If you’re a sports fan, there are a lot of different streaming services out there that offer different ways to watch your favorite teams, likeDirecTV MySportsorYouTube TV. With theVenu Sportsstreaming service now dead, Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to change its sports streaming plans.
“Over the last year plus, we had the opportunity to assess how users engage with sports and news on Max, and we’ve been actively involved in exploring ways to evolve the sports distribution ecosystem in the U.S. We believe that the best place for that content for now is within the Standard and Premium tiers,” said JB Perrette, CEO and President of Global Streaming and Games at WBD.
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Max will no longer offer B/R Sports to its basic subscribers
WBD was part of the Venu Sports joint venture with Disney and Fox
The B/R Sports add-on tier for Max was first revealed in 2023 and was initially going to be offered to users for $10 per month. But Max delayed the rollout of it, citing it was still finalizing “tech integrations.” The news that Max is abandoning this add-on tier isn’t entirely surprising, considering WBD has lost the U.S. rights to stream NBA games starting with the 2025/2026 season, meaning the tier would’ve had less to offer.
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