Read the name with its date
Disney’s corporate reporting identifies ESPN Select as the service previously called ESPN+ through August 2025. The historical ESPN+ name remains useful for understanding older receipts, articles and programme descriptions, but it should not be treated as a complete specification of the current US offer. Begin with the plan name shown in the actual account.
Select and Unlimited cover different scopes
Disney describes Select as providing live events, on-demand sports and original programming. It separately describes Unlimited as including ESPN’s branded television networks as well as Select content. A viewer who needs a particular linear network should therefore check the named plan instead of assuming that a familiar ESPN+ label covers the full suite of channels.
The app presents more than one offer
The expanded direct-to-consumer service launched within an enhanced ESPN app in August 2025. A shared application does not erase subscription differences. Seeing a programme tile or network name is not proof that the signed-in account includes it. Review the entitlement and exact event rather than changing the device solely because a purchase prompt appears.
Keep the US product separate from UK rights
The official plan descriptions concern ESPN’s US direct-to-consumer business. They do not establish the same package in Britain, nor rights to a particular event in another territory. Check the current local broadcaster and event page when planning a UK session. Nothing in this editorial explanation supplies ESPN Select or Unlimited through a UK IPTV account.
Questions, answered
Is ESPN Select connected to the old ESPN+ name?
Disney’s reporting says ESPN Select was previously the ESPN+ service through August 2025. Use the current account plan when interpreting older references.
Does the former ESPN+ scope include every ESPN network?
No. Disney distinguishes Select from Unlimited, with the wider branded-network offer associated with Unlimited.