Tag: venu sports

ESPN enters this week’s NFL Draft under its expiring rights deal, with no renewal in place and mounting competition from Amazon, Fox, YouTube, and Netflix. While insiders say it would be a “shocker” if ESPN lost the rights entirely, the…

Fubo’s Q4 revenue rose 8% to $433.8 million, while net losses per share narrowed to 2 cents. Subscribers hit 1.7 million but are expected to decline in Q1 due to a TelevisaUnivision dispute. Shares fell 20% after the report. CEO…

Fox Corporation has appointed Pete Distad as CEO of its upcoming direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service, set to launch by the end of 2025. The yet-to-be-named platform will offer content from Fox News, Fox Sports, and the Fox broadcast network, expanding…

Fox is bending over backward to insist it’s not chasing the SVOD dream—despite launching a general-interest subscription streaming service. CFO Steve Tomsic claims this isn’t a play against Netflix, Disney+, or Peacock, yet the service will bundle live sports and…

ESPN has ended talks to license Fox Sports content for its upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming app launching this fall. The move follows the collapse of the Venu Sports venture and Fox’s plan to launch its own streaming platform by late 2025,…

Skip says Fox's decision to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service is driven more by necessity than innovation. CEO Lachlan Murdoch emphasized that the service won’t include exclusive content or new rights costs, instead bundling existing sports, news, and network programming.…

While Venu Sports May Be Dead, The Wrap reflects on the challenges of bundling sports streaming and why the re-bundling era is just beginning.

Venu Sports, formerly known as "Spulu" and sometimes referred as "Clown Co" has officially been scrapped before launch. Disney's acquisition of Fubo effectively duplicated Venu’s concept, rendering the project redundant. Venu joins a long list of failed sports media ventures,…

DirecTV and Dish Network have united to challenge the recently announced Fubo-Disney pay TV merger, which effectively ended Fubo’s antitrust lawsuit against Disney over the launch of Venu Sports. Both satellite providers argue the settlement allows Disney to sidestep antitrust…

Venu Sports is nearing its official launch following a $220 million settlement between Disney, Fox, and TNT Sports with Fubo. This resolution cleared legal obstacles, including Fubo's lawsuit alleging anti-competitive practices, which delayed Venu's debut. The streaming service, a JV…