Fubo TV adds 13 more networks to its live Streaming Service Deal With Viacom Inks

“FuboTV’s entertainment offering demonstrates the power and popularity of our global brands and programming as a cornerstone, FuboTV is quickly evolving as a major force in the streaming television space, and the addition of Viacom’s media networks” Viacom’s EVP, Tom Gorke and head of distribution and business development, said in a statement. Google’s Hulu’s live TV, YouTube TV bundle and Sony’s PlayStation Vue (which dropped the conglomerate’s lineup more than two years ago) but Viacom remains absent and for Viacom, there’s some urgency in getting on OTT platforms as TV satellit and traditional cable distributors have seen their subscriber losses accelerate. Viacom Digital Studios division now owns VidCon and digital network and studio Awesomeness and its Viacom is expanding its digital footprint on other fronts. Last month it spent $340 million to buy PlutoTV, a free TV-like streaming service. The New York-based company said it had just shy of 250,000 paid subscribers at the end of September 2018, $150 million raised from investors including AMC Networks, 21st Century Fox and Sky (now owned by Comcast). FuboTV is relatively small in grand scheme of things now. In 2015 Launched a sports-centric OTT TV service. In 2018, the five biggest U.S. pay-TV operators collectively lost 3.2 million subs, a 4.2% decline, Viacom is now on four “virtual pay-TV” platforms: Dish Network’s Sling TV, AT&T’s DirecTV Now, Philo and FuboTV. Those include BET Her, BET Jams, BET Soul, Logo, MTV2, MTV Classic, MTV Live, mtvU, Nick Music, Nicktoons and TeenNick. Addition to this, an expanded suite of Viacom channels will be available in the Fubo Extra premier package ($50 monthly). This deal also will bring MTV Tr3s and Viacom’s Telefe networks to FuboTV’s Spanish-language Fubo Latino package (an additional $8 per month). New additions will include TLC, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and MotorTrend — all of which will be available on fuboTV’s $54.99 per month base package.Singularly focused Fubo remains on offering sports fans a compelling pay-TV alternative with a robust content offering able to serve the viewing needs of the entire household. Discovery and fuboTV that began almost two years ago with the former Scripps Networks,” said fuboTV CFO Joel Armijo, in a statement about the new agreement.Several more Extra get will fubo Discovery stations as a result of the new agreement, including Discovery Family, Destination America, Science Channel, American Heroes Channel, and Discovery Life. Fubo extra will now include over 30 channels in total. Scripps channels soon to-come Discovery networks, fuboTV has also forged deals with Viacom, CBS Sports Network, Cheddar, CBSN, The CW, Pop, and others in the past couple of years., the service has been steadily expanding its lineup to include more non-sports content over the past couple of years While fuboTV’s core focus is still on live streaming sports content.