{"id":308391,"date":"2025-08-20T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=308391"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:34:26","slug":"the-new-venu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/the-new-venu\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Venu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The old saying \u201cIf at first you don\u2019t succeed \u2026\u201d must be the mantra for media executives trying to create a streaming sports empire.<\/p>\n

It was announced that the new ESPN DTC subscription stream\u00ading service launching Aug. 21 will be available with the new Fox One SVOD service (also bowing Aug. 21) for a bundled price of $39.99 per month starting Oct. 2.<\/p>\n

ESPN DTC will offer access to all of ESPN\u2019s linear networks \u2014 ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ES\u00adPNEWS and ESPN Deportes \u2014 in addition to ESPN on ABC, ESPN+, SECN+ and ACCNX. Fox One will offer all Fox brands, including Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Weather, Fox Sports, FS1, FS2, Big Ten Net\u00adwork, Fox Deportes, Fox Local Sta\u00adtions and the Fox Network, as well as the option to bundle the Fox Nation and B1G+ subscription services.<\/p>\n

The combo comes close to match\u00ading the proposed offering of the unrealized Venu Sports digital plat\u00adform that would have combined Fox Sports, ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s TNT Sports into a sin\u00adgular subscription streaming sport platform, priced at $42.99 monthly.<\/p>\n

The concept was met with reg\u00adulatory scrutiny and an antitrust lawsuit by Fubo. Not to be deterred, Disney bought Fubu out, inking a joint venture to combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo and taking a stake in the venture. As part of the deal, the lawsuit was dropped. And Venu was dropped.<\/p>\n

But the concept of a bundled sports streaming destination is alive and well.<\/p>\n

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