Disney’s streaming strategy gets more confusing as Venu Sports venture is axed

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  Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Drop Venu Sports Streaming Service

  Venu Sports, a joint venture among Disney, Fox and Warner Bros., was announced to great fanfare last year but was discontinued before it ever became available.
  
  The New York Times - 7h

• Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery call off plans to launch Venu sports streaming service

  Venu was first announced in February and intended to combine the live sports assets of Fox, WBD and Disney-owned ESPN.
  
  CNBC - 8h
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  Disney, Fox and Warner Won't Move Forward With Venu Sports

  The companies called off what would have been a major bet days after Disney struck a deal with rival streamer Fubo.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - 10h

• Disney, partners pull the plug on Venu Sports streaming service

  Venu was announced in 2024 as a slimmed-down streaming package carrying the channels that would have offered such channels as ESPN.
  
  Los Angeles Times - 10h
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  Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery call off Venu sports streaming service

  Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have called off plans to launch their sports streaming service, Venu, the companies said in a joint statement Friday.
  
  NBC News - 9h
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  Disney, Warner Bros., Fox kill streamed sports joint venture

  Three of the nation's largest broadcast media companies have scrapped plans to launch a joint direct-to-consumer streaming platform for live sports, the group announced Friday. Warner Bros. ...
  
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