43%. That is the amount of the price hike that ESPN+ will getting next month. The sports giant will rise from $6.99 per month or $70 a year to $9.99 or $100 a year. Outrageous? Perhaps on the surface, but diving in more might say that they were underpriced for golf fans.
Before 2022, PGA Tour Live was a service that offered extended coverage of events. The migration to ESPN+ included far more golf than was offered by NBC previously in either their stand alone app or the NBC Sports streaming outlet. With ESPN+ providing over 4,000 hours for fans to catch both exclusive and concurrently running live feeds.
The price change does not impact the price of the Disney Bundle, the company said. ESPN says ESPN+’s new higher price points still compare favorably to other sports streaming services like DAZN or Bally Sports+, which are currently right around $20 each.
Are you an ESPN+ Subscriber? Does this price hike make you consider changing or leaving the service?
I would venture a guess that we do see a hike there at some point in the near future. While Disney doesnt have to pay a ton of rights deals like ESPN for TV, the subscriber growth is undeniable and at some point it will hit $20 for the package.
It seems its before the change, luckily…
I mainly use it for UFC. I like the golf access too though
Might change my mind when it bills at 100
Cell bill and storage have gone up $10 each in the last month. It’s not a lot but it all adds up…
Bro-in-law recommends I dump the storage and keep stuff at his place…hmmm.
I may try an mvno for cell service, although I fear the porting number fiasco that could arise…
I guess I should probably look into it.
I’m already in on the Disney Bundle. Will be watching this closely.
Same here.
Make that 3 of us!
My understanding is the Disney Bundle really is now cheapest way to get ESPN+? If I just had ESPN+ and not hulu + Disney+, this really isn’t worth it to me. When they raise the bundle price, I’ll probably end up dropping it
Disney bundle went up in price already a few months back.
Bundle decision made easy, either way.
With that said, it’s verging on useless Saturday/Sunday afternoons, which could be improved a lot. Even if the featured coverage is just a couple guys near the top I’m good with that – but it’s a throwaway experience to watch on ESPN+ instead of cable on the weekend.
So true, right?
Experts said this going in. That while everybody thinks they want a la carte, the minute you see the costs its going to get pricey. ESPN has always been the most expensive and will continue to be by a large margin. But now mainstream antenna networks, that have always been free, are charging for their apps such as Paramount, Peacock, etc.
This. I was shocked at the amount of college lacrosse they have.
For those of us with kids playing lacrosse in college or just lacrosse junkies it is awesome.
Due to the price increase, I’m not interested. I wasn’t interested before but I’m really not interested now.
And it seems like Paramount is going to start ditching some of their shows and cable and show them exclusively through their service. When we moved we decided to try streaming and it sucked without the live TV packages which are basically the same cost as cable. It’s fine now but it’s annoying trying to scroll through 4 different apps in order to find something to watch
I would probably drop netflix at that point. This bundle gives us a ton of value
I was thinking the same thing when I saw the conversation pop up. Hopefully it stays free as part of our Verizon plan.
I was on the original Deal with Disney+ and one price for a three-year subscription was 169 total. That is coming up and I added the bundle.