Disney is contemplating spending more cash on home sports activities rights because it prepares to launch ESPN on its streaming app in direct competitors to Foxtel, the subscription broadcaster being acquired by Dazn.
From March 26, the NBA, Main League Baseball, NHL and UFC Struggle Night time will seem on Disney+, which has an estimated 3.1 million subscribers in Australia. It won’t price current customers extra, and Australia would be the first English-language market exterior the US so as to add ESPN.
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