Fox introduces streaming service and 2025-26 schedule Fox Corporation made a pair of announcements on Monday regarding its upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service and the 2025-26 broadcast network season. Fox unveiled Fox One, a new streamer carrying the Fox broadcast network, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1, FS2, Fox Weather, Big Ten Network, and your local Fox affiliate, pending if they can […]
Comes after Venu collapse Just days after the planned Disney-Fox-Warner Bros. Discovery joint venture Venu fell through, one of the principals that helped bring down the effort is releasing its own “skinny bundle”. DirecTV announced Tuesday it was launching MySports, a new sports streaming service available at launch in seventeen of the top twenty markets including Chicago, and includes local […]
Dish and DirecTV objections and Fubo offering a similar package led to the demise The Venu is closed before it even opens. Despite a settlement reached in a lawsuit settled by Disney and Fubo due to the latter agreeing to sell itself to them, the joint venture between Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch a new affordable skinny […]
Paves way for new Disney-WBD-Fox joint venture to launch [Editor’s Note: This article has been updated.] In a stunning turn of events, virtual multiple video program distributor Fubo announced Monday that it agreed to terms to merge with rival Hulu + Live TV, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Just as important, it removes a key stumbling block for sports-themed […]
A change in Presidential administration toward Trump could help Venu Is the Venu-Fubo fight becoming politicized? To the surprise of some, it is. As first reported by Awful Announcing on September 28, six Republican Attorney Generals and five Republican Congressmen are filing separate friend-of-the-court briefs with Venu in their fight with Fubo over the right to exist. The Attorneys General […]
Cites antitrust issues; appeal planned A federal judge Friday afternoon temporarily blocked plans for Venu to launch later this month due to anti-trust concerns. Judge Margaret N. Garnett granted the injunction requested by vMVPD Fubo against Disney, Fox. and Warner Bros. Discovery, who formed a joint venture to launch a new sports-centered virtual streaming service. Garnett found reason to believe […]
Still on track to launch this fall After first announcing the new sports streaming service in February, Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery finally came up with a name: Venu. Not to be confused with Venmo the Internet Pay app, or Ventura, the transit card used by the CTA, Pace, and Metra, the service is still on track to launch […]
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