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Disney+ continues to lead the pack of new streaming services, reaching 94.9 million subscribers in the quarter ending January 2, but average revenue per user plunged 28% from year-earlier levels. The subscriber growth was at the high end of analysts’ estimates. ESPN+ is now at 12.1 million subscribers, nearly double…

A reconceived SportsNation and a half-hour show from popular opinion host Stephen A. Smith are heading to ESPN+ as the growing streaming service adds more episodes of studio fare. Both shows are slated to premiere Monday exclusively on January 11. SportsNation will hit the streaming service every weekday at 9:30AM ET…

ESPN has expanded its first “MegaCast” of Sunday’s NFL Wild Card playoff game to include streaming service ESPN+ and five Disney networks: ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, Freeform and ESPN Deportes. The Baltimore Ravens-Tennessee Titans matchup will also include a halftime performance by DJ Khaled airing exclusively on Freeform…

ESPN has reached a 10-year deal with the Southeastern Conference, a major college football power and a linchpin of its linear ratings and streaming ambitions. The Disney sports division has a decades-old relationship with the conference. Games will continue to air on ESPN and its portfolio of networks, but will also…

ESPN has begun a marketing campaign with the tagline “one app, one tap” as a way to plug its centralized digital destination. The blitz, which features TV spots and digital pieces with emerging rapper Chika, kicked off Sunday night during the American Music Awards telecast on ABC. Disney-owned ESPN is touting its app…

Disney+ reported 73.7 million subscribers as of September 30, with ESPN+ topping 10 million for the first time. The numbers were included in Disney’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings release, which showed a media giant battered by COVID-19 but one that nevertheless exceeded Wall Street’s financial forecasts. ESPN’s…

Verizon and Disney are expanding their distribution and marketing partnership to add the full Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle at no charge  for subscribers to two wireless plans. Beginning Thursday, customers who choose the “Play More Unlimited” or “Get More Unlimited” packages will get the bundle for free as part of their…

ESPN+ has secured U.S. rights to Germany’s Bundesliga, and will dispossess Fox for the right to air games from Germany’s top soccer league beginning at the start of next season, in August 2020. The multiyear deal announced earlier this week will include 300 games each season on ESPN+ and ESPN’s networks, DFL Supercup…

ESPN’s NFL PrimeTime, the sports network’s flagship NFL show almost two decades, is returning with its original hosts Chris Berman and Tom Jackson. The new incarnation of the highlights show will air on the ESPN+ streaming service beginning Sunday, returning it to screens after a 14-year absence. SportsCenter anchor…