Tag: Fox
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Tubi Will Have to Deal With Class Action Lawsuit Over Consumer Privacy in Court
Free, ad-supported streaming service Tubi lost its bid to force a class action lawsuit accusing it of improperly sharing user data with advertisers out of the court room, according to Bloomberg Law. The FOX-owned service attempted to move the case to arbitration, which users typically agree to when they sign a company’s terms of service,…
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Justice Department Will Review Disney, FOX, and Warner’s Monster Sports Streaming JV
The sports streaming joint venture between Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery faces a potential regulatory hurdle. The U.S. Justice Department will review the deal to see if the service could harm consumers, as well as competitors and the sports leagues that work with the companies, according to Bloomberg. The review will begin once…
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NFL Execs May Try To Stop Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s New Sports Streaming Service Plans
The NFL’s top brass are reportedly furious over Disney-owned ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to launch a new joint sports streaming service in the fall. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Chief Business Officer Brian Rolapp were told about the joint venture just hours before it was announced publicly, according to Puck News (a…
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Could the ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports JV Get Snagged By Regulators?
While the joint venture between Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch a new sports-centric streaming service may not be blocked by Congress nor the Federal Communications Commission, there are enough vocal companies affected by the deal that it could see some hurdles. That’s the opinion of Blair Levin, a former…
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Disney, FOX, & Warner Bros. Discovery May Have Just Killed Cable TV
This week Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a partnership that would see a new sports-focused TV streaming service launch this fall. This service would offer 14 live channels of sports, including ESPN, BTN, FOX Sports, and sports from TNT—to name a few. This would address one of the main complaints of streaming services—the…
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FCC Fines Nexstar $720,000 For Negotiating in ‘Bad Faith’ For its FOX and MyNetworkTV Stations
The Federal Communications Commission slapped Nexstar with a $720,000 fine after slamming the broadcasting giant for negotiating in “bad faith” with a telecom company to carry its local FOX and MyNetworkTV stations. Nexstar proposed terms of its retransmission agreement to Hawaiian Telecom that included a provision preventing the telecom company from filing a complaint with…
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Local FOX & ABC TV Stations Want to Get Paid for the New Sports Streaming Service from Disney, FOX, & Warner Bros. Discovery
This week Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a partnership that would see a new sports-focused TV streaming service launch this fall. This service would offer 14 live channels of sports, including ESPN, BTN, FOX Sports, and sports from TNT—to name a few. It would address one of the main complaints of streaming services—the…
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Fox Ad Revenue Drops 20% Even as Tubi Surges With 78 Million Users
Fox’s ad revenue fell 20%, the company said during its second-quarter earnings call. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the company aims to drive up ‘cord never audiences through streaming sports and its free ad-supported platform, Tubi. The company reported an overall revenue of $4.2 billion during last year’s second quarter, down from $4.6 billion in 2022.…
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Disney+ Lost 1.3 Million Customers After Price Hike as Streaming Services Lost $138 Million
Walt Disney’s streaming services continued to lose money, and its efforts to tighten its belt are having an effect on its customer base. In an effort to get Disney+ and Hulu into the black, the company took steps like removing content from Disney+ and Hulu, raising prices, and moving forward with a password sharing crackdown.…
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The ESPN, FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Bundle Will Reportedly Cost More Than $30
The monster sports bundle between Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery will likely cost more than $30 a month, CNBC reported on Wednesday. The companies announced the joint venture a day earlier, with the intent to launch the standalone service in the fall. The so-called skinny bundle of 14 cable channels would offer…