Disney, Warner Bros. and Fox’s Joint Sports Streaming Service Now Has a Price — How Much Will It Cost?

Dave Nemetz and Rebecca Iannucci
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Venu Sports, the combined sports streaming service from Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox, has unveiled its price ahead of a fall launch.

The joint streaming venture will kick off with an initial subscription price of $42.99 per month. A seven-day free trial will be available to all who subscribe, and users who sign up for Venu’s launch price will maintain that price for 12 months from time of sign-up, with the ability to cancel at any time.

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“With an impressive portfolio of sports programming, Venu will provide sports fans in the U.S. with a single destination for watching many of the most sought-after games and events,” Venu CEO Pete Distad said in a statement on Thursday. “We’re building Venu from the ground up for fans who want seamless access to watch the sports they love, and we will launch at a compelling price point that will appeal to the cord cutter and cord never fans currently not served by existing pay TV packages.”

An exact launch date for Venu (pronounced like “venue”) has yet to be announced, but the service is expected to arrive in tandem with the upcoming NFL season this fall.

The sports-centric platform was first announced in February and will reportedly give subscribers access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+. That would let subscribers watch live NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games, along with MMA fights, NASCAR races and many more events.

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox would each own one-third of the new venture, which will be the biggest advance yet into the streaming game for TV sports. Paramount+ and Peacock have made NFL games on CBS and NBC available for streaming, with Peacock also hosting an exclusive NFL playoff game between the Chiefs and Dolphins in January; as reported last month, Amazon will pay $1.8 billion for a package that includes the NBA’s new in-season tournament, playoff games and international rights.

But the joint streaming service has raised some eyebrows since its announcement, too. In April, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) brought a formal inquiry to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and WBD CEO David Zaslav, expressing concern that “this consolidation will result in higher prices for consumers and less-fair licensing terms for upstream sports leagues and downstream video distributors.”

Will you fork over your hard-earned money for Venu Sports? Hit the comments and let us know your gameplan.

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