Posted on 2/26/126 by Bob Magee
Jake Sherman of CNBC reported this morning that beginning
today, Xfinity will enable ESPN Unlimited plan
authentication to eligible Xfinity TV customers, unlocking
access to exclusive streaming content on the ESPN App,
including WWE Elimination Chamber this weekend.
When WWE PLEs switched from Peacock to ESPN Unlimited in the
United States in September, it was only available free to a
couple of cable and streaming providers. Most cable and
streaming partners added the service as part of
subscriptions since September with Wrestlepalooza, but two
of the popular streaming services remained without into the
New Year, Xfinity and YouTube TV.
That number of major providers without ESPN Unlimited is now
down to one, and it'll apparently remain that way until
fall.
That was outlined in a blog earlier in February, when
YouTube posted announcing new streaming plans, and said that
ESPN Unlimited will be coming in Fall 2026, meaning that
fans who subscribe and want to watch WWE PLEs, including
Wrestlemania and Summerslam still have to shell out an
additional $29.99 for the next several months to get ESPN
Unlimited. YouTube is launching a dedicated Sports Plan,
among others, for $64.99 a month which will include FS1, NBC
Sports Network, all of the ESPN networks, and eventually,
ESPN Unlimited.