Disney+ to Add Free ESPN Streaming Content Starting in December

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney has called its next streaming blitz: In a few weeks, Disney+ will add an ESPN “tile” to the streaming service — and the company will include some live sports and other ESPN shows even if you’re not an ESPN+ subscriber.

Disney+ will introduce the ESPN tile for U.S. subscribers on Dec. 4. That will provide customers who buy Disney’s three streaming products — Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ — “full access to all of the ESPN+ sports content they love while inside Disney+, similar to the experience we offer bundle subscribers with Hulu on Disney+,” Disney CEO Bob Iger and CFO Hugh Johnston said in commentary provided with the September quarterly results.

To whet the appetite of Disney+ users for sports, “We will also make select ESPN content available to all Disney+ subscribers, including certain live sports events and games, as well as studio shows, series and documentaries,” the execs said.

The integrated ESPN-on-Disney+ experience “moves us one step closer to bringing a full sports offering to Disney+ in the U.S.,” they said.