Sports streamer Fubo sues Disney, FOX and Warner Bros.

Some streaming services are slowly consolidating, creating bundles and, inevitably, morphing into cable TV. And streamers who aren’t part of the pack are turning to lawsuits.

Fubo – a streaming service offering shows and movies as well as the ability to stream football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf and other sports – has filed an antitrust lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, FOX Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and their affiliates. The company says “the upcoming launch of a sports streaming joint venture steals from Fubo’s playbook and is the latest example of this campaign.”

“Each of these companies has consistently engaged in anti-competitive practices aimed at monopolizing the market, stifling all forms of competition, creating higher prices for subscribers and depriving consumers of deserved choice,” said David Gandler, co-founder and CEO of Fubo. in a report. “By coming together to exclusively reserve the distribution rights to a specialist live sports package, we believe these companies are erecting insurmountable barriers that will effectively prevent any new competitors from entering the market.”

This comes after ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery announced that they would join forces to create a great sports streaming service. The proposed partnership includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+, which is, well, a lot of sports – and probably more than Fubo . could produce reasonably.

There is no name for the new partnership or official price, but The Wall Street Journal said the platform could charge around $50 per month. In the meantime, Fubo plans start at $79.99 per month.