Streaming ESPN Plus launches this spring for $4.99

As Disney announced its quarterly earnings results today, CEO Bob Iger told CNBC that the company plans to price its standalone streaming version of ESPN at $ 4.99 per month. We’ve already heard that ESPN Plus will include “10,000 live regional, national, and international games and events a year” including MLB, NHL and MLS action, and Iger said it will arrive along with a relaunch of the ESPN app this spring. The idea is to reach out to cord-cutters and cord-nevers, hoping they’re into some sports you normally wouldn’t catch on its cable broadcasts as well its original content like the 30 for 30 documentaries.

When it launches, ESPN Plus will only be the beginning of Disney’s streaming push, before its Disney-branded service launches in 2019. During the call, Iger said Disney is developing “a few” Star Wars series for its new setup, and that it’s close to revealing at least one of the projects.

Disney CEO: Young people are subscribing to traditional, cheaper cable packages from CNBC.

Source: CNBC

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