35 Facts About FuboTV

FuboTV Inc is an American streaming television service serving customers in the United States, Canada, and Spain that focuses primarily on channels that distribute live sports.

FuboTV was added to the Russell 2000 Index at the conclusion of the 2021 Russell indexes annual reconstitution in June 2021.

FuboTV was co-founded in January 2015 by David Gandler, Alberto Horihuela (CMO) and Sung Ho Choi.

FuboTV was named to Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups list in 2019.

FuboTV was the first live-TV streaming service to support 4K HDR video, and was the first to adopt an industry standard for handling sports blackouts.

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On June 19, 2019, FuboTV announced that it will be adding the Discovery Networks, joining the line up of Scripps Networks that were acquired by Discovery.

On January 1, 2020, FuboTV dropped the Fox Sports Networks, citing increasing carriage costs after the acquisition of the channels by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.

FuboTV launched the NHL Network on March 9, 2020, with plans to add the MLB Network and MLB Strike Zone, allowing it to have all four professional sports league networks on its platform.

In June 2020, FuboTV announced a long-awaited deal with Disney Media Networks to bring ESPN Inc, and Walt Disney Television to the sports-focused streaming service sometime in the summer.

On July 1, 2020, FuboTV dropped WarnerMedia networks, including CNN, TBS and TNT.

FuboTV announced it was approved to list on the New York Stock Exchange "conditional upon successful pricing of this offering, under the ticker symbol FUBO.

FuboTV delivered what it said was record revenue and subscriber numbers during the third quarter of 2020.

FuboTV announced its plans to enter the online sports wagering market with details to be announced.

In December 2020, FuboTV acquired Balto Sports, which owns contest automation software.

FuboTV said the acquisition marked the first step of its online wagering strategy, which will start with free to play games and then expand into wagering integrated with its live streaming video.

FuboTV added more premium entertainment with the launch of EPIX and STARZ channels in December 2020.

FuboTV said it plans to integrate free gaming into the FuboTV platform.

Additionally, FuboTV announced it intends to acquire sports gaming company Vigtory and will launch its own sportsbook before the end of the year.

FuboTV CEO told The Wall Street Journal he expects sports wagering to not only generate more revenue for FuboTV but make it more likely that customers will pay closer attention to sports and tune in more often.

Also during its 2020 earnings report, FuboTV said it would launch free-to-play predictive gaming in the third quarter 2021.

FuboTV announced it closed the previously announced Vigtory acquisition and had established Fubo Gaming to oversee its entry into online sports wagering.

FuboTV announced in May 2021 that the first quarter was its strongest in its history, delivering $119.

FuboTV said they plan to officially launch free gaming timed to the NFL season.

FuboTV said it expects gaming to be an engagement driver and noted it is the first step on its gaming roadmap, which will include the launch of Fubo Sportsbook later in 2021.

FuboTV launched the app in Iowa and said more states are to follow.

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FuboTV announced it had signed an agreement to acquire France's leading live TV streaming platform, Molotov TV, to fuel its international expansion.

FuboTV said they will stream the Premier League, England's top soccer league, in Canada through a new three year exclusive rights deal.

FuboTV said the free games would be live with select sports directly from its home page.

On June 27, 2019, FuboTV announced it launched a free ad supported linear channel called fubo Sports Network.

FuboTV made the live stream of fubo Sports Network available at the fubo Sports Network website.

FuboTV launched a blog, fubo News, covering the latest sports news, analysis, insights and breakdowns "of the action on and off the field" in 2019.

FuboTV built its tech stack internally and, in 2017, launched features like Cloud DVR storage, pausing and unpausing live streams and lookback of previously aired content for 72 hours FuboTV offers two simultaneous streams as part of its base subscription package and, in March 2018, introduced a third stream for $5.

FuboTV became the second over-the-top internet television service to get integrated to the TV app on Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad.

FuboTV guide is not compatible with access technologies such as iOS Voice Over, Android Talk Back and JAWS.

In September 2017, FuboTV introduced Fubo Chavez, a fictional brand spokesperson.