If you love sports, you want your main channels like ESPN, FS1, and your live local channels. While you can get all of those on Fubo, can you also use the service to watch ESPN+? No, actually. ESPN+ is its own service.
Why Can’t You Watch ESPN+ on Fubo?
ESPN+ is not a channel. It is a standalone streaming service like Netflix or Paramount+. You can’t add those to Fubo either.
Right now, there are just three ways to watch ESPN+.
1. Subscribe to ESPN+ Alone
You can simply start watching ESPN+ by paying the $9.99 monthly subscription fee.
Whether or not you choose Fubo is up to you.
2. Subscribe to the Disney Bundle
For just $12.99/month, you’ll get Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu on demand. By subscribing to all three, you’ll save $13/month.
3. Subscribe to Hulu Live TV
If you’d like live TV channels, you can get ESPN+ for free with a Hulu Live TV subscription.
The Fubo and Hulu Live TV are quite comparable. Hulu includes 33 of the top 35 cable channels, which tops Fubo’s 19.
Hulu offers these channels that Fubo doesn’t: A&E, Cartoon Network, CNN, Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, History, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, TBS, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, and truTV.
Fubo does offer some advantages if you need a regional sports network - it offers access to the difficult-to-stream Bally Sports Networks.
Overall, Fubo has access to 178 channels while Hulu offers 107.
Because Hulu Live TV includes free ESPN+, and TNT (NBA games) and TBS (MLB games), you’ll actually get more sports than if you stay with Fubo. Unless you need a niche channel only available on Fubo, switching to Hulu Live TV probably makes the most sense.
Unlike Fubo, Hulu Live TV includes an unlimited cloud DVR. It’s probably the best value in live TV streaming today.
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What Can You Watch on ESPN+?
Here are some of the highlights available on ESPN+:
- Exclusive NFL games
- Several dozen exclusive NHL games, along with more than 1,000 out-of-market games
- The full “30 for 30” library
- Exclusive UFC PPV events, Fight Nights, and archives of the UFC’s greatest fights
- ESPN+ originals like “Man in the Arena” with Tom Brady, “More Than An Athlete” with Michael Strahan, “Our Time - Baylor Basketball,” and more
- Daily sports talk with Greeny, Canty & Golic Jr., Jorge Ramos, and more
What Devices Can You Use to Watch ESPN+?
ESPN+ can be viewed on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, Android TV, iPhone/iPad, Android Phone/Tablet, Mac, Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, LG Smart TV, Samsung Smart TV, Sony Smart TV, and VIZIO Smart TV.
Will ESPN+ Ever Be Added to Fubo?
There is no chance of that happening unless Fubo ends up bundling it with their service. While ESPN+ was added as a menu option within Hulu Live TV, Disney owns both of those services. Since Disney doesn’t own Fubo, you won’t see ESPN+ interfacing with Fubo in any way. They are entirely separate services with separate owners.
Will the ESPN+ Sports Ever Appear on Fubo?
While ESPN+ owns their TV shows, they don’t own the live sports shown on the service. The rights for those games go up for bid every few years. If Fubo somehow outbid every other media company, they could possibly make those games exclusive to Fubo. But Fubo doesn’t have anywhere near the money needed to win out in that kind of battle.
Conclusion
If you want ESPN+, but also want to watch live sports on the other major channels, we recommend making the switch to Hulu Live TV. You’ll find nearly everything you love about Fubo, but so much more, thanks to the Disney Bundle.