Disney CEO announces plans to launch ESPN streaming service
By Keith Farner
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Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday during the company’s earnings call announced a new streaming sports service coming next year called ESPN Plus.
Iger said on the call that “direct-to-consumer” streaming services were his highest priority for 2018.
The app will be based on a redesigned ESPN app that will allow users to view highlights, stream ESPN programming and subscribe to thousands of additional live sporting events. Iger said it’s a “one-of-a-kind” product with “more live sports than you can get on any channel, site or app.”
It reportedly will debut ahead of the company’s plans for its ad-free Disney streaming service, which Iger said is coming in late 2019, The Wrap reported.
Iger said that pricing for the app will be announced next year.
New ESPN streaming service will launch in spring and be called ESPN Plus, says Disney CEO Bob Iger
— Ben Fritz (@benfritz) November 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/sarafischer/status/928741363113439232
ESPN's not-ESPN streaming service will be called ESPN Plus. Iger says coming in spring. Company had previously been aiming for late March; don't know if that's pushed back further.
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) November 9, 2017
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
