The planned streaming service Venu Sports has been scrapped before it ever started. ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday they were pulling the plug on Venu. It had been expected to make available sports products from all three services as a mid-priced entry for cable cord-cutters who wanted more a bare minimum of sports.

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Fox have shut down their plans for a joint/bundled sports streamer titled Venu Sports.

Venu was announced in 2024 as a slimmed-down streaming package carrying the channels that would have offered such channels as ESPN.

Venu Sports, the sports streaming app that Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced as part of a joint venture in February, will no longer launch, the three companies said today.

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have called off plans to launch their sports streaming service, Venu, the companies said in a joint statement Friday.

U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV on Thursday challenged a dismissal of FuboTV's lawsuit against Venu Sports, the streaming service planned by Walt Disney , Fox Corp and Warner Bros Discovery Inc, saying it does not resolve antitrust issues around the joint venture.

US TV carrier DirecTV has released a statement questioning the recent dismissal of legal proceedings against Venu Sports, the joint venture sports streaming platform planned by ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros.

Key Takeaways Venu Sports, the streaming service combining the services of The Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FOX, on Friday was called off before it could launch.The companies said in a joint statement they felt they should be "focusing on existing products and distribution channels.