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
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. He will ...
Fox's new streaming service names Pete Distad as CEO
The former chief executive of Venu Sports will assume the same role at Fox’s upcoming streamer. Who says familiarity breeds contempt? For Fox, it’s just the opposite. The company is actively working on launching a new direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service,
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,
Fox Hires Pete Distad to Run Its New Streaming Platform
Former Venu CEO Pete Distad will lead Fox's new direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Distad will be CEO of the recently announced platform, which has yet to be named, but will include channels from Fox News,
Disney Backed Out of ‘Redundant’ Venu Because of the Rise of Sports Skinny Bundles
Disney CEO Bob Iger explained during the company's first quarter earnings call of 2025 why it backed out of Venu Sports ...
Bob Iger Explains Why Venu Was Scrapped, Why Disney Bought Fubo and Why New Skinny Bundles Help ESPN
Disney dropped Venu and opted to buy smaller sports rival Fubo as it found new potential to distribute ESPN to younger consumers via skinny bundles.
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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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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 ...
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.
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 ...