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Disney Backed Out of 'Redundant' Venu Because of the Rise of Sports Skinny Bundles
The rise of sports skinny bundles led to The Walt Disney Company's decision to back out of Venu Sports, the joint streamer between Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox. CEO Bob Iger revealed the reasoning during the company's first quarter earnings call for 2025.
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says “Venu Basically Looked Redundant To Us” As Other Skinny Bundles Emerged
Disney CEO Bob Iger said Venu, the streaming sports joint venture that’s fading into history, became irrelevant as opportunities arose for ESPN to join other skinny bundles.
Disney is doubling down on its plan to make ESPN the future of sports streaming
Disney wants to win the sports streaming war by making ESPN available “however the consumer wants it, wherever the consumer wants it,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said during an earni
Disney CEO discusses ESPN streamer, demise of Venu Sports
Bob Iger did his best to hype up the new ESPN streaming service Flagship while discussing Disney’s quarterly earnings with analysts. The future looks bright for ESPN. The sports network and its sibling channels just had theirbest ratings month in a decade,
Disney Puts New Emphasis on Skinny Bundles for ESPN
Disney thinks an emerging suite of so-called “skinny bundles” serves as a better way to make ESPN available to cord-cutters than Venu, a now-scuttled streaming sports joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Corp.
RIP Venu, But Lachlan Murdoch Says Fox Will Finally Launch Its Own DTC Service This Year
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch delivered a brief elegy this morning for shuttered sports streaming JV Venu but detailed plans for ...
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Fox says it will launch standalone DTC streamer after Venu debacle
After its proposed sports-centric direct-to-consumer streamer partnership Venu Sports was canceled in late 2024, Fox ... Read ...
Fox will launch a news and sports streaming service later this year
Fox Corp. Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch said the company is working on a direct-to-consumer product aimed at ...
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Fubo's Hulu Coup Leads Sports Stocks‘ 9% Surge to Start Year
Sports stocks jumped 9% to start 2025, more than double the gains of the broader market, as Fubo's David versus Goliath ...
Fox Corp. Rides Ad Sales Boom From Sports And Political Coverage In Strong Fiscal Q2
Fox Corp. exceeded Wall Street expectations in the October-to-December quarter, riding a surge of advertising revenue from ...
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Disney Earnings Highlight ESPN Comeback; Iger High on NBA’s Future
Revenues and operating income grow at the ESPN parent company. The post Disney Earnings Highlight ESPN Comeback; Iger High on NBA’s Future appeared first on Front Office Sports.