Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it is adding reside sports to its Max streaming service for US shoppers, beginning on October 5th. The new add-on price tag tier, identified as Bleacher Report (B/R) Sports, will permit viewers to access simulcast streams of preferred sports events which includes NBA, NHL, NCAA, and US Soccer games. Initially, reside sports programming will be obtainable at no additional price to subscribers till the promotional period ends on February 29th. Following that, the sports package will price $ten per month and can be added to any Max subscription strategy in the US.

Below the WBD Sports umbrella, BR Sports will launch with the MLB’s National League Division Series on October 7th, as properly as season openers for the NBA and NHL. The platform will also function more content material from the Bleacher Report brand, such as reside coverage, Television shows like Inside the NBA, on-demand videos, and international events like 24 Hours of Le Mans. Even though fans can nevertheless watch TNT, TBS, and TruTV for their favored teams or documentaries, the BR Sports tier will broadcast more than 300 games, which includes March Madness, as they come about reside.

In the course of an April virtual press occasion for Max, CEO David Zaslav hinted at the addition of reside sports programming, emphasizing Warner Bros. Discovery’s strength in sports and news content material. He expressed the company’s intention to leverage this essential and distinctive reside content material to additional develop their streaming business enterprise.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s current portfolio of sports brands, which includes TNT Sports, Eurosport, International Cycling Network (GCN), and Discovery itself, has positioned them properly for launching reside streams in the streaming industry. Zaslav cited the company’s good results with linear and streaming formats in the UK by means of BT Sport and expressed optimism about expanding into other regions, seeing important possibilities for sports in the streaming space.