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How the future of sports streaming died


On The Vergecast: The messy future of sports TV, and how to scroll less and read more.

By David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. On this episode of The Vergecast, after a brief update on the state of the TikTok ban, we explore the brief life and quiet death of the supposed future of sports streaming. Sportico’s Jacob Feldman joins the show to explain where Venu came from, why its parent companies — ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros.-Discovery — thought it was a good idea, and why Fubo immediately picked a fight over its existence.

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