Streaming pay-TV operator Fubo, after its stock plunged 23%, issued a statement blasting the new sports streaming venture involving Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. Tuesday’s Disney-Fox-WBD news “has undoubtedly captured our attention,” the statement said. “Fubo has consistently championed the principle of consumer choice and we’re not surprised more sports streaming options are … Read more
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch is certain that that the company’s new sports venture with Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery will be “additive” and will not threaten Fox’s still-lucrative pay-TV business. The venture was announced Tuesday and has set media tongues wagging. The topic dominated Fox’s 30-minute quarterly earnings call, which was where Murdoch made … Read more
Disney, Fox Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up for a sports streaming venture set to launch by the end of the year. Details are still coming into focus about the service, which will pool resources among three of the biggest owners of sports rights. One aspect yet to be determined is how the … Read more
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos took a victory lap on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call about the company’s acquisition of exclusive rights to Monday Night Raw and other WWE programming. “If I could raise a single eyebrow at a time, I would lean into the camera with a single eyebrow and do my best Dwayne,” he … Read more
After insisting publicly for years that it was not dead-set on pursuing sports rights, Netflix has made a landmark deal for one of cable TV’s staples, WWE‘s Monday Night Raw. Starting in January 2025, Netflix will now be the exclusive home of Raw in the U.S., Canada, UK and Latin America. Other territories are to … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery plans to launch the paid version of its B/R Sports Add-On several months from now, a shift from the company’s initial guidance. When the sports tier carrying the Bleacher Report branding was announced last September and then went live in October, it carried no extra charge for Max subscribers. The company … Read more
The YES Network and MSG Networks have formed a streaming joint venture that could one day lead to New York Yankees and New York Knicks games being housed on a single service. Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment, or GAME, is the new 50-50 venture, which is aiming for technical and operational synergies. Like many players … Read more
