In December 2018, Fubo announced that it was going to expand into Spain. FuboTV was the first live-TV streaming service to support 4K HDR video (2018 World Cup), and was the first to adopt an industry standard for handling sports blackouts. Īccording to Fast Company, FuboTV still calls itself "sports-first", but instead of being "the Netflix of soccer", it is pitching itself as a direct competitor to cable television and live-streaming bundles such as Sling TV and AT&T TV. FuboTV was named to Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups list in 2019. During its first five years, investors in FuboTV include AMC Networks, Luminari Capital, Northzone, Sky, and Scripps Networks Interactive. In early 2017, Fubo pivoted to become a broader streaming service, adding entertainment and news programming in addition to soccer and sports from NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. At launch, FuboTV cost $7 per month and offered live streams from soccer-centric channels. History įuboTV was co-founded in January 2015 by David Gandler ( CEO), Alberto Horihuela ( CMO) and Sung Ho Choi.
Īs of 2022, the company stated that it had 1.445 million subscribers in North America and 420,000 subscribers in the rest of the world. A number of add-on packages are also available for viewers who want more programming options, Spanish-language content, premium movie networks or additional features. In the U.S., there are several service options with different channel lineups, including a base package of over 100 linear content channels, which also include free content streams that are found on competing services. As a vMVPD, Fubo still markets itself as a sports-first service, but it has since expanded its programming to include channels that fall under other genres, including ones with reality shows, premium movies and cable news.Īs of 2018, the service was available in the United States, Canada and Spain.
Launched on January 1, 2015, as a soccer streaming service, Fubo changed to an all-sports service in 2017 and then to a virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD) model. Depending on country, channels offered by Fubo may potentially include access to EPL, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, CPL and international football, plus news, network television series and movies. (stylized as Fubo) is an American streaming television service serving customers in the United States, Canada, and Spain that focuses primarily on channels that distribute live sports.
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