Saturday, 17 August 2024

Fubo wins injunction to delay Disney-Fox-Warner’s live sports streamer Venu

The court put a temporary hold on Venu’s launch because it poses a higher risk for higher prices.

The sports streaming service Fubo has temporarily fended off a huge financial threat from Disney-Fox-Warner’s potential competitor Venu Sports and its collection of sports broadcasting licenses thanks to a recent court ruling. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York granted Fubo’s request for an injunction in its antitrust case against the joint sports streaming venture and its parent companies.

US District Judge Margaret Garnett wrote in an opinion issued earlier today such a concentrated collection of media power would eliminate consumers’ choices. The launch of Venu would also “hike prices on both consumers and other distributors” and create a “multi-year monopolistic runway” in the sports streaming sector for Disney, Fox and Warner.


By Danny Gallagher.

Full story at Yahoo News.

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