Disney shuts down ESPN3 channel across all platforms

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Disney Abruptly Shuts Down ESPN3, Moves Programing to ESPN Unlimited & Other Services | Cord Cutters News

In a surprising move that has left sports fans scrambling, Disney has quietly discontinued its long-standing ESPN3 streaming platform, folding its content into other ESPN-branded services such as the newly enhanced ESPN Unlimited. The shutdown took effect on December 2,, catching many...

cordcuttersnews.com

Disney shuts down ESPN3 channel across all platforms

Disney and ESPN have officially discontinued ESPN3, which has ceased operations and is no longer available on any live TV streaming service, or in any linear pay-TV package.

www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

Woah one had thought Disney would shut down their channels as part of the move to protect Hulu and Disney+ apps. It turns out ESPN3 shuts down and move its content around the Disney owned platforms.

The content from ESPN3 has “been dispersed” across the digital and linear ESPN collection of platforms. Viewers will now find its content “on ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC, or on digital services like ESPN+ or the ESPN Unlimited direct-to-consumer offering through the ESPN app.” Disney began informing distributors that it would be “shutting down ESPN3 and moving its content to other channels and services in November.”

 

[Don CT]

No surprise really. They stopped marketing ESPN 3 a longtime ago.

 

[Megatron]

I didn't know ESPN3 was still around I thought it was shutdown years ago I remeber it when it was called ESPN360 before it became ESPN3.