News Roundup: What the Shocking ESPN-FOX-WBD Streaming Service Deal Could Mean for the Future

News Roundup: What the Shocking ESPN-FOX-WBD Streaming Service Deal Could Mean for the Future By SVG Staff

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - 12:36 pm

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The entire sports-media industry was abuzz on Tuesday with the unexpected announcement that ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery will join forces to build and launch a direct-to-consumer sports streaming service by the end of 2024. While still just an understanding on principal terms at this point, the planned joint venture to build a new platform from the ground up and bring together each of the companies' sports portfolios to a single streaming service promises to change the face of the sports-media industry as we know it today.

Here's a roundup of analysis to give SVG readers an ideal of how the deal could impact the future of the business:

What Sports Fans Need to Know About a New Streaming Service (NY Times)

It's Far Too Early to Call It a Game Changer' - Here Are the Big Questions (Dan Rayburn)

Does the Winners' Bundle Change Everything or Is It DOA? (Lightshed Partners)

Greenfield: ESPN Should Have Been in a Sports Bundle From the Beginning' (CNBC)

Nathanson: Fox/WBD/ESPN Partnership Is Natural Outcome' of Sports Streaming (CNBC)

New Sports Streaming Bundle Could Be a Monster' - or a Dud. Here are Big Questions (CNBC)

ESPN, Fox, Warner Joint Venture to Take Sports Streaming into the Future (Sports Business Journal)

Success of New Sports Streaming Bundle Hinges on Key Question: What Will It Cost? (Variety)

Why Re-Bundling Has To Happen': Breaking Down the New Streaming JV (NextTV)

ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are Putting Together a Juggernaut Sports Streaming App (The Verge)

Hulu of Sports' Service Will Test Consumer Loyalty to Cable (BNN Bloomberg)

This Is a Counterstrike Against Big Tech and Rights Fees Inflation. Here's How. (Yahoo Finance)

Fubo Stock Plunges 25% After Big Media Companies Announce New Sports Venture (B&C)

ESPN-FOX-WBD Mega Streaming Skinny Bundle To Shape TV's Future (Sportico)

Fox Eyes 60M Non-Cable Homes as Market for Joint Streamer (Sportico)

Fox CEO Says New Sports Streaming Service Is Aimed at Cord Nevers' (WSJ)

Big Media Circles the Wagons On Sports to Fend Off Tech Giants - Will It Work? (THR)

New ESPN, Fox, WBD Streaming Venture Won't Solve Much - At Least Not Yet (The Athletic)

As the Great Sports Rebundling Begins, Plenty of Questions Left Unanswered (PUCK)

How ESPN, Fox and WBD's New Streaming Service Could Impact Advertisers (AdAge)

Streaming Venture From ESPN, Fox and Warner Blindsides Sports Leagues (WSJ)

New Sports Venture Not Open To Additional Partners: Lachlan Murdoch (B&C)

Disney's Bob Iger Minimizes Impact Sports Venture Will Have on Cord-Cutting (B&C)

New Sports Streaming Service from ESPN/Fox/WBD May Cost $50 a Month (Gizmodo)

Success of New Sports Streaming Bundle Hinges on a Key Question: What Will It Cost? (Variety)

Analyst: Service Will Cost $40/Month, Disney Will Control Half of the Economics (NextTV)

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