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ESPN, Fox Offer Streaming Sports Bundle With New Services

You can’t call it Venu, but a new offer from Disney’s ESPN and Fox Corp. aims to provide some of the scope of that scuttled streaming project that would have included sports offerings from those two companies, as well as Warner Bros Discovery.

Disney and Fox plan to offer their new streaming services — Fox One and ESPN — as a bundle in an offer that will become available October 2 and cost $39.99 a month. Both fledging broadband offers debut as stand-alone services on August 21, with ESPN seeking $29.99 a month and Fox charging $19.99 per month. Deadline previously reported the bundled offer, which does not include any of Warner Bros. Discovery’s products.

The new bundle suggests Disney and Fox seek a competitive edge as they launch similar services in the same time frame. Fox One will make available not only Fox’s NFL and Major League Baseball telecasts, but also Fox News Channel, Fox Weather, Fox Business Network, Fox’s broadcasting network and Fox’s local stations. The new ESPN stand-alone service gives subscribers access to all of ESPN’s many feeds, including its flagship cable network and its regional sports outlets.

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The two companies last year worked with Warner Bros. Discovery to bundle all three conglomerates’ sports products under a single umbrella, but were prevented from doing so by the courts. By the time the legalities were ironed out, Disney agreed to take a stake in the plaintiff, the Fubo streaming service, and fold its Hulu live-TV service into it, and others were planning similar court maneuvers.

Fox and ESPN portrayed the new offer as being in the interest of sports fans. “This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to delivering premium experiences across platforms and meeting consumers where they are – anytime, anywhere,” said Sean Breen, executive vice president of Disney Platform Distribution, in a prepared statement. Fox sees the alliance as “evidence of our desire to deliver the best possible value and viewing experience to our shared customers,” said Tony Billetter, senior vice president of strategy and business development of Fox’s direct to consumer operations, in a statement.

Disney has not been shy about using bundles to expand the potential customer base for its streaming services, which also include Hulu and Disney+. The company and Warner Bros. Discover also offer a bundle that includes Hulu, Disney+ and HBO Max.

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