ESPN has announced that they will be launching their standalone sports streaming service, called ESPN+, later this month on April 12th. For $4.99 per month and without needing a traditional cable subscription, customers will have access to live coverage of MLB, NHL, MLS, colleges sports, boxing, PGA golf, tennis and more.
It’s unclear at this point if the service will be available on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick devices. On mobile devices, ESPN will be offering the ESPN+ content through their existing ESPN app, instead of releasing a separate dedicated app for the new service. Fire TV devices currently have access to a WatchESPN app, however it is unlikely the new ESPN+ service will be accessible through that app.
We’ll have to wait and see, come April 12th, if ESPN releases new dedicated ESPN+ apps for streaming boxes or not.
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MLB is the only sport I follow, so this will be a blessing if it’s available on Fire TV. I still have a Roku that I never use, so I’ll subscribe even if it’s Roku only.
MLB.tv when it goes on sale will serve you better.
Even at full price MLB.tv is a decent deal for a fan of the game (as opposed to fans of just one or two specific teams).
It works out to less than $0.75 a day for access to every single game all season long.
With ESPN you get, what? four games a week? And no control over which game to watch.
My only quibble with MLB.tv is that I wish the subscription included a livestream of the TV channel. For now I’m getting by with the free CBS Sports app which has sort of adequate coverage but forces me to watch irrelevancies about otherso-called sports. ;)
I posted last year to Elias’ article:
http://www.aftvnews.com/mlb-at-bat-app-arrives-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick/
MLB.tv is available. Free season for t-mobile peeps!
Ends tonight @ midnight EST. Get on it!
https://t-mobiletuesdays.com/share/mlb0327o1
Saves me $100 a year.
Go Red Sox!
Why is it unlikely that the TV version of Watch ESPN won’t have the new service?
Because the WatchESPN app on mobile will not have the service. Only the ESPN app.
I think it’ll be too confusing if you have to use different apps based on which device you’re on. If a new ESPN app is not released for Fire TV on April 12th, I think it’s more likely that they’ll make it a mobile-only service at launch and then slowly release new dedicated ESPN apps for various TV devices.
You’ll be able to stream the new service through ESPN’s website, so if there’s no Fire TV app at launch, you might be able to use the Silk Browser or Firefox in the meantime.
I missed the ESPN app part. I don’t think I actually even have it installed. Thanks.
Hopefully it streams better than WatchESPN. That service buffers constantly and is practically unwatchable at times. I would definitely subscribe if it includes all their channels (SEC Network) and the stream quality is good.
I don’t see any mention of NFL. The only reason I would use this would be for Monday nights during football season.
“you don’t get access to the main ESPN cable channel, or in fact any cable channel at all.”
“Instead, what you get is the right to stream, through the ESPN app, an inconsistent piecemeal mix of some games from a bunch of different sports, subject to regional blackouts.”
https://nypost.com/2018/04/03/espn-is-actually-espn-minus-the-main-channel-and-all-of-your-local-games/
There’s going to be a lot of people who continue to be disappointed by ESPN.
I hope it is available on the firestick