DirecTV has stitched together a skinny bundle of sports channels, targeted at people who want to watch live sports without paying for a broad TV package.
Launching Tuesday, DirecTV MySports initially includes 40 sports and broadcast channels and is available in 24 metro areas, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area. The MySports package will normally be priced at $69.99 per month. Customers who sign up online for the package before Feb. 28, 2025, are eligible to receive MySports for $49.99 per month for the first three months. The company also is offering a free five-day trial of DirecTV MySports.
MySports is priced well under DirecTV’s Entertainment and Sports Pack entry-level streaming package, which is regularly $101.98/month. The service launches just days after Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they were scrapping Venu Sports, the companies’ joint venture that had been planning to offer a sports-centric streaming bundle for $42.99 per month.
DirecTV secured distribution rights for the MySports channels through agreements with media companies including Disney, Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal. The package also includes networks from each of the major U.S. sports leagues — NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB — and major collegiate conferences. Currently, the package does not include Paramount Global’s CBS; DirecTV is in talks to add the broadcaster to the mix.
DirecTV said the launch of MySports will be followed by additional genre options in 2025 with packages geared around kids and family programming and entertainment networks. DirecTV had referenced plans to roll out genre-based tiers when it inked a new deal with Disney last September.
“The introduction of MySports from DirecTV delivers consumers greater choice, flexibility and control to select the type of content they want to watch at the right value,” DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow said. “This is the first of several genre-based options we plan to launch over the coming months on our path towards a brighter TV future for consumers.”
National sports channels available at launch through DirecTV MySports include: ACC Network, Big Ten Network, DirecTV 4K Live, DirecTV 4K Live 2, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Golf Channel, MLB Network, NBA TV, NFL Network, NHL Network, SEC Network, TBS, TNT, TruTV and USA Network. Broadcast channels will initially include any local stations owned and operated by ABC, Fox and NBC. Additional networks, local stations and ESPN+ will be included in MySports at “no extra cost in the near future,” according to DirecTV.
DirecTV has more details about MySports at this link, including initial launch markets.
Those in 24 major metro regions, like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose), will have access to local ABC, Fox and NBC stations starting this week. Customers in metro areas including Houston, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Gainesville, Fla., Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa, Miami, Boston, New Haven, Conn., and San Diego will receive at least some of their local ABC, NBC or Fox stations (in cities where the network owns the local station outlet). Those in other markets will get their local stations as affiliates opt in.
Users can stream MySports through the DirecTV mobile app and via platforms including Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV. The service will also include game-time notifications and an unlimited cloud-based DVR.
In addition, as with all DirecTV packages, MySports customers will also have access to the MyFree DirecTV ad-supported sports channels, which includes ACC Digital Network, Big 12, Fight Network, Fuel TV, Origin Sports, Pickleball TV, Players TV, Sports Grid, Stadium Stream, Surfer TV, Swerve Combat, T2, The Jim Rome Show, TNA, Torque by History, Waypoint TV and Women’s Sports Network.
