 ESPN3, an online streaming service providing live streams and replays of global sports events that launched in 2005 as a separate website, was incorporated into the WatchESPN platform on August 31, 2011.Likewise, ESPN+ was launched in April 2018 as an add-on subscription for $4.99 per month.On June 1, 2019, WatchESPN was discontinued with the service's full merger into the ESPN app.