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Disney and FuboTV on Monday announced the planned merger of Hulu Live + TV and Fubo.
The two businesses will form a virtual multichannel video programming distribution (MVPD) company that will “operate under the name Fubo Public Company,” the companies said.
Disney will own 70% of Fubo.
CHONGQING, CHINA – OCTOBER 31: The Fubo app screen on a smartphone in the Apple App Store in front of the FuboTV Inc logo. It will be shown in Chongqing, China on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Cheng Shin/Getty Images) (Cheng Shin/Getty Images/Getty Images)
According to Disney and Fobo, the combination “facilitates an enhanced selection of programming packages and addresses a variety of consumer preferences at attractive prices.”
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will be governed by it David Gendler, CEO of Fobo and its management team
He described the planned merger of Fubo and Hulu Live + TV as “a win for consumers, our shareholders and the entire broadcast industry.”
Disney and Fobo said the latter will launch a “new sports and broadcast service” that will carry ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS and ESPN+ through a carriage agreement between the two.
According to the companies, vMVPD will “negotiate with content providers for the Hulu + Live TV and Fubo services independently of Disney.”
| ticker | security | the last | change | change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | The Walt Disney Company | 111.16 | +0.34 |
+0.31% |
| FUBO | FUBOTV | 4.16 | +2.72 |
+188.89% |
Once they complete the deal, customers will still have the option to get Fubo and Hulu + Live TV as “separate offerings,” they also said.
Fubo has been available since 2015.
Disney will name its next chairman and CEO in “early 2026.”
Meanwhile, Hulu first introduced Hulu + Live TV in 2017. Disney offers the service in bundles with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+.
Fubo and Hulu + Live TV boast Over 6.2 million North American subscribers According to Disney and Fubo, it's combined.
The logo of Walt Disney's streaming service Hulu + Live TV is shown in a taxi ad before Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 7, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
At the same time, the two companies announced plans to merge Hulu + Live TV and Fubo, they also said that the settlement of the legal action that Fubo filed last year over the joint streaming platform Venu Sports, ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. . .
Disney and Fubo said the combination of Fubo and Hulu + Live TV “will be subject to regulatory approvals, Fubo shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.”
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new vMVPD is “anticipated to be well capitalized and cash flow positive immediately following the closing of the transaction,” they said.
Fobo shares increased on Monday In the news