Fox, Venu and Streaming

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 executive at Apple for a decade following six years at Hulu, transitions to Fox from his most recent role as CEO of recently defunct joint venture Venu Sports.
After Venu Sports: ESPN Bets Streaming Alone As 'Sports Destination'
Disney is surely focusing heavily on this product launch, with ESPN a key piece of its company. It cannot afford to mess up - even a little bit.
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 of the company’s recently announced direct-to-consumer streaming division.
Pete Distad moves from Venu Sports project to Fox
Other former Venu Sports workers are shifting over to the new direct-to-consumer project at Fox, with announcements expected in the coming weeks. This article, Pete Distad moves from Venu Sports project to Fox,
Pete Distad to Lead Fox's New Streaming Service as CEO
Fox has appointed Pete Distad as CEO of its upcoming streaming service, which is expected to launch by the end of 2025. The former Apple TV+ and Hulu executive transitions to the role from the recently scrapped Venu Sports,
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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 ...
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 ...
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3 Hot Stocks That Have Already Doubled in 2025
At first, it seemed like a shotgun wedding. Disney was working with two other media giants to launch Venu Sports, a streaming service that would combine the live sports programming of all three ...
Max cancels sports upcharge, but there's bad news for basic plan subscribers
While Max will continue to offer sports and news content to its standard and premium subscribers, WBD is pulling back some of ...
ESPN, Fox Sports partnership is dead
The flirtation between ESPN and Fox Sports on a streaming service collaboration is over for now. After the collapse of their ...