Baseball season begins today, April 7th, in the United States. It’s called “America’s Pasttime” due to its popularity in the first half of the 20th century. While it is the second most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century, it is still immensely popular. It also has a major following in Latin […]
In a surprise release, for a limited time, the ESPN series “Man in the Arena: Tom Brady” is now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, marking the show’s availability across all three services of The Disney Bundle. The series is also available on Disney+ in other countries including Australia and the United Kingdom. Starting today, Disney+ […]
Disney has announced that the ESPN app has been updated to offer support for SharePlay, which now gives subscribers in the U.S. a way to view live sports and original content completely in sync with their friends while on a FaceTime call. Now users can have SharePlay experiences with content across the entire ESPN app, […]
Disney has announced that it is launching a brand new multi-media platform called Andscape, which is dedicated to embracing and sharing the full range of Black culture and identity, as a rebranded and expanded version of The Undefeated. Andscape, is part of the ESPN portfolio and will be a content creator for The Walt Disney […]
Discovery has announced that it has entered into exclusive discussions with BT Group to create a new sport venture in the UK by combining its Eurosport business in the UK and Ireland with BT Sport. The companies aim for the 50:50 Joint Venture to be operational in 2022 pending a definite agreement and regulatory approval. […]
ESPN has announced the next installment in the Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “Shark,” on April 5. Directed by Jason Hehir (“The Last Dance”) and Thomas Odelfelt, the documentary examines the legendary career of professional golfer Greg Norman, and how it was shaped by one stunning day at the Masters Tournament in […]
In the past week, we’ve reported on several sports-related stories regarding Disney+ globally. In Indonesia, Disney+ Hotstar will be the new home of the WWE Network, kicking off later today with the debut even, the “Royal Rumble”. At the same time, it was revealed that Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand would be getting a […]
Just ahead of the Superbowl, today, Disney has surprisingly dropped three ESPN football documentaries onto Disney+ in the United States, “Deion’s Double Play”, “The Book of Manning” and “Four Falls of Buffalo”. The Book of Manning A father-and-son story written into the pages of football folklore, it can be argued that no family has had […]
Disney has announced the next instalment in the Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “The Tuck Rule,”, which is directed by Ken Rodgers (“The Two Bills,” “Al Davis vs. The NFL”) and Nick Mascolo. It will examine one of the most controversial plays in sports history, twenty years after it took place. Without […]
During last years Disney’s Investor Day event, it was announced that ESPN+ would soon be available within Hulu as it’s own portal. Making it much easier to utilise the Disney Streaming Bundle and watch ESPN+ content without leaving Hulu, as long as your an ESPN+ subscriber. Today, during the Walt Disney Companies Annual Shareholder meeting, […]
It was announced during the Walt Disney Companies Investor Day that Hulu customers will also be able to subscribe to ESPN+ within the Hulu user interface and access the ESPN+ lineup of sports programming there beginning in early 2021. So if you have the Disney Streaming Bundle with ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu, this will make […]
Comcast and The Walt Disney Company announced today that they have reached an agreement that includes the rights for Comcast to distribute the Disney+ and ESPN+ services on its Xfinity X1 and Flex platforms. “With the addition of Disney+ and ESPN+, our X1 and Flex customers will soon have the ability to easily find and […]
Disney has announced that it is putting the price up on its ESPN+ streaming platform for new customers. It will be rising from $4.99 a month, to $5.99 from August 12th. This is the first price hike for the sports streaming service in two years. The annual package won’t be increasing in price, as it […]
Disney has announced that ESPN Films is going to be making an upcoming project centred on the 1986 Mets, one of baseball’s most dominant and iconoclastic teams, whose legendary World Series comeback was merely the climax of an epic tale of ambition and swagger set in a city that was synonymous with excess. Executive produced […]
Disney has announced that a special program called, Hamilton In-Depth with Kelley Carter, that discusses and examines the groundbreaking and award-winning Broadway show with some of its creators and stars, will be coming to Disney+ on July 3rd, alongside the release of the “Hamilton”. The special will also be available at TheUndefeated.com. “The story and […]