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ESPN Aims to Launch Stand-Alone Streamer By Fall 2025
ESPN plans to launch a stand alone streaming product that will encompass its entire programming portfolio by fall of 2025
The Disney sports-media giant aims to launch a stand-alone direct-to-consumer product that would give subscribers its full portfolio of game-day content, “Sports Center,” talk shows and analysis programs by the fall of 2025, and potentially by August of that yea, ahead of the NFL season, the company’s CEO, Bob Iger, disclosed during an interview on CNBC. The timeline for the new, larger ESPN streaming hub shows Disney moving with some urgency as it seeks to claw back revenue as one-time TV subscribers migrate to broadband products. ESPN has thrived for decades on affiliate fees from cable and satellite distributors, but so-called “cord cutting” is washing away that revenue stream.
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