Tag: venu sports

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…

Fubo and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have resumed preliminary discussions about a new carriage agreement that could bring WBD-owned channels like TBS, TNT, and TruTV back to Fubo for the first time since 2020. This follows Fubo's recent deal with…

Disney has announced plans to merge its Hulu + Live TV service with Fubo, creating the second-largest live TV streaming platform in the U.S., behind YouTube TV. The merger resolves Fubo’s lawsuit against Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery over…

Fubo TV has won an early motion in its antitrust lawsuit against Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros Discovery over the formation of Venu Sports. A judge denied the defendants’ attempts to dismiss the case or move parts of it, with…

The DOJ and 16 state attorneys general are backing Fubo TV in its antitrust lawsuit against Venu Sports, arguing for a temporary injunction blocking Venu’s launch. Fubo claims Venu Sports, backed by Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros Discovery, would harm…

Fast Company explores why sports streaming remains unsolved and increasingly fragmented. While traditional pay TV retains most sports content, frustrating fans with high costs and complex bundling, tech giants like Amazon, Apple, and Netflix are moving into exclusive sports deals…