Venu Sports announces debut pricing

Venu Sports, the sports streaming joint venture between ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, has announced its debut pricing.

The streamer, which is set to debut later in 2024, will cost $42.99 per month at launch.

Subscribers will get access to the linear feeds of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network, ESPNews, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, TNT, TBS and truTV. ESPN+ is also included. 

Users will be able to try out the service for a week for free. Venu said the $42.99 monthly rate will be guaranteed for at least 12 months from launch, which is an indication that price is likely a promotion and prices could increase later. 

It’s also possible the service could offer more tiers in the future.

$42.99 is priced below other ways to get the same channels, such as vMPVDs Fubo and Sling TV, but those packages, priced in the $60 to $80 per month range, offer more channels than just the ESPN-Fox-WBD ones (they are essentially cable TV packages).

Venu Sports will include:

• Live games and event coverage of the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, WNBA, NCAA Division I football and basketball, U.S. and international soccer, combat sports, Grand Slam tennis, championship golf, INDYCAR, NASCAR and F1 auto racing, and more.
• Iconic Sports Studio Shows and Pre and Post Game Programming with ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” “First Take,” “Get Up!,” “College GameDay” and “The Pat McAfee Show,” Fox’s “NFL Sunday,” “The Herd with Colin Cowherd,” “First Things First,” and TNT’s “Inside the NBA” and more.
• Robust library of on-demand sports content with programming that celebrates sports culture and fandom, including ESPN’s 30 for 30 library, ESPN+ Originals, ESPN Films, documentary programming from Fox Sports Films and more.

Additional details about the key sports properties with live games and events to be offered by Venu include:

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• Championship golf: Year-round coverage of professional golf with select rounds from the Masters Tournament, extensive coverage of the PGA Championship and PGA Tour Live, which brings golf fans more than 4,300 hours of live coverage from 35 tournaments a year.
• College sports: Thousands of games and events across multiple sports from the biggest college conferences, including SEC, ACC, the Big East, Big Ten and Big 12, with extensive coverage of NCAA Football, including the College Football Playoffs, along with NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball, including March Madness.
• Combat sports: A robust slate of boxing and MMA fight coverage throughout the year, including events from UFC, Top Rank Boxing, PFL, and Bellator.
• Grand Slam tennis: Complete coverage of all four of the annual Grand Slam tournaments, including the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open.
• MLB: Comprehensive coverage with over 700 games throughout the regular season, along with postseason National League and American League Series coverage, in addition to full coverage of the World Series.*
• Motorsports: Coverage throughout the season of the biggest auto racing events, including all NTT INDYCAR SERIES races, NASCAR’s Daytona 500 and Championship Race, and all Formula 1 events.
• NBA: Extensive coverage of the NBA with 165 regular season games, plus postseason coverage with playoff games, conference finals, and the NBA Finals, along with access to the biggest studio shows, including Inside the NBA from TNT Sports, along with ESPN’s NBA Today and NBA Countdown.*
• NFL: Broad NFL coverage provided by ESPN/ABC and FOX, with over 120 regular season, Wild Card and Divisional round playoff games, the NFC Championship game,Super Bowl LIX in February 2025, and Super Bowl LXI in February 2027.* Venu will also have ESPN’s Emmy Award-Winning Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli, along with FOX NFL Kickoff and FOX NFL Sunday.
• NHL: Extensive coverage of the NHL 2024-25 season with over 1,200 regular season games and all postseason playoff games, All-Star Game, and Stanley Cup Finals, with access to NHL studio programming, including NHL on TNT Face Off and ESPN’s NHL studio show, “The Point.”
• U.S. and International Soccer: Home for extensive men’s and women’s soccer coverage with some of the biggest leagues and tournaments worldwide, including the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, FA Cup, CONMEBOL Copa América, and MLS Cup Championship, along with MLS and NWSL regular season and playoff game coverage, in addition to Bundesliga, Eredivisie, and LALIGA coverage.
• WNBA: Regular season coverage of the WNBA and full postseason coverage with every playoff game.
• UFL: Complete coverage of the United Football League, which just wrapped its inaugural season broadcast across FOX Sports and ESPN and Disney properties.

Venu will also offer the world’s biggest cycling events, every game of the Premiere Lacrosse League, coverage of Major League Rugby, all three of horse racing’s Triple Crown events, and more.