Disney+ will start showing some live sports from ESPN this year<p>Some live sports and studio shows from <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/tag/espn/">ESPN[/url] will start appearing on <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/tag/disney%20plus/">Disney+[/url] this year. Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors on an earnings call that this follows an encouraging start for <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/hulu-on-disney-officially-launches-bringing-together-mickey-mouse-and-the-handmaids-tale-152114434.html">Hulu programming on the company's namesake streaming service[/url]. </p>
<p>"By the end of this calendar year, we will be adding an ESPN tile to Disney+, giving all US subscribers access to select live games and studio programming within the Disney+ app," <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4690169-walt-disney-company-dis-q2-2024-earnings-call-transcript" data-original-link="
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4690169-walt-disney-company-dis-q2-2024-earnings-call-transcript">Iger said[/url]. "We see this as a first step to bringing ESPN to Disney+ viewers, as we ready the launch of our <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/espns-standalone-streaming-service-will-launch-by-fall-2025-220624127.html">enhanced standalone ESPN streaming service in the fall of 2025[/url]." Iger also noted that ESPN+ subscribers will also be able to access content from that service through the new Disney+ tile, so Disney bundle subscribers will more or less have everything in one app.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Iger didn't reveal exactly what sports Disney would make available to everyone on Disney+, but made it clear that it would only bring a “modest” amount of programming over from ESPN. The company is also working with Fox Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery on another sports streaming service that's <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/espn-fox-and-warner-bros-discovery-are-launching-a-streaming-service-just-for-sports-this-fall-225050356.html">slated to arrive later this year[/url] and will include games from the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, Disney+ just had its first profitable quarter in its four and a half years of existence. The service had been expected to lose $100 million in the first three months of 2024, but it actually <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/business/media/disney-quarterly-earnings.html" data-original-link="
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/business/media/disney-quarterly-earnings.html">posted a $47 million profit[/url] — surely aided by Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert film debuting on the platform in March.</p>
<p>However, Disney's streaming business as a whole (which also includes Hulu and ESPN+) lost $18 million during the quarter. That's still a vast improvement over the $659 million that side of the business lost a year earlier as Disney edges toward overall profitability in streaming.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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