United States: ESPN+ (OTT) has 24.9 million subscribers as of 31/12/2022 (+600,000 in 3 months)

ESPN+, an OTT sports platform launched in the USA on 12/04/2018, has 24.9 million subscribers as of 31/12/2022, an increase of 600,000 subscribers since 01/10/2022, according to quarterly results published by The Walt Disney Company, parent company of the ESPN sports pay-TV package, on 08/02/2023.

The platform has been available at a price of $9.99 (€9.29) per month since 23/08/2022, compared to $6.99 (€6.50) previously. Disney+, the group's other OTT platform launched on 12/11/2019, alone had 161.8 million subscribers worldwide as of 31/12/2022 (-2.4 million subscribers since 01/10/2022).

The Walt Disney Company posted revenues of $23.51bn (€21.88bn) in the first quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, compared to $21.82bn (€20.3bn) over the same period in 2022.

• ESPN+ broadcasts American college football, UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship and a number of football competitions in the USA (see below).
  
  • ESPN's premium rights (NBA National Basketball Association, the North American professional basketball league and NFL National Football League, the professional league of…