Remember Discovery+ as it stands, while it clearly has a USP that no other streamer does (non fiction) it is also quite niche. I have it on a 12 month free trial (thanks Sky) and have barely watched it outside of the Olympics - the summer ones at that!
The issue will be that it’s current price point (€6.99pm for the version with sport) won’t be sustainable with BT Sport added (Sky charging €34pm for BT Sport and Premier Sports together).
As for ESPN, that content is so niche it makes Discovery+ look populist. I love watching the college football on an Autumn Saturday when I get a chance but even among American football fans on this side of the globe 95% do not look past the NFL and the other stuff is more niche still. If it does eventually leave BT I suspect a beefed up ESPN Player is probably it’s more likely home unless ESPN want to reenter the market here (assuming any non compete clause is long spent at this stage).
The issue will be that it’s current price point (€6.99pm for the version with sport) won’t be sustainable with BT Sport added (Sky charging €34pm for BT Sport and Premier Sports together).
As for ESPN, that content is so niche it makes Discovery+ look populist. I love watching the college football on an Autumn Saturday when I get a chance but even among American football fans on this side of the globe 95% do not look past the NFL and the other stuff is more niche still. If it does eventually leave BT I suspect a beefed up ESPN Player is probably it’s more likely home unless ESPN want to reenter the market here (assuming any non compete clause is long spent at this stage).