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Disney+ will start showing some live sports from ESPN this year

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"By the end of this calendar year, we will be adding an ESPN tile to Disney+, giving all US subscribers access to select live games and studio programming within the Disney+ app,"."We see this as a first step to bringing ESPN to Disney+ viewers, as we ready the launch of our." Iger also noted that ESPN+ subscribers will also be able to access content from that service through the new Disney+ tile, so Disney bundle subscribers will more or less have everything in one app.

Iger didn't reveal exactly what sports Disney would make available to everyone on Disney+, but made it clear that it would only bring a “modest” amount of programming over from ESPN. The company is also working with Fox Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery on another sports streaming service that'sMeanwhile, Disney+ just had its first profitable quarter in its four and a half years of existence.

 

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