Venu Sports, the streaming joint venture of Disney-ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery, will cost $42.99 when it launches in the fall.
The price is at the top end of the streaming market, but it is consistent with Venu’s proposition to bring linear feeds of 14 sports-centric networks to consumers without a full pay-TV subscription.
Most Wall Street analysts and streaming pundits projected the price would likely be in the $40 to $50 monthly range. Fox Corp.
CEO Lachlan Murdoch has said his company sees Venu as complementary to the main pay bundle, with internal forecasts calling for 5 million subscribers in its first five years.
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