The Athletic names Fubo as its first official live TV streaming partner

The multi-year agreement includes custom content and product integrations as well as co-marketing opportunities

NEW YORK, October 15, 2024– (BUSINESS WIRE) – FuboTV Inc. (d/b/a/ Fubo) (NYSE: FUBO) and The Athletic today announced a profound partnership making Fubo the official live television streaming partner of The Athletic. The multi-year agreement includes content and product integration, as well as plans to jointly market the two brands to their respective audiences.

The partnership makes sports-first live TV streaming platform Fubo the first streaming partner of The Athletic.

Fubo will be integrated into live game blogs and additional content on The Athletic's leading sports platform as a preferred sports streaming destination. As part of this, The Athletic will work with Fubo to deliver the most engaging and informative content experience possible through custom in-content modules that contain relevant game information.

The Athletic and Fubo plan to work together to develop new product features on The Athletic platform, ultimately creating a unique and market-leading user experience.

“The Athletic is one of the most trusted sources in sports media and we share a passion for building community through sports locally and nationally,” said Yale Wang, executive vice president of marketing at Fubo. “We’re excited to be The Athletic’s first official streaming partner and look forward to connecting with sports fans through bold new integrations while providing leading sports coverage.”

“We are thrilled to partner with Fubo, a leader in live sports streaming, as our first official streaming partner,” said Sebastian Tomich, Chief Commercial and Development Officer of The Athletic. “This partnership brings together The Athletic’s unmatched sports journalism and Fubo’s dynamic live content, improving the way fans engage with sports. Together, we strive to build a deeper community of sports enthusiasts, provide the best coverage and provide fans with immersive new experiences on both a local and national level.”

Fubo's leading sports offering includes more than 55,000 live sports events per year, many in 4K quality, and over 35 regional sports channels in the basic package at the lowest cost compared to other streaming options. In addition to its leading sports coverage, Fubo also streams popular live entertainment and news programs and offers more than 40,000 on-demand TV shows and movies each month.

Powered by one of the largest sports newsrooms in the world, The Athletic provides sports fans with the most in-depth stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic's newsroom of more than 450 full-time staff provides in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and collegiate teams in more than 47 North American markets and all 20 English Premier League football clubs, as well as many Championship clubs.

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About Fubo

With a global mission to bring together the best in television, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app, FuboTV Inc. (d/b/a Fubo) (NYSE: FUBO) aims to be on top of the latest to go beyond the industry's TV model. The company operates Fubo in the US, Canada and Spain and Molotov in France.

In the US, Fubo is a sports-first cable TV replacement that bundles more than 400 live sports, news and entertainment channels and is the only live TV streaming platform with all Nielsen-rated sports channels (Source: Nielsen Total Viewers, 2023). Leveraging Fubo's proprietary data and technology platform optimized for live TV and sports viewers, subscribers can interact with the content they are watching through an intuitive and personalized streaming experience. It was the first virtual MVPD to launch 4K streaming and MultiView, putting it years ahead of its competitors, as well as Instant Headlines, a unique AI feature that generates contextual news topics while reporting on them live on air.

Find out more at https://fubo.tv

Via The Athletic

The Athletic was founded in 2016 and acquired by The New York Times in 2022. It is the world's leading direct-to-consumer digital sports media company dedicated to sophisticated sports storytelling. The Athletic has the world's largest sports newsroom with 500 full-time employees covering more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams in the U.S. and worldwide. Through a personalized subscriber experience around the teams and leagues fans follow, The Athletic delivers content and insights in a range of formats, from written to audio, video and social media – delivering powerful and intelligent stories Analytics that bring sports fans closer to the heart of the game – the game. From breaking news and live commentary to in-depth deep reads and exclusive interviews, subscribers rely on The Athletic for every big sports story.

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Ameet Padte, Fubo
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Jennifer L. Press, Fubo
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Bianca Illion, Fubo
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Jordan Cohen, The Athletic
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