FuboTV (FUBO) (DIS) said Tuesday that NBCUniversal (CMCSA) pulled its networks from Fubo on November 21 after the company refused to sign a multi-year deal that goes beyond the Versant spinoff.
“NBCU is spinning off some of their cable networks into a new company called Versant on Jan 1, 2026. Despite them not being worth the cost to Fubo subscribers, Fubo offered to distribute Versant channels for one year,” the company said in a statement. “NBCU wants Fubo to add expensive, non-sports channels, which will drive up the price paid by Fubo subscribers.”
Fubo claims NBCU is discriminating against it and its subscribers and said they would be forced to move forward without NBCU if they do not reconsider their stance.
“They allowed YouTube TV (GOOG) (GOOGL) and Amazon Prime Video (AMZN) to integrate Peacock directly into their channel store but refused to give Fubo the same rights,” the company said. “Fubo’s goal is to make Peacock available directly in our channel store so subscribers can access all of their content in one place and seamlessly pay on one bill.”