Unable to activate ESPN+ on Apple TV

My Apple TV will not let me watch ESPN+ I have logged in and was sent an email, my computer says it was successful, however my Apple TV never refreshes and will not play any content. I saw on here where people were having the same issue back in 2020-21, but there was never a resolution posted. Anyone have a resolution that worked?

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Posted on Apr 15, 2023 7:28 AM

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Apr 15, 2023 7:56 AM in response to kbaard

Do you have an Apple TV box on which you have installed this ESPN app?

Did you subscribe with ESPN+/Disney directly, or did you start the subscription in-app on an Apple device, with payments through Apple? If subscribed in-app on an Apple device, and then trying to watch on a different Apple device, then you may need to do a “Restore Purchases”, to “load” to the subscription from the active Apple ID account. If subscribed in-app on an Apple device, then the subscription may not be available on third party devices. If subscribed through ESPN+/Disney directly, then you would need to sign in with your ESPN+/Disney account.

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