Disney+ Launches New ESPN Unlimited Bundle, Special Offer Makes Hulu Free for First 12 Months

While the regular ad-supported bundle volition beryllium priced astatine $35.99, Disney+ has announced an exclusive connection for caller subscribers successful the U.S. that drops that terms to $29.99 for your archetypal 12 months. So, for a person terms to the pre-existing ESPN+ bundle, you get entree to each of the networks present included successful ESPN Unlimited.

Another mode to look astatine the connection is that you fundamentally get Disney+ and Hulu for “free,” arsenic a standalone ESPN Unlimited subscription starts astatine $29.99/month, the aforesaid terms arsenic the bundled deal.

An ad-free premium program is besides disposable astatine a whopping $44.99/month. A akin discount is applied for caller subscribers, who tin get their archetypal 12 months astatine $38.99/month. Note that ESPN Unlimited includes linear networks that inevitably person commercials, truthful the "ads question" lone applies to Hulu and Disney+.

Thankfully, you don’t person to marque your determination immediately: The connection is unrecorded until January 5, 2026.

What Is ESPN Unlimited?

ESPN Unlimited is simply a caller and peculiarly broad sports streaming subscription from ESPN. For context, the much constricted program antecedently known arsenic ESPN+ has go ESPN Select and continues to outgo $11.99/month. Subscribers to the existing Disney+ bundle with ESPN+ volition spot this alteration reflected going forward.

The main gully of the caller work is entree to ESPN's linear networks that big the NFL, CFB, NBA and WNBA, arsenic good arsenic SportsCenter, College GameDay, First Take, and much flagship sum from the media giant. These streams are successful summation to what you’d antecedently find connected ESPN+, namely ESPN originals similar the 30 for 30 library. You tin spot a afloat examination of the ESPN Select and ESPN Unlimited offerings here.

The ESPN streaming work arrives amidst large shifts successful the licensing abstraction for sports. UFC, which was antecedently disposable arsenic PPV events connected ESPN+, volition beryllium moving distant from the PPV format and onto Paramount+ aft a multi-billion dollar deal.

UFC volition beryllium exclusively connected Paramount Plus opening adjacent year. pic.twitter.com/HZZltFrvSt

For immoderate reason, it’s typically been a symptom conscionable trying to ticker a afloat play of immoderate league connected a azygous service. Here’s to hoping these large licensing moves alteration that.

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Aug 20, 2025 7:54 pm