Deal Expands Distribution of Fubo Sports
Network, Previously Only Available in Canada Through Live Streaming
Platform, Fubo
FuboTV Inc. (d/b/a/ Fubo) (NYSE: FUBO), the leading sports-first
live TV streaming platform, and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today
announced the launch of Fubo’s owned and operated TV network, Fubo
Sports Network, on Prime Video Channels in Canada. This marks the
first time the sports network is available in Canada outside of a
subscription to Fubo’s platform, making it accessible to Prime
members across the country.
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Fubo Sports Network on Prime Video provides subscribers full
access to a thrilling live sports catalog from soccer to MMA,
including over 1,000 live events each year. The agreement also
brings Fubo’s exclusive soccer content to Prime Video in Canada,
including the English Premier League. In addition to leading soccer
matches, programming includes partner content from both breakout
and niche sports leagues such as Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
(BKFC), The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and World Poker
Tour, among others.
"We are thrilled to partner with Prime Video and bring Fubo
Sports Network to its millions of engaged viewers in Canada,” said
Ben Grad, senior vice president, strategic partnerships and
operations, Fubo. "This collaboration is a major step forward in
our mission to deliver premium sports content to Canadian sports
fans and provide them with unparalleled access to exclusive live
events and more of the programming they crave."
"We're delighted to bring Fubo Sports Network to Prime Video
Channels in Canada, expanding our selection of live sports content
just in time for English Premier League season start,” said Magda
Grace, head of Prime Video Canada, Australia and New Zealand. “The
addition of Fubo Sports Network underscores our commitment to
delivering Canadian sports fans even more of the programming they
want all in one place."
About Fubo Canada
Fubo is the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform
operating in Canada, the U.S., France and Spain. In Canada, Fubo
has become the premier soccer streaming platform with local and
international top-tier soccer content along with a growing offering
of linear sports and entertainment channels. Cord cutters can
stream Fubo on mobile and connected TV devices, or on the web, at
the fraction of the cost of a cable TV subscription.
About Prime Video
Prime Video is a one-stop entertainment destination offering
customers a vast collection of premium programming in one
application available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video,
customers can find their favourite movies, series, documentaries,
and live sports, including Prime Monday Night Hockey – also Amazon
MGM Studios-produced series and movies Fallout, The Lord of the
Rings: The Rings of Power, Reacher, The Boys, and Road House;
licensed fan favourites Vampire Diaries and Degrassi; exclusive
sports such as Prime Monday Night Hockey, WNBA, NWSL, and ONE
Championship; and programming from Prime Video Channels such as
Sportsnet, Paramount+, Crave, Citytv+, STARZ, AMC+, Super Channel,
BritBox, Hayu, STACKTV, a multi-channel service featuring 16
top-tier networks (Global, Food Network Canada, HGTV Canada, W
Network, The HISTORY® Channel, Adult Swim, Lifetime, Slice,
Showcase, National Geographic, Cartoon Network, Treehouse, YTV,
Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD), via Prime Video
Channels add-on subscriptions. Prime Video is one benefit among
many that provides savings, convenience, and entertainment as part
of the Prime membership. All customers, regardless of whether they
have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles, including
blockbusters such as Despicable Me 4 and Bad Boys: Ride or Die, via
the Prime Video Store. Customers can also go behind the scenes of
their favourite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access. For
more info visit www.primevideo.com.
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Inc. (“Fubo”) that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All
statements contained in this press release that do not relate to
matters of historical fact are forward-looking statements within
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1995, including statements regarding our business strategy and
plans, partnerships, sports programming and live events, and
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makes due to a number of important factors, including but not
limited to the following: our ability to achieve or maintain
profitability; risks related to our access to capital and
fundraising prospects to fund our financial operations and support
our planned business growth; our revenue and gross profit are
subject to seasonality; our operating results may fluctuate; our
ability to effectively manage our growth; the long-term nature of
our content commitments; our ability to renew our long-term content
contracts on sufficiently favorable terms; our ability to attract
and retain subscribers; obligations imposed on us through our
agreements with certain distribution partners; we may not be able
to license streaming content or other rights on acceptable terms;
the restrictions imposed by content providers on our distribution
and marketing of our products and services; our reliance on third
party platforms to operate certain aspects of our business; risks
related to the difficulty in measuring key metrics related to our
business; risks related to preparing and forecasting our financial
results; risks related to the highly competitive nature of our
industry; risks related to the potential launch of the joint
venture by Walt Disney Company, Fox Corporation and Warner Brothers
Discovery; risks related to our technology, as well as
cybersecurity and data privacy-related risks; risks related to
ongoing or future legal proceedings; and other risks, including the
effects of industry, market, economic, political or regulatory
conditions, future exchange and interest rates, and changes in tax
and other laws, regulations, rates and policies. Further risks that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those matters
expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements are
discussed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ending June 30, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) and our other periodic filings with the SEC. We
encourage you to read such risks in detail. The forward-looking
statements in this press release represent Fubo’s views as of the
date of this press release. Fubo anticipates that subsequent events
and developments will cause its views to change. However, while it
may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point
in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.
You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements
as representing Fubo’s views as of any date subsequent to the date
of this press release.
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