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Venu, Disney and Bob Iger

Disney CEO Bob Iger Says "Venu Basically Looked Redundant To Us" As Other Skinny Bundles Emerged

"Look what essentially happened is, after the decision was made and we started to implement the launch of Venu, the emergence of these skinnier bundles surfaced, and Venu basically looked redundant to us.

Hosted on MSN · 3h

Disney Backed Out of 'Redundant' Venu Because of the Rise of Sports Skinny Bundles

The rise of sports skinny bundles led to The Walt Disney Company's decision to back out of Venu Sports, the joint streamer between Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox. CEO Bob Iger revealed the reasoning during the company's first quarter earnings call for 2025.

Variety on MSN · 3h

Bob Iger Explains Why Venu was Scrapped, Why Disney Bought Fubo and Why New Skinny Bundles Help ESPN

Disney thinks an emerging suite of so-called “skinny bundles” serves as a better way to make ESPN available to cord-cutters than Venu, a now-scuttled streaming sports joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Corp.

RIP Venu

Deadline.com · 17h

RIP Venu, But Lachlan Murdoch Says Fox Will Finally Launch Its Own DTC Service This Year

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch delivered a brief elegy this morning for shuttered sports streaming JV Venu but detailed plans for its own streaming service this year.

AV Club · 1d

Fox is starting its own streaming service in wake of Venu disaster

This writer would like to personally apologize for writing that Venu —Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros.’ D.O.A. sports streamer—was “unnecessary” or “had a silly name.”

TVNewsCheck on MSN · 1d

Murdoch: Fox To Launch DTC Service This Year

The still-unnamed service will target cord-cutters and cord-nevers — much like Fox’s Tubi streaming service — and is not intended to siphon off cable subscribers. It was announced during the quarterly earnings call in which it reported revenues that were 20% above the same quarter last year and quarterly net income was also way up,

Venu Holding Corporation Achieves Another Record Month with $10.4 Million in January Fire Pit Suite Sales

Venu Holding Corporation ("VENU" or "The Company") (NYSE American: VENU), a developer, owner, and operator of upscale live ...

Venu Holding's Complex Accounting And Excessive P/S Ratio Makes It An Easy Pass

Venu Holding Corporation's complex financing and VIE structure make its financial statements difficult to understand and ...

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$300M amphitheater gets going in McKinney with unique investment model

The amphitheater will be a year-round venue, featuring a capacity of 20,000 people, 295 luxury fire pit suites, 350 premium ...

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Venu Fallout: Disney Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit From Fubo Subscriber

By Winston Cho In the wake of Disney abandoning sports-focused streaming service Venu, the entertainment giant has been sued for alleged antitrust violations related to its dual role as a content ...

TheWrap21d

Venu Sports May Be Dead, but the Re-Bundling Era Is Just Beginning | Analysis

Discovery CEO David Zaslav (TheWrap/Chris Smith/Getty Images) After becoming a lightning rod for antitrust scrutiny, streaming service Venu Sports is dead. But with pay-TV cord-cutting showing no ...