Venu is done. Here's how Fox, Disney and WBD plan to go it alone in sports streaming
Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery disbanded their efforts to launch Venu, a joint sports streaming service.
Fox Names Pete Distad CEO Of New Streaming Platform, Exec Segues From Chief Of Shuttered Venu Sports
Fox has tapped Peter Distad as CEO of its recently announced direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Distad, who served as an ...
Fox Hires Peter Distad, Previously Head of Ill-Fated Venu Sports, as CEO of Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Service
Pete Distad has a new gig after the shutdown of sports-streaming joint venture Venu Sports. Fox Corp. has hired Distad as CEO ...
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Elizabeth Warren Asks DoJ to ‘Closely Scrutinize’ Disney’s Acquisition of Fubo Over Antitrust Concerns
Venu Sports was supposed to launch at $42.99 per month last fall, but Fubo’s preliminary injunction blocked that from happening. The streamer would’ve featured programming from 15 sports ...
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Warner Bros. Discovery Drops Plan for Max Sports Tier
B/R Sports on Max boasts more than 1,700 live games and events each year from the NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA, NASCAR and tennis's ...
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After Venu Sports: ESPN Bets Streaming Alone As 'Sports Destination'
Rich Greenfield, media analyst of LightShed Partners, believes Disney needs to hit the ground running -- but also to make up ground because of the demise of Venu Sports as a "destination" for ...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says streaming sports will only get more expensive as Disney buys up the competition
Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked the Justice Department to "closely scrutinize" Disney's deal with Fubo TV.
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Disney-Fubo Deal Raises Antitrust Concerns, Senator Says (EXCLUSIVE)
A few days later, Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery dropped their plans to launch Venu Sports, a combined streaming service. In a letter to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, Warren argued that ...