Tag: Fox

  • Disney Plans to Sell FOX’s RSN One Network At a Time

    Disney Plans to Sell FOX’s RSN One Network At a Time

    As part of the deal to get Department of Justice approval for the Disney and Fox merger there was a requirement that the Fox Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) would be sold off. According to the deal, when Disney closes on the sale of most of 21st Century Fox they would sell off the regional sports networks…

  • Disney May Soon Have 100% Ownership of Hulu

    Disney May Soon Have 100% Ownership of Hulu

    Today it was reported that AT&T may be willing to sell their 10% share of Hulu to Disney. Right, now Disney already owns 30% of Hulu and a deal is already in place to buy FOX’s 30% share of Hulu. This will give Disney 60% ownership of Hulu likely in 2019. Comcast owns the last…

  • DIRECTV NOW & FOX Renew Their Distribution Deal

    DIRECTV NOW & FOX Renew Their Distribution Deal

    Over the weekend, FOX and AT&T announced that they have renewed their distribution deal to bring FOX-owned networks to DIRECTV NOW. This deal means there will be no blackout for FS1, FS2, FX, FXX, FXM, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, BabyTV, and Spanish language services Fox Deportes, Nat Geo Mundo, and Fox Life or…

  • MLB & FOX Agree to Expanded Streaming Rights

    MLB & FOX Agree to Expanded Streaming Rights

    This week FOX Sports and Major League Baseball agreed to renew their $4 billion TV deal through 2021. Full details have not been announced, but according to MLB expanded streaming, social media, and highlight rights are included. What exactly this means for cord cutters is still unknown, but hopefully, this means FOX’s 52 regular season…

  • PlayStation Vue Removes DVR Restrictions on Some FOX Programming

    PlayStation Vue Removes DVR Restrictions on Some FOX Programming

    For some time now select FOX-owned networks on PlayStation Vue forced on-demand versions on viewers in place of DVR recordings. When you used PlayStation Vue to DVR something on FX you may end up with an on-demand version with unescapable ads. According to PlayStation Vue’s website, these are all the restrictions on FOX programming: Fast-forwarding…

  • How to Watch The 2018 MLB World Series on Roku, Apple TV, & Fire TV

    How to Watch The 2018 MLB World Series on Roku, Apple TV, & Fire TV

    This week the 2018 MLB World Series gets underway on FOX. The good news is it is now easier than ever to watch the World Series on your Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. Starting Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 on Fox Los Angeles will play at Boston to start the 2018 World Series. Here is…

  • Disney Plans to Use Proceeds from Selling Fox’s RSN & Sky to Invest in Streaming

    Disney Plans to Use Proceeds from Selling Fox’s RSN & Sky to Invest in Streaming

    Today it was announced that Fox & Disney have agreed to sell FOX share of Sky to Comcast. Currently, (Fox’s share of Sky is said to be worth more than $15 billion) Well Fox still owns the shares of Sky they are apart of Disney’s deal to buy most of Fox so, most of the…

  • fuboTV Adds 8 New CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals

    fuboTV Adds 8 New CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals

    Yesterday fuboTV announced that they have added 8 new locals. This includes 4 CBS locals, 1 FOX local, and 3 NBC Locals. With these new locals, fuboTV now has 486 live locals. Right now fuboTV has: FOX coverage in 93% of U.S. households, including 50 of the top 50 and 146 total DMAs (111 stations plus…

  • Hulu Just Added 18 New ABC, FOX, NBC, & Telemundo Locals

    Hulu Just Added 18 New ABC, FOX, NBC, & Telemundo Locals

    Today Hulu announced that they have added 18 new ABC, FOX, NBC, and Telemundo locals. This puts Hulu over 450 live locals across the United States making them the #1 live TV streaming services when looking at locals. In a statement on Hulu’s Facebook page, they said “Heads up Oklahoma City, Knoxville, Omaha, Youngstown and…

  • Comcast Now Has More Control Over Hulu

    Comcast Now Has More Control Over Hulu

    Back in 2011, Comcast did just about anything to buy NBCUniversal from General Electric. To get the deal approved, they agreed to a long list of government-imposed limitations. One of the last of these limitations was how much control Comcast could have over Hulu. NBCUniversal was one of the early owners of Hulu, but part…