ESPN App Is Raising Prices
The ESPN app, which turned a year old last week, is set to raise its rates.
As of Sept. 17, 2026, an ESPN Select subscription will increase $1 per month from $12.99 to $13.99, or from $129.99 annually to $139.99; an ESPN Unlimited subscription will increase $2 per month from $29.99 to $31.99, or from $299.99 per year to $319.99.
This is the first pricing increase since the new ESPN app, known simply as “ESPN,” launched in August 2025 . ESPN+ launched way back in April 2018. In the streaming business, that is a legit “way back.”
ESPN+ does not feature a live stream of the linear ESPN network — subscribers get ancillary and library programming, not key programming like ESPN’s Monday Night Football . The ESPN (Unlimited) app has all of the cable channels, including the SEC and ACC networks, and everything from ESPN+.
ESPN itself, the cable channel, launched in 1979. Just last week its founder, Bill Rasmussen, died following a battle with Parkinson’s Disease . The Hollywood Reporter ‘s appreciation can be read here .
There was a time before the (new) ESPN app where Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery were going to team up to launch an all-sports streamer called Venu. It never got off the ground .
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