch of this new sports streaming service is an important moment for Disney and ESPN, a major victory for sports fans and an important step forward for the media industry. This means that the full lineup of ESPN channels will be offered to consumers in addition to sports programming from other industry leaders as part of a sports-focused service. » – Bob Iger, CEO of Disney