Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs After the surprise demise of Venu Sports last week, DirecTV is launching a similar streaming service called MySports priced at $70 per month. The new service will offer “40 leading sports and broadcast channels” from Disney (which has ABC and ESPN), Fox (Fox and Fox Sports 1), NBC Universal (NBC and USA Network) and Warner Bros. Discovery (TBS, TNT and TruTV).The inclusion of NBC Universal is notable as the company wasn’t expected to be part of Venu Sports’ offering. In addition to airing Sunday Night Football and college sports, NBC will also be one of the new homes of the NBA starting with the upcoming 2025-26 basketball season.At present, CBS isn’t included in the bundle, though DirecTV tells CNET that it is “in discussions” with the channel. There are no regional sports networks in in MySports either, so those looking for those channels will need to step up to one of DirecTV’s pricier plans. Our picks for the best live TV streaming servicesChannels from the major leagues themselves — such as the NFL Network, NBA TV, MLB Network and NHL Network — will be part of the package, as will a handful of college sports-focused channels like the ACC Network, Big Ten Network and SEC Network. DirecTV says it plans to add “additional networks, local stations and ESPN Plus” to MySports “at no extra cost in the near future.” Like DirectTV Stream, MySports is streaming only, and customers don’t need to have a satellite to access the service. The company says the service will extend to satellite users at a later date. You can access the service through the DirecTV app, which is available on a number of platforms, including iOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV and Roku. As part of a launch promotion, the company is offering a “risk-free” five-day trial as a well as $20 per month offer for the first three months (which would bring the monthly rate down to $50 per month for those months). There are no contracts for MySports and users can cancel or restart their subscription as they please. DirecTV will launch the new package in 24 “major metro regions” with New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area receiving all three broadcast networks at launch. Customers in the other 19 markets will have some local stations, but it will vary with DirecTV planning to expand the offerings to include local channels as it works out deals with the respective local affiliates. The company says it plans to expand to new markets as it signs deals with more local stations. Beyond the sports-focused channels from the major networks, MySports will have channels that aren’t normally associated with athletics. This includes news stations like CNBC, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. There also is support for 4K as well as unlimited cloud DVR. Picking up where Venu Sports left off Venu SportsDisney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery made waves last year when they announced the sports streaming service Venu Sports. That service was designed to bring the cable channels from all three companies (including ESPN, ABC, Fox, TNT and TBS) into a smaller package that wouldn’t cost as much as a larger TV bundle from cable, satellite or streaming services like YouTube TV, Hulu Plus Live TV, Fubo, Sling TV or DirecTV. The first 12 months of the service were going to cost $43 per month, a major discount from the likes of cable and even YouTube TV, which now runs $83 per month. Given that it currently lacks CBS, the original version of MySports seems a bit like Sling TV’s Orange and Blue bundle, which normally runs around $66 per month in areas that include local feeds of ABC, Fox and NBC plus ESPN, TNT and TBS. After litigation from Fubo delayed the launch of Venu Sports, the three media companies announced last week they would no longer be pursuing the launch of the service. That announcement came after Disney and Fubo revealed that it had settled all litigation and that Fubo would merge with Disney’s Hulu Plus Live service. At $70 per month (after the initial discount), the new DirecTV MySports package could be a compelling alternative, especially as it offers a variety of non-sports focused channels like TNT, TBS, USA Network and the major news channels. As part of the Disney deal, Fubo will also be able to launch its own sports-focused streaming packages in the future with Disney’s channels.
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