Fox Sports CEO: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch a ‘couple of steps ahead’ on streaming strategy
"It didn't seem like it made a ton of sense with our assets to do anything but support the bundle."
"It didn't seem like it made a ton of sense with our assets to do anything but support the bundle."
The service is still scheduled to launch before the upcoming football season.
"They have an incredible product and we've had a deep relationship with them for a very long time."
"The clear winners Sunday night were the Eagles, the NFL, and Fox."
The offering will include Fox's linear sports and news networks.
DAZN has purchased the Australian cable television company Foxtel for $2.1 billion.
The future of Fox's sports division rides on who controls the Murdoch family trust.
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch suggested that the huge decline in cable subscribers may finally be reaching its floor.
"I apologize to anyone who was enjoying their football over the weekend and was bombarded with political ads."
Congressmen Jerry Nadler and Joaquin Castro sent a second missive at WBD, Fox, and Disney execs regarding worries about Venu Sports.
Fox's Lachlan Murdoch doesn't feel there will be much regulatory pressure about the soon-to-be-launched sports streaming joint venture.
"We look at our sports portfolio and try to balance it overall. And in doing so, I think it’s highly unlikely that we would bid on the NBA."
Murdoch told Axios' Sara Fischer Fox plans to keep building up USFL teams and eventually sell them to local owners down the road.
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced on an earnings call Wednesday that his company has bought Clay Travis' OutKick site. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Fox currently pays around $1.08 billion annually for its Sunday NFL package. A new Bloomberg report suggests that figure might almost double in the next rights deal.