Just in time for the NFL and college football seasons, ESPN will launch its flagship streaming service and app Aug. 21. The service, which will simply be called ESPN, will cost $30 as a standalone service or $36 a month if bundled with Disney+ and Hulu.

The NFL season kicks off on Sept. 4, and the first set of college games are scheduled for Aug. 23. Subscribers will receive access to all of ESPN’s live games for all sports and programming from ESPN on ABC, ESPN2 and the SEC Network.

On Wednesday, Disney-owned ESPN announced it will be acquiring the NFL Network, which includes the popular RedZone Channel and NFL Fantasy. Per the deal, ESPN will air three additional NFL games a season on NFL Network. ESPN also struck a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment for the US rights to show WrestleMania, the Royal Rumble and SummerSlam, starting in 2026.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said ESPN’s «full suite of networks and services» will be available on the streaming service. «The enhanced ESPN app will be a sports fan’s dream with key new features planned for launch, such as multiview, enhanced personalization, integration of stats, betting, fantasy sports and commerce and a personalized Sports Center,» he said.

Paolo Pescatore, founder and TMT analyst at PP Foresight, said ESPN’s streaming service launch announcement was an overall positive one. «It is essential to empower fans with a slew of choices of how they watch and engage with content,» he said. «This remains key. In the US, it is apparent that fans prefer the larger screen experience, given the push towards bigger TVs. Even so, increasingly this will be delivered via IP, either via cable, fibre, 5G or even still satellite.»

The service was originally slated to launch this fall, but Disney brought the date up, possibly to keep up with the competition. Fox Sports’ streaming service, called Fox One, will also begin Aug. 21. ESPN and Fox One will join an ever-expanding menu of sports streaming services available for all fans’ tastes.

Mike Proulx, vice president and research director at Forrester, said ESPN’s streaming service launch will provide Disney a «notable lift in revenue» after being a tad below expectations. «Disney is racing full force to sign sports rights with the company’s NFL and WWE announcements,» he said. «This is yet another signal that the latest battle in the streaming war is all about live sports programming.»

In an agreement touted by the White House, Apple is reportedly increasing its investment in US production by another $100 billion.

In an statement planned for 4:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 6, President Donald Trump is expected to announce the creation of American Manufacturing Program. It will be part of an agreement that would raise the world’s top tech company’s US production investments from $500 billion, as previously announced, to $600 billion over the next four years. 

Apple said in February that it was also planning to hire 20,000 US workers over that time period. The increase was first reported by Bloomberg and is rumored to happen at an event attended by Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Representatives for Apple and the White House didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.

Apple has been shifting the way it produces its products this year in response to steep tariffs against countries where it does manufacturing of most of its flagship products such as iPhones. 

While Apple and other major tech companies don’t make their phones in the US, some assembly of products using components made overseas can be done in the US. The company has already moved some production from China to countries including India and Vietnam to bypass tariffs and to reduce its reliance on China’s extensive manufacturing supply chains.

Smartphone makers have been facing tariffs as steep as 25 percent and Apple is trying to avoid steep price hikes on its products. Meanwhile, the company is gearing up for the launch of the iPhone 17 in September.

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