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FuboTV Stock Soars as Streaming Service Will Merge With Disney's Hulu + Live TV

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Key Takeaways

  • Shares of FuboTV more than doubled Monday on news the streaming service will combine with The Walt Disney Co.'s Hulu + Live TV.
  • Fubo and Hulu + Live TV will operate as a separate, publicly traded company run by FuboTV CEO and co-founder David Gandler.
  • With the deal, FuboTV will end its legal effort to block Venu Sports, the sports streaming service planned by Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Shares of FuboTV (FUBO) more than doubled Monday on news the streaming service will combine with The Walt Disney Co.'s (DIS) Hulu + Live TV.

The company said the deal will see Disney own 70% of Fubo, while "Fubo's existing management team, led by Fubo Co-founder and CEO David Gandler, will operate the newly combined Fubo and Hulu + Live TV."

Gandler said joining forces with Disney "allows us to scale effectively, strengthens Fubo’s balance sheet and positions us for positive 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:cash flow." Gandler called it "a win for consumers, our 🌌shareholders, and the entire str💟eaming industry."

Fubo will be governed by a board that is majority appointed by Disney, as well as independent directors. Gandler will also serve on the board. Fubo will operate as a publicly traded company under the same ticker symbol, and Fubo and Hulu + Live TV will be available to subscribers separately.

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In addition, the move likely will help open the door for Disney's sports streaming venture with FOX (FOXA) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) called Venu Sports, announced last February. That plan has🙈 been hung up in the courts as FuboTV filed a lawsuit challenging it, bu𒁏t in today's statement the company noted that it has settled all litigation against the firms. As part of that, Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery will pay Fubo $220 million in cash. 

FuboTV shares were up 130% in recent trading. Shares of Walt Disney rose 1%. 

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