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Sports Streaming JV Gets a Name, Venu Sports

Sports channel bundle being launched by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. still doesn't have an announced price or launch date, however

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Spulu and ESPN DTC Could Sink U.S. Pay TV Operators, Analyst Says

According to Aluma’s Michael Greeson, the sports JV alone could cause 10% of users to cut the cord, and that would ‘severely diminish the ability of operators to stay afloat’

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Spulu Speaks! JV Says It Has a ‘Pro-Consumer’ Service for Underserved Viewers

The sports streaming joint venture has remained largely quiet publicly amid lawsuits and various other criticisms, but that could be starting to change

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Fubo-Led Ragtag Coalition Asks Congress to Conduct Hearings on Spulu

With DirecTV and Dish already in its tent, Fubo’s oddball mix of sports-streaming resisters now also includes The Sports Fans Coalition, the Open Markets Institute, the Electronic Frontier Foundation ... and Newsmax

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Court Sets Preliminary Injunction Hearing Date in Fubo Antitrust Suit Against Spulu

Virtual MVPD operator says sports-streaming JV being set up by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery is anticompetitive

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DirecTV and Dish Back Fubo in Its Spulu Antitrust Suit

DirecTV tells the New York federal court overseeing the complaint that it has ‘grave concerns’ about the Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. joint venture

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‘Spulu Is as Relevant as Blockbuster in the Age of Netflix,’ Kiswe’s Wim Sweldens Declares

The co-founder of a tech company that has taken the Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz and other pro sports teams over the top says the future of sports TV is not in bundled linear services

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By ‘DTC,’ They Meant ‘Direct to Charter’

In this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we call out the Dodgers’ RSN distribution, Warner's far-fetched DC ambitions, and (of course) Shari’s latest offer

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NFL’s Brian Rolapp on Spulu: ‘For $20 more ... I Could Buy YouTube TV and Have All of the NFL’

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. haven't even announced a price for their upcoming sports streaming bundle, but the NFL's top media exec is throwing shade, anyway

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Former Apple and Hulu Exec Pete Distad Tapped to Head Spulu

Distad was earlier reported as a favorite to become CEO of the Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery joint streaming venture

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Netflix's Dan Lin Hire, WBD's Investor Wealth Fire, CNN's Ratings Mire, and 'Dune's' Week 2 Funeral Pyre

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' one of us once again chooses emotion over sound prognostication and picks 'The Holdovers' to win Best Picture

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Altice USA’s Dennis Mathew on Spulu: ‘We Want Our Linear Customers To Have Access to These Types of Solutions’

CEO also says he doesn't want to be ‘distracted’ by Charter acquisition talk

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Plundering Dave Gandler’s (Winnable) Case vs. Spulu, Denis Villeneuve’s Chris Nolan Moment, Chris Nolan’s Disc Dreams, Bob Iger’s Bollywood Hustle … and the Wild Hallucinations of Townes Van Zandt

In this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we further isolate ourselves and make our sense of loneliness and alienation even worse

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Spulu Is ‘Borderline Racketeering’ by a ’Sports Cartel,’ Fubo’s David Gandler Declares

Pungent earnings call comments come after Fubo filed a lawsuit against Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery

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Requiems for Roku, Sumner Redstone, Jon Stewart's Career, the Pac-12 ... and Possibly 'Spulu'

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' the country music condemned take David Bloom up on his big 'Americana' recommendation

Broadcasting & Cable

Pay TV Companies, and the DOJ, Push Back on Big 'Spulu' Sports Streaming Joint Venture

The new service would seem to run right up against so-called 'most-favored-nation' agreements with operators, who have been clamoring for similar kinds of skinny bundles for decades

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