Independent ESPN and app to launch August 21

In time for the football season of the American Football Association, ESPN will launch the leading broadcast service and its application on August 21. The service, which will simply be called ESPN, will cost $ 30 as an independent service or $ 36 a month Disney+ and Holo.

The American Football Association season begins on September 4, and the first group of college games is scheduled for August 23. Subscribers will get access to all ESPN games for all ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN2 and SEC network.

On Wednesday, Disney -owned ESPN announced that it will get a NFL network, which includes the famous Redzone channel and NFL Fantasy. In the deal, Espn will make three additional games in the American Football Association for the American Football Association. ESPN also concluded a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment for US Rights to show Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble and Summerslam, starting in 2026.

The CEO of Disney Bob Eugeger said that the ESPN network will be available in the broadcast service. He said: “The improved ESPN application will be a dream of admirers of sports with the main new features planned, such as Multiview, improvement, statistics integration, betting, fictional sports and trade and a dedicated sports center.”

Paolo Pescatore, founder and analysis TMT in PP PoresightThe announcement of the launch of the ESPN broadcasting service was a comprehensive positive. “It is necessary to enable fans to choose how to watch them and interact with the content,” he said. “This is still a key. In the United States, it is clear that fans prefer to try the larger screen, given the push towards the larger TVs. However, this will be increasingly delivered via IP, either by cable, fiber, 5G or even satellite.”

The service was originally launched this fall, but Disney raised history, perhaps to keep up with competition. The Fox Sports flow service, called Fox One, will start on August 21. ESPN and Fox One will join Sports list Broadcasting services are available to all fans’ tastes.

Mike Broles, Vice President and Research Director at Forster, said that the launch of the ESPN broadcast service will provide Disney “remarkable revenues” after it was a boy less than expectations. “Disney is fully racing to sign sports rights with NFL and WWE ads,” he said. “This is another indication that the last battle in the broadcasting war revolves around live sports programming.”