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fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) is an innovative, sports-centric live TV streaming company that provides its subscribers with access to a comprehensive array of live sporting events, news, and entertainment content. With its robust platform, fuboTV offers a unique blend of live TV channels, featuring thousands of live sporting events each year. This includes exclusive access to major European soccer games, documentaries, and specialized club channels, making it a preferred choice for sports enthusiasts.
The company boasts a cloud-based TV service that delivers content through a user-friendly interface, available on SmartTVs, mobile phones, tablets, computers, and streaming devices. This interface is designed to enhance the personalization experience, allowing users to quickly find, discover, and watch their favorite teams and events with just one click.
fuboTV operates primarily in the Streaming segment, expanding its footprint beyond the United States to several international markets. Subscribers can further customize their viewing experience by purchasing additional content or enhanced features that cater to their specific preferences.
Recent achievements highlight fuboTV's ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality streaming services. The company continues to expand its content offerings and partnerships, ensuring a diverse and engaging viewing experience for its users. Financially, fuboTV has shown resilience and growth, adapting to the dynamic demands of the live streaming market.
Overall, fuboTV Inc. stands out for its dedication to sports fans and its innovative approach to live TV streaming, making it a significant player in the digital entertainment industry.
Disney and FuboTV have announced a definitive agreement to combine Disney's Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo, creating a combined virtual MVPD company. Under the agreement, Disney will own 70% of Fubo, while the existing Fubo management team will operate the combined business.
The merged entity will have over 6.2 million North American subscribers and will continue to offer Fubo and Hulu + Live TV as separate services. As part of the deal, Fubo will create a new Sports & Broadcasting service featuring Disney's sports and broadcast networks, including ABC, ESPN, and ESPN+.
The transaction includes a $220 million aggregate cash payment to Fubo from Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery as part of litigation settlement. Disney has also committed to provide a $145 million term loan to Fubo in 2026. The combined company is projected to be cash-flow positive immediately after closing.
FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) announced that TelevisaUnivision has pulled its Spanish-language programming from the platform, affecting thousands of Hispanic consumers. The disruption occurred after TelevisaUnivision demanded a 25% price increase and insisted on bundling practices requiring subscribers to purchase all channels regardless of viewing preferences. Fubo rejected these terms, citing unfair pricing and bundling practices that would significantly increase costs for Spanish-speaking subscribers.
Despite the loss of TelevisaUnivision content, Fubo continues to offer extensive Spanish-language programming through various networks including beIN Sports Español, ESPN Deportes, and many others. The company remains open to negotiations but emphasizes the need for fair and competitive rates for its Latino plan subscribers.
FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has announced the launch of Hallmark+ as both a standalone premium subscription service and an add-on for existing Fubo customers. This expansion builds upon their existing distribution agreement for Hallmark's linear channels. Hallmark+ features the largest streaming catalogue of original Hallmark Christmas movies, with 600+ hours of holiday content.
The service will include exclusive content such as Hallmark's first holiday series (Holidazed and Mistletoe Murders), reality competition series (Finding Mr. Christmas), and unscripted shows featuring popular stars. All 2024 Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas movies will be available to stream on December 20.
FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) announced that its Compensation Committee granted restricted stock unit awards totaling 32,269 shares to six new employees on November 25, 2024. The awards, granted under Fubo's 2024 Employment Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, will vest annually over four years, contingent on continued employment. Fubo, operating in the U.S., Canada, Spain, and France, is a sports-first cable TV replacement service offering over 400 live sports, news, and entertainment networks, featuring every Nielsen-rated sports channel in the U.S.
Fubo and NBCUniversal have announced the launch of six NBCU FAST channels in Canada, expanding their sports, entertainment, news, and Latino programming offerings. Three channels - NBC News NOW, Noticias Telemundo Ahora, and Telemundo al Dia - are immediately available on Fubo Canada's Sports, Entertainment and Premium channel plans. Three additional English-language channels - GolfPass, Dateline 24/7, and American Crimes - will be launched soon.
FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) and NBCUniversal announced the launch of 18 NBCU FAST channels on Fubo's streaming platform. The rollout begins with four Telemundo channels available immediately in both Spanish-language Latino and English-language plans, including the Free plan. An additional 14 channels will be launched soon across all English-language plans, featuring content from NBC Sports, SNL Vault, Real Housewives Vault, and more. The channels span various genres including sports, entertainment, news, and Latino programming, providing access to NBCU's extensive content library.
Fubo has launched four new interactive Connected TV (CTV) ad formats to enhance audience engagement. The new formats include: Transactional ads with QR codes for direct purchases, Gamified ads featuring trivia questions, Rotating Carousel for multiple creative displays, and Geo-locator ads for regional targeting. These interactive formats have shown to increase brand awareness by 33% and purchase intent by 47% compared to standard video ads. All formats are 100% addressable, measurable, and can include custom QR codes, allowing advertisers to track engagement metrics and click-through rates.
FuboTV reported strong Q3 2024 results with $377 million total revenue in North America, up 21% YoY, and 1.613 million subscribers, up 9% YoY. The company improved its net loss by $110.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA by $98.8 million for the trailing twelve months. North America ARPU grew 2.5% to $85.64. Net loss from continuing operations was $54.7 million with EPS loss of $0.17. For Q4 2024, Fubo projects revenue of $426-446 million in North America. The company aims for positive Free Cash Flow in 2025.
TEGNA has announced a new multi-year agreement with FuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform. The deal enables Fubo subscribers to access live telecasts from KFAA in Dallas, with KONG in Seattle and KTVD in Denver launching soon. KFAA will broadcast 70+ Dallas Mavericks games, KONG will air 70+ Seattle Kraken games, and KTVD will broadcast 20 Denver Nuggets games and 20 Colorado Avalanche games.
FuboTV Inc. (NYSE: FUBO) has launched standalone premium subscription services, allowing consumers to subscribe to select live and on-demand content without a base Fubo channel plan. The first networks offered as standalones are FanDuel Sports Network, NBA League Pass, and Paramount+ With Showtime. Subscribers to these standalone packages will also receive Fubo Free, a collection of nearly 200 free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels.
This launch is part of Fubo's Super Aggregation strategy, aiming to offer flexible content bundles at different price points within the Fubo ecosystem. The company now offers three channel plan tiers: Fubo Free, Premium Subscription Services, and Virtual MVPD. Fubo is also exploring the launch of other content offerings such as pay-per-view, transactional video on demand, and skinny bundles.