Disney, Warner and Fox urge swift appeal against streaming site closure – Knowligent
Disney, Warner and Fox urge swift appeal against streaming site closure

Disney, Warner and Fox urge swift appeal against streaming site closure

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By Brian Steinberg

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery just want to get their new streaming sports adventure on the field.

The three media giants urged the court on Monday to swiftly appeal the shutdown of their Venu sports streamer, noting that they had already spent $74 million on the joint venture and that the courts had taken the “extraordinary measure” of blocking the launch of “a new, consumer-friendly product just weeks before it was due to launch.”

The appeal, filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, comes just 10 days after a U.S. district court judge barred the trio from launching the new service following complaints from sports-focused streaming service FuboTV, which claimed the launch of Venu would bankrupt the company.