The road to the merger included a pit stop at a failed launch of a streaming sports service from Disney, Fox Corp and Warner Bros. Discovery titled Venu (R.I.P.), which was scuttled after a judge denied a bid to dismiss a lawsuit from Fubo, which sued on anticompetitive business grounds.

Media giant ViacomCBS Inc (VIACA.O) said on Monday it has entered an agreement with Hulu to add 14 more networks, including Comedy Central, MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon, to the streaming service provider's paid live TV platform.

Fubo and Disney have officially completed the transaction to combine the live sports platform with Hulu Live TV.

Disney has yet to reach an agreement with YouTube regarding streaming rights on YouTube TV for its properties, which include ABC, the official network of 9-1-1 and spinoff series 9-1-1: Nashville. ABC is even urging fans to help speed the negotiations along by contacting YouTube to “let them know you want your favorite networks back.”

A Drive Research survey finds many of those polled will subscribe directly to ESPN or Hulu + Live TV to watch the content they care about.

With nearly six million North American subscribers, the newly combined Fubo and Hulu + Live TV venture is now the second largest virtual pay-TV provider in the U.S. It only trails Google's YouTube TV, which reportedly has more than 10 million paying subscribers.

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On October 29, 2025, FuboTV Inc. and The Walt Disney Company completed a combination of FuboTV's operations with Disney's Hulu + Live TV, creating the sixth-largest Pay TV provider in the U.S. with nearly 6 million subscribers and Disney holding a 70% stake in the new entity.