Earlier this month Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they were forming a joint venture to create a new sports-centric streaming service that would bundle together the three media giant’s content. Today, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed that this new service will be bundled with Max. Disney has already confirmed that you will be able to subscribe to this new streaming service through services like Hulu and ESPN+.
The joint venture will have its own leadership, and the three companies will each one a one-third stake in the business, which hasn’t gotten off the ground. But the streaming service will bundle together their cable channels like ESPN, FOX, Fox Sports, TNT, and TBS, as well as select other streaming content.
Because the joint venture just formed, there is no pricing information on the service, but they plan on launching it in the fall of 2024. The companies said it would be offered through a new standalone app “built from the ground up.” Now we can confirm you will also be able to subscribe to the service though Max and Disney owned streaming services. This means you will be able to watch ESPN and FS1 through the Max app if you subscribe to this sports add-on.
Warner Bros. Discovery had already put its own sports content on its Max services through the B/R Sports add-on, which continues to be free thanks to a technical issue.
“At WBD, our ambition is always to connect our leading content and brands with as many viewers as possible, and this exciting joint venture and the unparalleled combination of marquee sports rights and access to the greatest sporting events in the world allows us to do just that,” said Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
Here’s a list of the channels that you would be getting:
- ESPN
- ESPN2
- ESPNU
- SECN
- ACCN
- ESPNEWS
- ABC
- FOX
- FS1
- FS2
- BTN
- TNT
- TBS
- truTV
- ESPN+
Here’s a list of what will be available on the service:
| Pro Football | NFL | UFL |
| Basketball | NBA | WNBA |
| BASEBALL | MLB |
| HOCKEY | NHL |
| COLLEGE SPORTS | Thousands of games and events, multiple sports, across nearly two dozen conferences, including:ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, SEC | 40 NCAA Championship Events |NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Tournaments |The College Football Playoff |
| Golf | PGA Tour | PGA Championship | The Masters | TGL |
| Grand Slam Tennis | Wimbledon | US Open | Australian Open |
| CYCLING | Giro d’Italia | UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Giro Donne |
| Soccer | FIFA World Cup | U.S. SoccerNWSL | MLS | LALIGA | Bundesliga | UEFA | CONCACAF |
| Combat Sports | UFC | Top Rank |
| Auto | Formula 1 | NASCAR | 24 Hours of Le Mans |