Fubo Says NBCU Blackout Due to Programmer Demands
Fubo said Tuesday that last week's blackout of NBCUniversal content on the streaming platform came as NBCU demanded that it sign a multiyear deal for the cable channels that are to be spun off Jan. 1 and add "expensive, non-sports…
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channels" to its Fubo Sports package. Fubo said NBCU is also discriminating against it by letting YouTube TV and Amazon Prime Video integrate Peacock directly into their channel stores but not allowing the same for Fubo. NBC parent Comcast didn't comment.