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With Venu Gone, DirecTV Lauches Bundle Aimed At Sports Fans But Without CBS Or Many Local Stations

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Making good on its promise to offer less costly bundles, DirecTV is rolling out a package aimed at sports fans, but anyone getting fired up for the big game may want to read on before subscribing.

MySports, as the new bundle is known, costs $70 a month, though early adopters will get a three-month teaser rate of $50. That puts it close to YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV, which are $83 a month but have a lot more than the 40 channels on MySports.

The new offering follows the abrupt shuttering last week of Venu Sports, the nearly year-old joint streaming venture of Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. Venu had been sued on antitrust grounds by pay-TV operator Fubo and the parties’ settlement in that case, announced days before Venu’s shutdown, calls for Disney to acquire 70% of Fubo.

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