With Venu Gone, DirecTV Lauches Bundle Aimed At Sports Fans But Without CBS Or Many Local Stations
deadline.comMaking good on its promise to offer less costly bundles, DirecTV is rolling out a package aimed at sports fans, but anyone getting fired up for the big game may want to read on before subscribing.
MySports, as the new bundle is known, costs $70 a month, though early adopters will get a three-month teaser rate of $50. That puts it close to YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV, which are $83 a month but have a lot more than the 40 channels on MySports.
The new offering follows the abrupt shuttering last week of Venu Sports, the nearly year-old joint streaming venture of Disney, Fox Corp.
and Warner Bros. Discovery. Venu had been sued on antitrust grounds by pay-TV operator Fubo and the parties’ settlement in that case, announced days before Venu’s shutdown, calls for Disney to acquire 70% of Fubo.
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