Venu Sports, the upcoming live sports streaming service from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, will cost $42.99 per month. The three companies say anyone who signs up for the service at launch will be able to lock in this price for one year, hinting at the potential for a price increase down the line.
Venu Sports will offer a seven-day free trial and the ability to cancel at any time. It’s expected to launch this fall, giving viewers access to numerous linear sports networks, including ESPN, ABC, Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, TNT, and others, with coverage spanning the NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, and more.
”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,” Venu Sports CEO Pete Distad says in the announcement.
Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery first announced the joint venture earlier this year. It’s meant to fill the live sports gap in the streaming space, which is becoming increasingly complex.
With streamers like Amazon’s Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, Peacock, Netflix, Max, and Paramount airing games from different leagues, cord-cutters aren’t able to get their sports in one place unless they pay for a pricier live TV streaming service like Fubo or Sling TV, both of which come with channels sports fans might not need or want. At $42.99 per month, Venu Sports could serve as a more balanced alternative than its pricier live TV streaming counterparts.
