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Some live sports and studio shows from ESPN will start appearing on Disney this year. Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors on an earnings call that this follows an encouraging start for Hulu programming on the company's namesake streaming service.
"By the end of this calendar year, we will be adding an ESPN tile to Disney , giving all US subscribers access to select live games and studio programming within the Disney app," Iger said. "We see this as a first step to bringing ESPN to Disney viewers, as we ready the launch of our enhanced standalone ESPN streaming service in the fall of 2025." Iger also noted that ESPN subscribers will also be able to access content from that service through the new Disney tile, so Disney bundle subscribers will more or less have everything in one app.
Iger didn't reveal exactly what sports Disney would make available to everyone on Disney , but made it clear that it would only bring a "modest" amount of programming over from ESPN. The company is also working with Fox Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery on another sports streaming service that's
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