The wait is nearly over, sports fans. ESPN has officially released details about its new streaming service ESPN. Disney has been working on this new streaming product for years, and will bring it to the market ahead of the start of the 2025 college football and NFL seasons. We’ve got all the facts you need to know about the service here, including the price, free trial details, programming, and much more.

Everything you need to know about the new ESPN streaming service

What is ESPN’s new streamer called?

As mentioned above, ESPN’s new streaming service is officially named ESPN. The service had been under the working title Flagship for many months, and internally was referred to as ESPN All Access and other names, according to ESPN executives.

How much will ESPN’s new streamer cost?

The new ESPN streaming service will have two pricing options. The ESPN streamer will offer both unlimited and select plans. The unlimited option is the one that will include the full complement of ESPN cable channels (check out those details below).

ESPN unlimited plan pricing details

On its own, the ESPN unlimited plan will cost $30 per month, but — as with all things streaming from the House of Mouse — it will be available as part of the Disney Bundle. If you go all-in with the services that the company offers, it will only cost you $36 monthly. As of now, it does not appear that the ESPN streamer will come with a free trial.

The new ESPN streaming service will offer an annual plan that will cost $300 per year.

However, there is a chance to take advantage of additional savings by signing up for the service via the Disney Bundle. Cord-cutters who subscribe at launch will lock in a monthly price of $30 for all three services for a full year. That means that not only will they get the ESPN streamer at its normal rate, but they will also get Disney+ and Hulu at no additional cost.

The two entertainment-focused services included in the one-year deal will be ad-supported, but if you want to go ad-free, it will cost $45 per month.

ESPN select plan pricing details

The streamer’s select plan will effectively take the place of ESPN+. It will cost $12 per month or $120 annually on its own and will feature all of the content currently available on ESPN+. As part of a bundle, you can get it alongside ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu for $17 monthly, while going ad-free will cost $27. Keep in mind that while ESPN’s on-demand programming is ad-free, the live broadcasts are not.

When will ESPN’s new streamer launch?

For months now, Disney and ESPN have said the new streamer will launch in time for the start of college football games, as well as the beginning of the “Monday Night Football” season.

We didn’t get a specific date this week, but that target launch timeframe is still in effect.

In March 2024, reports indicated the new ESPN streaming service would cost between $25 and $30 per month. The Streamable’s expert David Satin predicted that the cost of the service would come to $25 per month initially, a forecast that is now officially borne out.

What programming will the new ESPN streaming service have?

ESPN will have live streams of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ACC Network, SEC Network, and ESPN events on ABC. Viewers will be able to watch all live sports available on these channels with a subscription, as well as shoulder programming like “SportsCenter,” “First Take,” “NFL Live,” and much more.

What features will the new ESPN streamer offer?

As far as features, Disney and ESPN executives have been teasing a highly personalized and interactive product for some time now. ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said the service will offer AI-customized versions of “SportsCenter” for every subscriber, come with ESPN Bet sports wagering features, offer a multiview, provide fantasy data, and include advanced stats so even the most diehard of sports fans will be able to find everything they’re looking for.

Will ESPN+ be shut down?

The initial release about the new ESPN streaming service did not make it clear whether or not ESPN+ would continue to exist as a separate service. However, as The Streamable has discussed, it does appear that the new platform will essentially fold the original service into the new offering.

The inclusion of the ESPN select plan seems to simply be a rebranding of ESPN+, but that has not been confirmed. The Streamable has reached out to ESPN for clarification and will update this article once a definitive answer has been received.

According to ESPN, existing ESPN+ subscribers will automatically become subscribers to ESPN’s new service, based on their current subscription level. Standalone ESPN+ subscribers will get the ESPN select plan, while subscribers to the ESPN+ through the bundle will receive the ESPN select bundle.

Will the new ESPN streaming service be available as part of the Disney Bundle?

One of the most convenient ways to get ESPN+ is through the Disney Bundle, which allows audiences to purchase subscriptions to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ for less than they would pay to sign up for each service separately.

As stated above, ESPN will be available as a new Disney Bundle offering. Unlike with some of the other options, it appears that there will only be one way to bundle the company’s services. It looks like the ESPN streaming service will be available only in a trio bundle, alongside Disney+ and Hulu. The same was always true for ESPN+, which lends some credibility to the idea that the original sports streamer might be essentially shelved.

What sports will be available on the new ESPN streamer?

ESPN will offer the NFL’s “Monday Night Football,” live NBA and NHL regular season and playoff games, MLB games at least through the end of the 2025 season and Wild Card round, college football and basketball, and a huge selection of other sports that can be found on the ESPN family of linear channels.

Will you get the new ESPN streamer free with a pay-TV plan?

Yes. Select DIRECTV customers will get ESPN included in their subscription at no extra cost, as stipulated by the carriage deal between the two sides in 2024. In addition, Spectrum TV Select Signature subscribers will also be able to log into and use the new service without paying an additional fee.