The Drama Continues As Disney Sued By Fubo Subscriber For Antitrust Violation

Disney may be in monopoly trouble over whole Fubo-ESPN issue

A decade from now, law students are going to wade through the muck of legal drama around Disney, Hulu, Fubo, and Venu, and wonder why the hell we couldn't give anything a normal name. Unfortunately for them, that homework assignment just got a little longer. Yesterday, a Fubo subscriber filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Disney accusing the megacorp of antitrust violations. According to the suit, via Deadline, "Disney’s ownership of …

The Drama Continues As Disney Sued By Fubo Subscriber For Antitrust Violation

Fubo has settled with Disney but at least one of its subscribers has not and is pursuing a separate complaint against the media giant. Cole Unger is seeking class action status for a suit in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York against Disney for a “multifaceted campaign to suppress competition in […]

Fubo Subscriber Sues Disney for Antitrust Violations After Venu Shutdown

After Disney pulled the plug on sports-streaming service Venu last week, a Fubo subscriber filed a proposed class action suit in New York federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the media giant has violated antitrust laws as both a content supplier and a distributor. The suit states that because Disney owns ESPN, it “has a chokehold over sports programming in the United Staters” and “extract monopoly rents” forcing streaming services to carry no…

Did the Mouse Outfox the Fox? The Fubo Settlement, Disney, and the Death of the Venu Sports-Streaming Venture

Reviewing the literature pioneered by Richard Gilbert and David Newbery, Steven Salop finds that the recent settlement between sports-streaming services Fubo and the Venu Sports joint venture of Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery was fully predictable.  But the settlement takes on greater complexity in light of the termination of joint venture a week later […]

DOJ Should Review Fubo/Disney Agreement, Antitrust Institute Says

The American Antitrust Institute is urging DOJ to examine Disney acquiring a stake in FuboTV and other terms of Fubo's settlement of its litigation against the Venu streaming service. Settling Fubo's suit against Venu joint venture partners Disney, Fox and...