Discovery+ is launching a new three-tier structure today, offering more choice for UK subscribers, but it comes with a price increase for those who want both entertainment and TNT Sports content.
The streaming service is now offering a dedicated sports-only option for the first time, alongside separate entertainment and combined tiers.
While existing Premium subscribers face a £36 annual increase if they want to keep watching both types of content, they can alternatively stick with just TNT Sports at their current £30.99 price point.
The combined tier now costs £33.99 per month instead of the current £30.99 (see full pricing details below).
What Is TNT Sports and Discovery+?
For those who haven’t been following the UK sports broadcasting merry-go-round, TNT Sports is the premium sports service that emerged from BT Sport’s transformation in July 2023.
Warner Bros. Discovery acquired (half of) BT’s sports business and rebranded it, creating a service that holds some of the most valuable sports rights in the UK.
TNT Sports’ lineup includes exclusive Premier League matches (particularly those coveted Saturday 12:30pm kick-offs), UEFA Champions League football, the FA Cup, MotoGP, UFC, boxing, and international cricket.
In early 2025, it also absorbed all of Eurosport’s UK content when that brand was discontinued, adding tennis Grand Slams like the Australian Open and Roland-Garros, cycling’s Grand Tours, winter sports championships, and much more.
Discovery+, meanwhile, started life as primarily an entertainment streaming service, serving up lifestyle, factual, and documentary content from Warner Bros. Discovery’s extensive network of channels like Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, and more.
When TNT Sports launched, Discovery+ became its streaming home, creating various tiers that combined entertainment and sports content.
Discovery+’s Pricing Rollercoaster
If you’re getting déjà vu about Discovery+ pricing changes, you’re not imagining things.
Originally, Discovery+ operated with just two tiers: Basic (entertainment only) and Standard (entertainment plus Eurosport content). When TNT Sports launched, Discovery+ added a third tier – Premium – which included everything from the lower tiers plus TNT Sports content, initially priced at £29.99/month.
In January 2024, that Premium tier got its first price bump, rising from £29.99 to £30.99 per month. At this point, Discovery+ had three tiers: Basic (£3.99/month), Standard (£6.99/month with Eurosport), and Premium (£30.99/month with TNT Sports).
Then came the shake-up of early 2025: Warner Bros. Discovery folded the Eurosport brand into TNT Sports entirely, eliminating the middle Standard tier completely.
This left just two options: Basic at £3.99/month for entertainment-only content, and Premium at £30.99/month for everything – creating a major price gap with nothing in between.
In February 2025 they also axed the last remaining annual subscription option, forcing all subscribers onto monthly billing and eliminating the £39.99/year Basic plan that had saved viewers nearly £8 annually.
Discovery+ July 2025 Pricing Changes
Today, Discovery+ is scrapping its Basic and Premium tiers in favour of three new options:
Discovery+ Entertainment (£3.99/month): The entertainment-only tier remains unchanged in price, offering the same lifestyle, reality, and documentary content from channels like Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet.
Discovery+ TNT Sports (£30.99/month): Here’s the big news – a dedicated sports-only tier that gives you all of TNT Sports’ content without forcing you to pay for entertainment programming you might not want.
Discovery+ TNT Sports & Entertainment (£33.99/month): The new top tier that combines everything from the other two plans. This represents a £3 monthly increase from the previous Premium tier, which cost £30.99 (but the bundle now saves you a quid per month).
The Price Increase Reality
Let’s be frank about what this means for existing Premium subscribers – you’re looking at a £36 annual price increase if you want to keep both entertainment and sports content.
That’s not insignificant, especially when streaming services across the board have been hiking prices.
However, there is a silver lining of sorts. Warner Bros. Discovery could have simply bumped everyone’s Premium subscription up by £3 and called it a day.
Instead, they’ve created an option for sports-focused viewers to stick with just TNT Sports at the current Premium price point (which kind of goes back to the roots of the old BT Sport streaming pass).
What Happens to Current Subscribers?
Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed to us that existing Premium tier subscribers will be moved automatically to the new TNT Sports & Entertainment tier at £33.99 per month, effective from their next billing date.
Email notifications have started going out to subscribers today.
Those who wish to switch to the TNT Sports-only option (at £30.99) or make any other changes can do so before their next billing date kicks in.
This means Premium subscribers have a choice: accept the £3 monthly increase to keep both entertainment and sports content, or downgrade to sports-only and maintain their current £30.99 price point.
The new three-tier structure will also be rolling out to Discovery+’s partner platforms including Sky, Virgin Media, and EE TV.
While all three tiers should become available through these providers, pricing may vary depending on each platform’s own bundling.
The Max Factor
These changes come at an interesting time, with Warner Bros. Discovery preparing to launch HBO Max in the UK in early 2026.
HBO Max will be available both as a standalone streaming platform and through a partnership deal with Sky that gives Sky and NOW customers access to the ad-supported version at no extra cost.
Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed that TNT Sports will be available as part of HBO Max when it launches, though exact pricing and bundling details are unknown at this stage.
This raises questions about how Discovery+ fits into the broader streaming strategy – will there be bundle options that combine HBO Max and Discovery+ content? Could we see packages that include HBO Max, Discovery+ Entertainment, and TNT Sports at attractive prices?
The timing of these Discovery+ changes suggests Warner Bros. Discovery is positioning their services ahead of HBO Max’s arrival.
Creating distinct sports and entertainment tiers for Discovery+ could make it easier to bundle different combinations with HBO Max when it launches, though the company hasn’t revealed their hand yet.
How to Get Discovery+ Now
Despite all the structural changes, Discovery+ remains available through the usual suspects:
- Direct subscription through Discovery+ (now with three tier options)
- Amazon Prime Video Channels
- As add-on packages through Sky, Virgin Media, or EE TV
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Eurosport was only £6.99 as I recall, and had cycling, sailing etc that I wanted to watch – minority sports. Now with them rolled up into all other sports I’m being asked to contribute to paying for big budget football, boxing etc that I’m not interested in. Not happy, like many others who follow cycling.
Don’t forget, the Discovery+ basic tier is free to Sky customers.
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-marketplace-subscribe-to-discovery-plus