Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney announced a deal with pay-TV streaming provider Fubo to combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo’s operations in a joint venture.
Under the deal, Fubo will drop its antitrust lawsuit seeking to derail Venu Sports, the sports-focused streaming package from Disney, Fox Corp.
and Warner Bros. Discovery. The Hulu subscription video-on-demand service is not part of the Fubo deal and will remain separate.
Fubo and Hulu + Live TV will have a combined 6.2 million North American subscribers, behind Google’s YouTube TV, which nearly a year ago reported having more than 8 million customers.
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