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Softening the blow of a monthly price hike, Disney is offering subscribers to Hulu’s live TV service access to Disney+ and ESPN+ at no extra charge. Beginning on December 21, the Hulu + Live TV package will cost $5 more each month. It will go up to $70 with the ad-supported tier of Hulu’s on-demand service and $76…

Disney reported reaching 118.1 million global subscribers with its flagship streaming service Disney+ about two years after it launched. That’s just 2.1 million more than the company reported in August as of the end of its fiscal third quarter, a dramatic but not-unexpected slowdown. The company divulged the streaming…

Disney streaming service ESPN+, which has grown steadily since launching in 2018, will cost a dollar more per month starting in August. As of August 13, the cost of a subscription will go to $7 a month, from $6, mirroring a recent uptick for Disney+. A full-year subscription will now run $70, up from $60. The price…

UPDATED with latest schedules: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and ESPN+ will team to air all 51 matches of Euro 2020, the delayed UEFA European Football Championship tournament that began June 11 and runs through the final July 11 at Wembley Stadium in London. In all, the Disney networks will televise more than 140 live hours of…

Burke Magnus, who first joined ESPN in 1995, has been promoted to president of programming and original content. He will continue to report to Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and sports content. Before being upped, Magnus was EVP of programming and original content. "Burke is a talented leader and collaborative…

In a significant new integration, Comcast has added Disney+ and ESPN+ to its Xfinity pay-TV and broadband services. The two streaming services will be part of the main user interface for X1 TV customers as well as on the Flex broadband video package. As streaming has matured in recent years, Comcast has adopted a…

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…