Lawyers for DirecTV and EchoStar’s Dish have asked a U.S. district judge to reconsider a dismissal of claims by Fubo TV against the Venu Sports streamer after a surprise merger with Hulu + Live TV.
U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett of the Southern District in New York in August granted Fubo TV a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the launch of the Venu sports streaming joint venture proposed by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. But the sports-focused streamer secured a path to potentially launching after Fubo agreed to drop its lawsuit against Venu as it merged with Disney’s streaming multichannel video service Hulu + Live TV.
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To potentially block that launch on completion of the proposed merger transaction, DirecTV and Dish on Jan. 7 wrote U.S. District Judge Garnett to raise a red flag
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