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May 03, 2024

"ESPN Plus" redirects here. For the former syndication division that previously used the on-air brand "ESPN Plus", see ESPN Events. For the Latin American network formerly known as ESPN+, see ESPN 2 (Latin America). For the Brazilian channel formerly known as ESPN+, see ESPN (Brazil).

ESPN+ is an American over-the-top subscription video streaming service available in the United States, owned by the ESPN division of the Walt Disney Company, in partnership with ESPN Inc., which is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). It is one of Disney's three flagship subscription streaming brands in the United States, alongside Disney+ and Hulu, and operates using technology of Disney subsidiary BAMTech, now known as Disney Streaming and MT Digital.[3]

ESPN+
Logo used since 2018
FoundedApril 12, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-12)
Headquarters
Bristol, Connecticut
,
U.S.
Area servedUnited States
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company (80%) (ESPN Inc.)
Hearst Communications (20%) (ESPN Inc.)[1]
ParentDisney Streaming
URLplus.espn.com
Users 25.2 million (as of June 30, 2023)[2]
LaunchedApril 12, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-12)
Current statusActive

ESPN+ is marketed as an add-on to ESPN's core linear networks, with some of ESPN+'s content previously offered exclusively to cable subscribers via ESPN3 and the ESPN app. ESPN+ does not include access to these services, as they continue to only be available through television providers. Thus, some of ESPN's sports rights are not carried on ESPN+.[4][5]

Featured content on ESPN+ includes combat sports (including coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Top Rank boxing), college sports, hockey (including 75 exclusive National Hockey League games per-season and all out-of-market games), soccer, golf (including PGA Tour Live and coverage of the PGA Championship), tennis, and cricket. Major League Baseball's out-of-market sports package, also operated through BAMTech, is sold through the platform as an add-on. The service also features archive content, ESPN original documentaries, and access to premium content on ESPN.com.

History edit

In August 2016, The Walt Disney Company acquired a minority stake in BAMTech, a spin-out of MLB Advanced Media's streaming technology business, for $1 billion, with an option to acquire a majority stake in the future. It was also announced that Disney subsidiary ESPN was planning to develop an over-the-top service based on BAMTech technology as "an exploratory OTT project", drawing primarily from ESPN-owned rights for events not broadcast on television. ESPN already used BAMTech's platform for its TV Everywhere service WatchESPN. Disney CEO Bob Iger remarked that despite declines in the pay television industry due to cord-cutting, "live sports has really thrived, even in a world where there's so much more for people to do and to watch."[6][7]

In August 2017, Disney invoked its option to acquire a controlling stake in BAMTech, and announced that it planned to launch its ESPN OTT service in 2018, followed by a Disney entertainment OTT service in 2019 (thus ending its relationship with Netflix). At this time, Disney stated that the new ESPN service would draw from ESPN-owned sports rights, as well as MLB, NHL, and Major League Soccer content (although lacking major ESPN-owned rights such as the NBA and NFL), and that an accompanying redesign of the ESPN app would make it a "premier digital destination" for sports content.[8] During Disney's fourth-quarter earnings call, Iger revealed that the service would be known as ESPN+.[9] In December 2017, Disney announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox after the spin-off of certain businesses. The deal was to include the Fox Sports Networks group of regional sports networks (which Disney was ordered to divest under antitrust grounds),[10] which led to suggestions that Disney wanted to incorporate FSN's regional sports rights into the service.[11]

In February 2018, Iger stated that ESPN was aiming for a monthly price of $4.99.[4][12] ESPN+ and BAMTech were placed into the newly formed Disney business segment, Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International, on March 14, 2018.[13] On April 2, 2018, ESPN announced that ESPN+ would officially launch on April 12, 2018, and confirmed its $4.99 per-month pricing.[5]

On August 21, 2018, ESPN.com's existing subscription service ESPN Insider was discontinued and folded into ESPN+, adding its premium web content (such as exclusive beat reports, and advanced sports statistics, analytics, and fantasy sports tools) to the service. Both services shared the same monthly price, but ESPN Insider subscribers continued to receive the complimentary subscription to ESPN The Magazine that was included (until its discontinuation in September 2019),[14] and annual subscribers were grandfathered under its previous $39.99 per-year price (as opposed to $49.99 for ESPN+).[15]

On October 31, 2018, ESPN executive Russell Wolff was named executive vice president and general manager.[16] In October 2019, ESPN+ began to add pre-roll advertising to on-demand content on the service.[17] Concurrent with the launch of Disney+ on November 12, 2019, the Disney Bundle was introduced, allowing users to subscribe to ESPN+, Disney+, and the ad-supported tier of Hulu for $12.99 per-month.[3]

On October 22, 2020, it was announced that a larger amount of ESPN.com articles (primarily analysis) would become paywalled behind ESPN+. It was also announced that video simulcasts of the ESPN Radio programs The Dan Le Batard Show, Greeny, The Max Kellerman Show, and Chiney & Golic Jr., as well as Jorge Ramos y Su Banda, would be moved exclusively to ESPN+ from the ESPN networks.[18]

In March 2021, ESPN+ programming became available via the Hulu website and apps for those who are subscribed to both services, via a branded "ESPN+ on Hulu" hub.[19]

In July 2022, Disney announced that the standalone monthly price of ESPN+, which reached $6.99 per month in 2021 following two smaller increases, would jump by three dollars, or 43%, to $9.99 per month beginning in late August. Observers speculated that the increase was intended to promote uptake of the Disney Bundle, which continued at the then current $13.99 price point, while remaining competitive relative to other standalone sports streaming services.[20][21]

Following a carriage agreement with Spectrum in September 2023, ESPN+ became available to Spectrum TV Select Plus subscribers for no extra cost.[22]

Programming edit

ESPN+ initially focused on overflow content, similar to that of ESPN3 (which is distributed to subscribers of participating internet and television subscribers). Some of ESPN3's content has since moved to ESPN+.[23] It has since been incorporated more extensively into ESPN's later media rights deals. Its launch content included boxing (including Top Rank events and archive content through 2025, and includes 36 exclusive fight cards),[24] college sports events (including Ivy League events, with the conference having reached a 10-year media rights deal with ESPN prior to the service's launch),[25] coverage of Tennis Grand Slams, as well as international cricket (India national cricket team, Cricket Ireland, and New Zealand Cricket), soccer (including Major League Soccer, the United Soccer League, the U.S. Open Cup,[26] 2019 Copa America,[27] the English Football League (including Cup), Serie A,[28] Eredivisie, A-League, FFA Cup, W-League, FA Cup, and UEFA Nations League)[29] and College Rugby.[30] In October 2018, ESPN+ obtained the rights for the Swedish Allsvenskan and the Danish Superliga as well, declaring their intent to broadcast one match per week for each league.[31] In February 2021, ESPN+ obtained the rights for the Belgian Pro League, and are expected to broadcast 3 matches per week.[32]

ESPN+ features out-of-market Major League Soccer matches at no additional charge for subscribers (replacing the previous MLS Live service),[33][34] and the service held exclusive rights to all regionally televised Chicago Fire matches through 2020 (as the second MLS team, behind Los Angeles FC's deal with YouTube TV, to sell its regional rights to a streaming service).[35][36] As of the 2021–22 season, ESPN+ carries out-of-market National Hockey League games under the NHL Power Play on ESPN+ banner (replacing the previous NHL.tv service).[37][38][39] MLB.tv is also available for purchase within the ESPN+ platform, and offers daily games during their regular seasons.[5]

PGA Tour Live (which was also run by BAMTech) was included for the 2018 PGA Tour season, but moved to NBC Sports Gold in 2019.[40] ESPN+ will offer supplemental feeds during the PGA Championship beginning 2020, including during CBS broadcast windows.[41] In 2022, PGA Tour Live returned to ESPN+ as part of a new long-term deal through 2030.[42]

In March 2019, the American Athletic Conference announced a 12-year media rights deal with ESPN, under which ESPN+ will carry the majority of events not aired by ESPN's linear channels.[43][44][45] In May 2019, it was announced that ESPN+ would carry 18 World TeamTennis matches.[46] In September 2019, ESPN+ announced its acquisition of rights to Germany's Bundesliga soccer league beginning in 2020, under a six-year deal.[47]

In the 2019–20 season, ESPN+ acquired the third-tier media rights for all but two Big 12 Conference teams; these telecasts are carried under the branding Big 12 Now. The deal excluded the Oklahoma Sooners–whose third-tier rights were held by the SoonerSports.tv streaming service and Bally Sports Oklahoma, and the Texas Longhorns–who have an existing agreement with ESPN and IMG College to run Longhorn Network.[48][49]

During the 2020 Major League Baseball season's Wild Card Series round, ESPN+ aired Squeeze Play—which featured live look-ins and analysis of the seven series ESPN held rights to (in a similar manner to the ESPN Bases Loaded service it offered during the NCAA baseball tournament), as well as Statcast broadcasts of selected games.[50][51]

On March 10, 2021, ESPN re-acquired rights to the National Hockey League under a new seven-year deal beginning in the 2021–22 season. Under this contract, ESPN+ holds exclusive rights to 75 games per-season, which will also be available on Hulu, simulcast rights to all games on ABC (including the NHL All-Star Game, and the Stanley Cup Finals in selected seasons), and streams all out-of-market games.[37][38]

A week later, as part of ESPN's renewal of its rights to the NFL, ESPN+ gained simulcast rights to Monday Night Football broadcasts beginning in the 2021 NFL season. Beginning in 2022, ESPN+ will hold exclusive rights to one NFL International Series game per-season in a Sunday morning window.[52][53]

In September 2021, Disney began to wind down the U.S. version of Hotstar, a streaming service targeting Indian Americans, and migrated its content exclusively to ESPN+ and Hulu. This, in particular, includes its rights to home matches of the India national cricket team and Indian Premier League, which had been sub-licensed to ESPN+ via its sister network Star Sports.[54]

On April 8, 2022, ESPN announced a deal with the Savannah Bananas to live stream two games of their Banana Ball World Tour on April 8 and 9.[55]

In May 2022, ESPN announced its acquisition of the third-tier media rights to Oklahoma Sooners athletics; the events will be carried on ESPN+ under the "SoonerVision on ESPN+" branding, and will include one exclusive football game per-season (which had previously been distributed by Bally/Fox Sports pay-per-view). The deal will be in effect through the 2024–25 athletics season, after which the Sooners will exit the Big 12 and move to the Southeastern Conference (SEC)—whose media rights are fully-owned by ESPN.[56][57] Later that month, ESPN announced a rights agreement with the Northwoods League to stream select games of their 2022 season each day exclusively on ESPN+, along with the Northwoods League All-Star Game, the Major League Dreams Showcase, the League playoffs and Summer Collegiate World Series.[58][59]

UFC edit

In May 2018, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced new five-year digital and linear television rights deals with ESPN, effective January 2019. 20 UFC on ESPN+ Fight Night cards per-year are streamed exclusively by the service, as well as preliminaries for 10 UFC on ESPN Fight Night cards per-year. ESPN+ will also hold rights to supplemental content such as Dana White's Contender Series, archive content and PPV encores, and offer sales of UFC Fight Pass within the platform.[60][61][62] The first ESPN+ event, UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw, generated 525,000 new subscribers on the day of the event alone.[63]

On March 18, 2019, it was announced that ESPN had reached a two-year extension of its contract with the UFC. Beginning with UFC 236, ESPN+ became the exclusive U.S. distributor of all UFC pay-per-view events for residential customers; they are no longer sold through television providers, and viewers must have an ESPN+ subscription in order to buy them.[64]

Professional sports edit

Cricket edit

Association football edit

United States

Mexico

Europe

Spain

England

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Belgium

Auto racing edit

  • Formula One (Eighteen races on ESPN+, including the Miami Grand Prix, U.S. Grand Prix, and Las Vegas Grand Prix as of 2023)[67]

Baseball edit

Football edit

Basketball edit

Combat sports edit

  • Ultimate Fighting Championship
    • All UFC pay-per-view events (requires additional purchase)
    • 20 exclusive ESPN+ Fight Night cards per-year
    • Preliminaries for 10 ESPN Fight Night cards per-year
    • Archive and supplemental content
  • Top Rank boxing (through 2025)[24]
    • 12 exclusive primetime cards per-year
    • 24 exclusive international cards per-year
    • Preliminaries for 18 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN cards per-year
    • Archive and supplemental content
  • Professional Fighters League

Esports edit

Golf edit

  • Masters Tournament
    • Masters Live supplemental feeds
    • Masters Tournament official films library on-demand
  • PGA Championship
    • Supplemental feeds.
    • PGA Championship official films library on-demand
  • PGA Tour
    • PGA Tour Live supplemental coverage.

Ice hockey edit

Lacrosse edit

Tennis edit

College sports edit

American football edit

Basketball edit

Baseball edit

Original programming edit

ESPN+ also carries ESPN original programming and documentaries, such as the 30 for 30 franchise (with some premiering on ESPN+ prior to their premiere on ESPN), and exclusive original series and studio programs:[4][5]

Other programming edit

ESPN+ for Business edit

In January 2021, Joe Hand Promotions began offering a commercial subscription of ESPN+ for Business, a version of ESPN+ that offers limited live sports content via DirecTV to commercial establishments.[87][88] In 2023, the commercial service was expanded to include college sports.[89][90]

See also edit

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Communications 20 ESPN Inc 1 ParentDisney StreamingURLplus wbr espn wbr comUsers25 2 million as of June 30 2023 update 2 LaunchedApril 12 2018 6 years ago 2018 04 12 Current statusActive ESPN is marketed as an add on to ESPN s core linear networks with some of ESPN s content previously offered exclusively to cable subscribers via ESPN3 and the ESPN app ESPN does not include access to these services as they continue to only be available through television providers Thus some of ESPN s sports rights are not carried on ESPN 4 5 Featured content on ESPN includes combat sports including coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Top Rank boxing college sports hockey including 75 exclusive National Hockey League games per season and all out of market games soccer golf including PGA Tour Live and coverage of the PGA Championship tennis and cricket Major League Baseball s out of market sports package also operated through BAMTech is sold through the platform as an add on The service also features archive content ESPN original documentaries and access to premium content on ESPN com Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2 1 UFC 2 2 Professional sports 2 2 1 Cricket 2 2 2 Association football 2 2 3 Auto racing 2 2 4 Baseball 2 2 5 Football 2 2 6 Basketball 2 2 7 Combat sports 2 2 8 Esports 2 2 9 Golf 2 2 10 Ice hockey 2 2 11 Lacrosse 2 2 12 Tennis 2 3 College sports 2 3 1 American football 2 3 2 Basketball 2 3 3 Baseball 2 4 Original programming 2 5 Other programming 3 ESPN for Business 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editIn August 2016 The Walt Disney Company acquired a minority stake in BAMTech a spin out of MLB Advanced Media s streaming technology business for 1 billion with an option to acquire a majority stake in the future It was also announced that Disney subsidiary ESPN was planning to develop an over the top service based on BAMTech technology as an exploratory OTT project drawing primarily from ESPN owned rights for events not broadcast on television ESPN already used BAMTech s platform for its TV Everywhere service WatchESPN Disney CEO Bob Iger remarked that despite declines in the pay television industry due to cord cutting live sports has really thrived even in a world where there s so much more for people to do and to watch 6 7 In August 2017 Disney invoked its option to acquire a controlling stake in BAMTech and announced that it planned to launch its ESPN OTT service in 2018 followed by a Disney entertainment OTT service in 2019 thus ending its relationship with Netflix At this time Disney stated that the new ESPN service would draw from ESPN owned sports rights as well as MLB NHL and Major League Soccer content although lacking major ESPN owned rights such as the NBA and NFL and that an accompanying redesign of the ESPN app would make it a premier digital destination for sports content 8 During Disney s fourth quarter earnings call Iger revealed that the service would be known as ESPN 9 In December 2017 Disney announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox after the spin off of certain businesses The deal was to include the Fox Sports Networks group of regional sports networks which Disney was ordered to divest under antitrust grounds 10 which led to suggestions that Disney wanted to incorporate FSN s regional sports rights into the service 11 In February 2018 Iger stated that ESPN was aiming for a monthly price of 4 99 4 12 ESPN and BAMTech were placed into the newly formed Disney business segment Disney Direct to Consumer and International on March 14 2018 13 On April 2 2018 ESPN announced that ESPN would officially launch on April 12 2018 and confirmed its 4 99 per month pricing 5 On August 21 2018 ESPN com s existing subscription service ESPN Insider was discontinued and folded into ESPN adding its premium web content such as exclusive beat reports and advanced sports statistics analytics and fantasy sports tools to the service Both services shared the same monthly price but ESPN Insider subscribers continued to receive the complimentary subscription to ESPN The Magazine that was included until its discontinuation in September 2019 14 and annual subscribers were grandfathered under its previous 39 99 per year price as opposed to 49 99 for ESPN 15 On October 31 2018 ESPN executive Russell Wolff was named executive vice president and general manager 16 In October 2019 ESPN began to add pre roll advertising to on demand content on the service 17 Concurrent with the launch of Disney on November 12 2019 the Disney Bundle was introduced allowing users to subscribe to ESPN Disney and the ad supported tier of Hulu for 12 99 per month 3 On October 22 2020 it was announced that a larger amount of ESPN com articles primarily analysis would become paywalled behind ESPN It was also announced that video simulcasts of the ESPN Radio programs The Dan Le Batard Show Greeny The Max Kellerman Show and Chiney amp Golic Jr as well as Jorge Ramos y Su Banda would be moved exclusively to ESPN from the ESPN networks 18 In March 2021 ESPN programming became available via the Hulu website and apps for those who are subscribed to both services via a branded ESPN on Hulu hub 19 In July 2022 Disney announced that the standalone monthly price of ESPN which reached 6 99 per month in 2021 following two smaller increases would jump by three dollars or 43 to 9 99 per month beginning in late August Observers speculated that the increase was intended to promote uptake of the Disney Bundle which continued at the then current 13 99 price point while remaining competitive relative to other standalone sports streaming services 20 21 Following a carriage agreement with Spectrum in September 2023 ESPN became available to Spectrum TV Select Plus subscribers for no extra cost 22 Programming editESPN initially focused on overflow content similar to that of ESPN3 which is distributed to subscribers of participating internet and television subscribers Some of ESPN3 s content has since moved to ESPN 23 It has since been incorporated more extensively into ESPN s later media rights deals Its launch content included boxing including Top Rank events and archive content through 2025 and includes 36 exclusive fight cards 24 college sports events including Ivy League events with the conference having reached a 10 year media rights deal with ESPN prior to the service s launch 25 coverage of Tennis Grand Slams as well as international cricket India national cricket team Cricket Ireland and New Zealand Cricket soccer including Major League Soccer the United Soccer League the U S Open Cup 26 2019 Copa America 27 the English Football League including Cup Serie A 28 Eredivisie A League FFA Cup W League FA Cup and UEFA Nations League 29 and College Rugby 30 In October 2018 ESPN obtained the rights for the Swedish Allsvenskan and the Danish Superliga as well declaring their intent to broadcast one match per week for each league 31 In February 2021 ESPN obtained the rights for the Belgian Pro League and are expected to broadcast 3 matches per week 32 ESPN features out of market Major League Soccer matches at no additional charge for subscribers replacing the previous MLS Live service 33 34 and the service held exclusive rights to all regionally televised Chicago Fire matches through 2020 as the second MLS team behind Los Angeles FC s deal with YouTube TV to sell its regional rights to a streaming service 35 36 As of the 2021 22 season ESPN carries out of market National Hockey League games under the NHL Power Play on ESPN banner replacing the previous NHL tv service 37 38 39 MLB tv is also available for purchase within the ESPN platform and offers daily games during their regular seasons 5 PGA Tour Live which was also run by BAMTech was included for the 2018 PGA Tour season but moved to NBC Sports Gold in 2019 40 ESPN will offer supplemental feeds during the PGA Championship beginning 2020 including during CBS broadcast windows 41 In 2022 PGA Tour Live returned to ESPN as part of a new long term deal through 2030 42 In March 2019 the American Athletic Conference announced a 12 year media rights deal with ESPN under which ESPN will carry the majority of events not aired by ESPN s linear channels 43 44 45 In May 2019 it was announced that ESPN would carry 18 World TeamTennis matches 46 In September 2019 ESPN announced its acquisition of rights to Germany s Bundesliga soccer league beginning in 2020 under a six year deal 47 In the 2019 20 season ESPN acquired the third tier media rights for all but two Big 12 Conference teams these telecasts are carried under the branding Big 12 Now The deal excluded the Oklahoma Sooners whose third tier rights were held by the SoonerSports tv streaming service and Bally Sports Oklahoma and the Texas Longhorns who have an existing agreement with ESPN and IMG College to run Longhorn Network 48 49 During the 2020 Major League Baseball season s Wild Card Series round ESPN aired Squeeze Play which featured live look ins and analysis of the seven series ESPN held rights to in a similar manner to the ESPN Bases Loaded service it offered during the NCAA baseball tournament as well as Statcast broadcasts of selected games 50 51 On March 10 2021 ESPN re acquired rights to the National Hockey League under a new seven year deal beginning in the 2021 22 season Under this contract ESPN holds exclusive rights to 75 games per season which will also be available on Hulu simulcast rights to all games on ABC including the NHL All Star Game and the Stanley Cup Finals in selected seasons and streams all out of market games 37 38 A week later as part of ESPN s renewal of its rights to the NFL ESPN gained simulcast rights to Monday Night Football broadcasts beginning in the 2021 NFL season Beginning in 2022 ESPN will hold exclusive rights to one NFL International Series game per season in a Sunday morning window 52 53 In September 2021 Disney began to wind down the U S version of Hotstar a streaming service targeting Indian Americans and migrated its content exclusively to ESPN and Hulu This in particular includes its rights to home matches of the India national cricket team and Indian Premier League which had been sub licensed to ESPN via its sister network Star Sports 54 On April 8 2022 ESPN announced a deal with the Savannah Bananas to live stream two games of their Banana Ball World Tour on April 8 and 9 55 In May 2022 ESPN announced its acquisition of the third tier media rights to Oklahoma Sooners athletics the events will be carried on ESPN under the SoonerVision on ESPN branding and will include one exclusive football game per season which had previously been distributed by Bally Fox Sports pay per view The deal will be in effect through the 2024 25 athletics season after which the Sooners will exit the Big 12 and move to the Southeastern Conference SEC whose media rights are fully owned by ESPN 56 57 Later that month ESPN announced a rights agreement with the Northwoods League to stream select games of their 2022 season each day exclusively on ESPN along with the Northwoods League All Star Game the Major League Dreams Showcase the League playoffs and Summer Collegiate World Series 58 59 UFC edit In May 2018 the Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC announced new five year digital and linear television rights deals with ESPN effective January 2019 20 UFC on ESPN Fight Night cards per year are streamed exclusively by the service as well as preliminaries for 10 UFC on ESPN Fight Night cards per year ESPN will also hold rights to supplemental content such as Dana White s Contender Series archive content and PPV encores and offer sales of UFC Fight Pass within the platform 60 61 62 The first ESPN event UFC Fight Night Cejudo vs Dillashaw generated 525 000 new subscribers on the day of the event alone 63 On March 18 2019 it was announced that ESPN had reached a two year extension of its contract with the UFC Beginning with UFC 236 ESPN became the exclusive U S distributor of all UFC pay per view events for residential customers they are no longer sold through television providers and viewers must have an ESPN subscription in order to buy them 64 Professional sports edit Cricket edit National teams India national cricket team BCCI Hindi and English rights sublicensed from Star Sports a sister network owned by Disney s Indian subsidiary Disney Star 54 West Indies national cricket team New Zealand national cricket team home match rights until 2026 65 ICC events including the 2021 ICC Men s T20 World Cup and 2022 Women s Cricket World Cup 66 T20 leagues New Zealand s Super Smash 65 Association football edit United States USL Championship USL League One NCAA soccer Mexico Liga MX Liga MX Femenil EuropeSpain La Liga Segunda Division Copa del Rey Supercopa de Espana Copa De La Renia Supercopa de Espana Femenina England EFL Championship EFL League One EFL League Two FA Cup EFL Cup FA Community Shield Women s FA Cup Women s FA Community Shield EFL Trophy Germany Bundesliga 2 Bundesliga DFB Pokal DFL Supercup Netherlands Eredivisie Sweden Allsvenskan Belgium Belgian First Division A Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup Auto racing edit Formula One Eighteen races on ESPN including the Miami Grand Prix U S Grand Prix and Las Vegas Grand Prix as of 2023 67 Baseball edit Major League Baseball One daily non exclusive game during the regular season blackout restrictions apply Football edit National Football League 52 53 Simulcasts of all Monday Night Football games aired on ABC and select ESPN games including the Manningcast in select weeks One exclusive NFL International Series game per season United Football League Simulcast of all UFL games carried on ABC ESPN or ESPN2 Basketball edit National Basketball Association Simulcasts of select games aired on ESPN and or ABC including the NBA in Stephen A s World alternate broadcast FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA Women s Basketball World Cup Combat sports edit Ultimate Fighting Championship All UFC pay per view events requires additional purchase 20 exclusive ESPN Fight Night cards per year Preliminaries for 10 ESPN Fight Night cards per year Archive and supplemental content Top Rank boxing through 2025 24 12 exclusive primetime cards per year 24 exclusive international cards per year Preliminaries for 18 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN cards per year Archive and supplemental content Professional Fighters League Esports edit League Championship Series Golf edit Masters Tournament Masters Live supplemental feeds Masters Tournament official films library on demand PGA Championship Supplemental feeds PGA Championship official films library on demand PGA Tour PGA Tour Live supplemental coverage Ice hockey edit National Hockey League 37 38 Up to 75 exclusive regular season games per season Games are also available on Hulu Simulcasts of all games aired by ABC including ABC Hockey Saturday and the Stanley Cup Finals and select ESPN games including Opening Night All out of market games and on demand replays of all nationally televised games under the NHL Power Play on ESPN branding Ice Hockey World Championships Kontinental Hockey League 68 Premier Hockey Federation Hockey East Lacrosse edit World Lacrosse Championship National Lacrosse League Premier Lacrosse League 69 Tennis edit U S Open Australian Open Wimbledon World TeamTennis College sports edit American football edit American Athletic Conference Events not carried on ESPN linear networks Atlantic Coast Conference Events carried on ACCNX are also carried on ESPN Big 12 Conference Third tier media rights to most Big 12 teams under either the Big 12 Now or SoonerVision on ESPN branding excluding the Texas Longhorns whose rights are to Longhorn Network owned by ESPN Big Sky Conference Big South Conference Ivy League Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Mid American Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference Conference USA Ohio Valley Conference Patriot League Southeastern Conference Events carried on SECN are also carried on ESPN Southern Conference Southland Conference Sun Belt Conference Western Athletic Conference Basketball edit American Athletic Conference America East Conference Atlantic 10 Conference ASUN Conference Big 12 Conference Big Sky Conference Big South Conference Big West Conference Horizon League Ivy League Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Mid American Conference Missouri Valley Conference Conference USA Ohio Valley Conference Patriot League Southern Conference Southland Conference Sun Belt Conference West Coast Conference Western Athletic Conference Baseball edit Northwoods League Original programming edit ESPN also carries ESPN original programming and documentaries such as the 30 for 30 franchise with some premiering on ESPN prior to their premiere on ESPN and exclusive original series and studio programs 4 5 Detail A franchise of programs featuring analysis of sports by associated players The initial basketball version of the series was hosted and produced by Kobe Bryant 70 until his death in January 2020 In October 2018 ESPN announced that Peyton Manning would host an NFL version of the program 71 On June 29 2019 ESPN announced a mixed martial arts version of the program hosted by Daniel Cormier 72 Golden State Warriors head coach and former Chicago Bulls player Steve Kerr along with former Bulls coach Phil Jackson hosted special episodes focused on the Michael Jordan led Bulls dynasty in the 1990s as a tie in for the ESPN documentary miniseries The Last Dance 73 ESPN FC A studio program focusing on soccer it moved from airing on the networks to exclusively being on ESPN 29 In The Crease a daily NHL highlight and discussion show hosted by Linda Cohn 74 Quest for the Stanley Cup A documentary series following the Stanley Cup playoffs moved from Showtime 74 Last Train to Russia A documentary series previewing the 2018 FIFA World Cup 75 76 77 Year One A documentary series following the 2017 2018 NBA Rookie Class featuring Jayson Tatum Ben Simmons and Donovan Mitchell MLS Rewind A weekly recap of Major League Soccer action hosted by Taylor Twellman and featuring analysis from Alejandro Moreno I ll Take That Bet A series focusing on sports betting in conjunction with The Action Network 78 Ariel and the Bad Guy A weekly mixed martial arts discussion show hosted by Ariel Helwani and Chael Sonnen The Fantasy Show A fantasy football analysis show hosted by Matthew Berry Originally aired on ESPN2 in its first season Always Late with Katie Nolan A late night talk show inspired series hosted by Katie Nolan serving as a successor to her previous Fox Sports 1 program Garbage Time 79 The start of its second season in late September 2019 saw it carried on ESPN2 on Thursday evenings as well 80 The series was cancelled in 2020 81 Peyton s Places A documentary series hosted by former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning 82 The franchise expanded to include spin offs hosted by Eli Manning college football Abby Wambach soccer Vince Carter basketball John McEnroe tennis and Ronda Rousey combat sports NFL PrimeTime Hosted by Chris Berman and Tom Jackson a digital only version of the popular NFL highlight show that aired on ESPN for nearly 30 years The program airs live at 7 30 p m on Sunday nights during the regular season recapping the afternoon s games The show is updated with segments recapping the Sunday and Monday night games after their completion which are respectively hosted by Scott Van Pelt Steve Levy and previously Joe Tessitore 83 84 Miles to Go a documentary series following Les Miles coach of the Kansas Jayhawks football team 85 Futbol Americas A breakdown and analysis of soccer from a North American perspective with highlights from North American leagues mostly MLS Liga MX and NWSL as well as national teams CONCACAF competitions and North American players playing abroad in Europe Hosted by Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez with new episodes every Monday and Thursday 86 Other programming edit In the 2019 Formula One season ESPN began to carry Sky Sports F1 s studio shows Pit Lane Live and Welcome To the Weekend ESPN for Business editIn January 2021 Joe Hand Promotions began offering a commercial subscription of ESPN for Business a version of ESPN that offers limited live sports content via DirecTV to commercial establishments 87 88 In 2023 the commercial service was expanded to include college sports 89 90 See also editList of streaming media services Disney Hulu ABC appReferences edit ESPN App and ESPN BAMTech Press release April 12 2018 Archived from the original on April 13 2019 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS EARNINGS FOR FISCAL 2023 PDF Retrieved August 12 2023 a b Alexander Julia August 6 2019 Disney announces 12 99 bundle for Disney Hulu and ESPN The Verge Retrieved August 6 2019 a b c Disney sets price for new ESPN Plus streaming service at 4 99 per month The Verge Retrieved February 7 2018 a b c d ESPN will launch on April 12th for 4 99 per month The Verge 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