Disney's live sports joint venture Venu Sports to be discontinued (updated)

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10/01/2025 13:53

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       Jan 10 (Reuters) - Venu Sports, the live sports joint
venture, between Walt Disney  DIS.N , Fox  FOXA.O  and Warner
Bros Discovery  WBD.O  will be discontinued, the companies said
on Friday.
    The media companies had planned to launch Venu Sports, which
would combine thousands of live professional and collegiate
sporting events into a single app. The new service was scheduled
to debut last year.
    The U.S. Justice Department and 16 U.S. states said in court
filings last year that they support a court order won by FuboTV
 FUBO.N  in August that temporarily blocked Walt Disney, Fox and
Warner Bros Discovery from launching a competing sports
streaming venture.

 (Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak
Dasgupta)
 ((Zaheer.Kachwala@thomsonreuters.com))