{"id":94133,"date":"2024-04-30T21:58:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/30\/fubo-drops-discovery-networks-and-blasts-wbd-for-abusing-its-power\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:58:29","slug":"fubo-drops-discovery-networks-and-blasts-wbd-for-abusing-its-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/30\/fubo-drops-discovery-networks-and-blasts-wbd-for-abusing-its-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Fubo drops Discovery networks and blasts WBD for abusing its power"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The face-off between streaming TV service Fubo and Warner Bros. Discovery is continuing to escalate. Fubo announced via a late afternoon press release<\/a> that it has dropped Discovery networks effective immediately \u2014 \u201cincluding Discovery, HGTV, Food Network and TLC, among others\u201d \u2014 and has been unable to reach a separate deal to bring Turner sports networks TNT, TBS, and truTV to its customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The company claims that it had little choice but to drop the batch of Discovery channels after talks with WBD went nowhere, and it\u2019s accusing WBD of bad-faith negotiations and an \u201cabuse of massive market power that ultimately limits consumer choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fubu says that it offered WBD \u201cmarket rates\u201d to secure all of this content but that it never received a counteroffer. The entertainment giant is claimed to have insisted on \u201cabove-market rates.\u201d Fubo goes on to sound the alarm, basically saying that this is exactly the type of behavior it predicted back when Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, and Fox announced plans to develop their own sports-centric streaming service<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fubo wasted little time suing the companies, hoping either to ensure fair terms for its own streaming deals long into the future or, failing that, to block the service\u2019s launch entirely. It has garnered support from Dish and DirecTV<\/a>, both of which have voiced concerns over being put at a disadvantage in having to compete against the sports mega-service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s a section of today\u2019s news release from Fubo:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Warner Bros. Discovery has also denied our customers the choice of subscribing to their Turner sports content separately from Discovery content through a more affordable skinny sports bundle.\u00a0Yet Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it plans to make this must-have content available in its forthcoming sports streaming joint venture with The Walt Disney Company and Fox Corp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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This all sounds like the familiar back-and-forth<\/a> that we tend to hear whenever streaming services and content owners squabble over a deal renewal. They\u2019re asking for too much <\/em>is a constant refrain, and Fubo is framing the removal of Discovery networks as its best effort to \u201cavoid passing on these extra costs to consumers.\u201d As is, the service\u2019s plans start at $79.99 \/ month, so a price hike would put Fubo out of reach for even more people. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the event that the Discovery networks stay gone for the foreseeable future, shouldn\u2019t Fubo get… cheaper? You\u2019d like to think so! But it doesn\u2019t usually work that way. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These are the networks that have vanished as of today:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOur priority is to deliver the best content,\u00a0at the best\u00a0value,\u00a0to our fans\u00a0wherever they want to watch it,\u201d Warner Bros. Discovery said in a statement provided by spokesperson Cara Brugnoli. \u201cWe have been and remain ready and willing to work diligently with Fubo to reach a fair market agreement. We proposed an extension of our current agreement, with no changes or price increases, that would allow Fubo to continue carrying these networks, and it is\u00a0unfortunate that Fubo has decided to alienate their own\u00a0customers in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stay tuned for the next round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Update, April 30th: <\/strong>The article has been updated with comment from Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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