Hey, do you want to pay too? more money And one more thing Streaming services? You’re in luck: Venu, the joint sports streaming service from Disney (ESPN), Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, has officially set its pricing and announced its planned launch date.
It will cost $42.99 a month and is expected to launch in the fall, though no exact date has been set yet. That’s a tall order, considering that, at least on face value, it’s much more expensive than other streaming services. But sports and live rights are big business, and it’s one of the few things you can watch on TV with schedule access. So, generally speaking, sports is what gets people to pay for it.
Venu’s goal seems to be to capture younger customers who love sports but don’t want to pay for a cable package (incidentally, Venue is pronounced Venue, which is incorrect).
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“We’re building Venu from the ground up for fans who want a seamless experience watching their favorite sports, and we’re launching with a compelling price point that will appeal to cord-cutters and cord-never fans not served by existing pay-TV packages,” Venu CEO Pete Distad said in a statement.
So what can you watch on Venu? You can watch all sports from ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+. Press releases and almost every news article will say the service will include the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA and NASCAR, as well as college sports, golf, tennis and soccer.
But the big problem here is the NFL, because it far The most popular channels on American TV, ESPN and Fox, are on board. Proper Venu has a ton of NFL programming, but if you’re an NFL completist like most American sports fans, Venu alone won’t be enough. NBC, CBS, Amazon, and NFL Network also broadcast a significant number of NFL games, so if you want to watch every single game, you’ll need to pay for another streaming service or a YouTube TV/cable subscription.
So no matter what decision is made, watching sports will continue to be expensive.