Multi-year agreement includes custom content and product integrations, co-marketing capabilities

NEW YORK, October 15, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FuboTV Inc. (d/b/a/Fubo) (NYSE: FUBO) and The Athletic today announced a deep partnership, making Fubo the official live TV streaming partner of The Athletic. The multi-year agreement includes content and product integrations, as well as plans to co-market the two brands to their respective audiences.

The partnership makes sports-first live TV streaming platform Fubo The Athletic’s first streaming partner.

Fubo will be integrated into live gaming blogs and additional content on The Athletic’s industry-leading sports platform as a preferred sports streaming destination. As part of this, The Athletic will work with Fubo to deliver the most engaging and informative content experience possible through customized in-content modules that contain relevant game information.

The Athletic and Fubo plan to jointly develop new product features on The Athletic platform, designed to ultimately build a unique and market-leading user experience.

“The Athletic is one of the most trusted sources in sports media and we have a shared passion for building community through sports locally and nationally,” said Yale Wang, executive vice president of marketing at Fubo. “We are excited to be The Athletic’s first official streaming partner and look forward to connecting with sports fans through bold new integrations while delivering industry-leading sports coverage.”

“We are pleased to partner with Fubo, a leader in live sports streaming, as our first official streaming partner,” said Sebastian Tomich, Chief Commercial and Development Officer of The Athletic. “This partnership brings together The Athletic’s unparalleled sports journalism and Fubo’s dynamic live content, improving the way fans interact with sports. Together, we strive to build a deeper community of sports fans, deliver the best coverage and creating compelling new experiences for fans at both a local and national level.”

Fubo’s industry-leading sports offering includes more than 55,000 live sporting events annually, many streamed in 4K, and more than 35 regional sports networks in the basic package at the lowest cost compared to other streaming options. In addition to its industry-leading sports coverage, Fubo also streams popular live entertainment and news programs and offers more than 40,000 TV shows and movies on-demand every month.

Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. Athletic’s newsroom, with more than 450 full-time employees, provides in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams in more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many championship clubs.

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About Fubo

With a global mission to bring the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, together through a single app, FuboTV Inc. (d/b/a Fubo) (NYSE: FUBO) to transcend the industry’s current TV model. The company operates Fubo in the US, Canada and Spain and Molotov in France.

In the US, Fubo is a sports-first cable TV replacement product that brings together more than 400 live sports, news and entertainment networks and is the only live TV streaming platform with every Nielsen-rated sports channel (source: Nielsen Total Viewers, 2023) . Leveraging Fubo’s proprietary data and technology platform optimized for live TV and sports viewers, subscribers can engage with the content they watch through an intuitive and personalized streaming experience. It was the first virtual MVPD to launch 4K streaming and MultiView, which it did years before its competitors, as well as Instant Headlines, a unique AI feature that generates contextual news topics as they are reported live on air. .

More information can be found at https://fubo.tv

About athletics

Founded in 2016 and acquired by The New York Times in 2022, The Athletic is the world’s largest direct-to-consumer digital sports media company committed to enhanced sports storytelling. The Athletic features the largest sports newsroom in the world, with 500 full-time employees serving more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams in the U.S. and worldwide. Through a personalized subscriber experience built around the teams and leagues fans follow, The Athletic delivers content and insight in a range of formats, from written to audio, video and social. It delivers powerful stories and smart analyzes that bring sports fans closer to the heart of the sports world. the game. From breaking news and live commentary to in-depth long reads and exclusive interviews, subscribers trust The Athletic for every sports story that matters.

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