DirecTV announces it will launch a skinny bundle of channels aimed at sports viewers DirecTV is launching a package aimed at viewers who watch mostly sports.
It will launch in 24 markets with those in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose) able to receive their local ABC, NBC and Fox affiliates.
The MySports bundle includes the ESPN and Fox Sports Networks, the ACC, SEC and Big Ten networks, Golf Channel, TNT, TBS, TruTV, USA Network as well as the networks from the NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB.
“We’ve been at this journey for what amounts to maybe even a little bit more than a year, trying to figure out what it is that consumers would want, what would resonate most with them, and then translating that work into negotiations with the likes of Disney, Fox, Warner Bros.
The package also includes channels available from the MyFree DirecTV ad-supported channels.
