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TelevisaUnivision channels pulled from Fubo in carriage dispute

TelevisaUnivision channels pulled from Fubo in carriage dispute

Fubo says that the channel owner is asking for unreasonable fees in its attempts to secure a new deal.

Carriage disputes in the television world are only going to get more frequent with more and more viewers deciding to cut the cord. There’s a new one for Fubo subscribers to contend with, just in time for Christmas. The live TV streaming service is now mired in a dispute with TelevisaUnivision, owners of the Univision linear channel and other Spanish-language channels, as well as the on-demand streaming service ViX.

Key Details:

  • TelevisaUnivision channels are no longer available on any Fubo plan.
  • Fubo says the channel owner proposed new deal terms that would force it to raise prices by 25%.
  • TelevisaUnivision claims it is only asking “market value” for its networks.

The dispute has caused TelevisaUnivision to pull all of its available channels from Fubo’s plans. The streamer does offer a plan specifically built around Spanish-language channels, but it will be without one of its programming crown jewels and no networks from Univision.

Fubo claims that the channel owner was asking for new carriage fees that would have forced a price increase on customers, and bemoaned the fact that its viewers don’t get free access to TelevisaUnivision’s streaming service ViX, which carries a wide variety of live soccer games and would undoubtedly be a good addition to Fubo’s sports-forward programming options.

“Fubo has made considerable efforts and offered compromises to renew our long-standing content agreement for TelevisaUnivision and its affiliated channels,” Fubo said in a statement on Monday. “However, TelevisaUnivision presented us with a new contract with restructured terms that would increase prices by 25% for our subscribers. Furthermore, TelevisaUnivision’s unfair bundling and tying practices require Fubo subscribers to buy all of their channels, including the channels they don’t watch.”

TelevisaUnivision, of course, is laying the blame for the dispute at Fubo’s feet. It says that it’s only asking for a fair price that other programmers have agreed to pay for its content and that viewers can find its content via methods other than Fubo if they want to.

“We have been working in good faith to reach an agreement with Fubo to avoid this outcome, but they refuse to pay the market value that other distributors have agreed to,” TelevisaUnivision said in their own statement. “Fortunately, our channels are broadly distributed across many platforms, ensuring our audience has plenty of options to continue enjoying our programming while we work towards a resolution.”

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At this point, it’s fairly predictable how the dispute will go. The two sides will make competing statements to the press for a while, complete with sharp-edged rhetoric, but eventually, a deal will be reached. Whether or not a renewal will force Fubo to actually raise prices remains to be seen, but that is somewhat common practice; DIRECTV recently raised the price of a DIRECTV STREAM subscription, informing customers of the change just days before announcing a new carriage deal with Disney.

For now, however, it’s customers who are caught in the middle. Fubo points to its long list of other Spanish-language programming available in its statement regarding the dispute, but that’s of little comfort to viewers who signed up mainly to watch Univision. Check out the chart below if you are looking for other ways to watch the channel while the dispute goes on!

Fubo

Fubo is a live TV streaming service with about 90 top channels that start at $79.99 per month. This plan includes local channels, 19 of the top 35 cable channels, and regional sports networks (RSNs). In total, you should expect to pay about $94.99 per month, after adding in their RSN Fee. Fubo was previously known as “fuboTV.”

The streaming service does not carry channels from WarnerMedia-owned (CNN, TBS, and TNT), A+E (A&E, History Channel, and Lifetime), and AMC Networks (AMC, BBC America, and WE tv). So, in our experience, if you are looking to watch the NBA, which heavily plays on TBS and TNT, you may want to look at another live TV streaming provider.

But for other sports fans, especially those who want to stream local sports, Fubo is a great option in our opinion. They recently announced adding Bally Sports RSNs to their channel lineup and it is the least expensive option to get RSNs in many markets like Altitude, AT&T Sports, Fox Sports, Marquee, MSG, NBC Sports, and NESN. (Take a look at the full list of Fubo’s sports channels.)

Fubo also includes MLB Network, NBA TV, NFL Network, NFL RedZone , NHL Network, and beIN Sports (which is not available on most services). You can add Fox Soccer Plus as part of the International Sports Plus add-on for $7/month.

You can add the Fubo Extra ($8) to add ~38 channels including GSN.

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David covers the biggest news stories, live events, premieres, and informational pieces for The Streamable. Before joining TS, he wrote extensively for Screen Rant and has years of experience writing about the entertainment and streaming industries. He's a Broncos fan, streams on his Toshiba Fire TV, and his favorites include "Andor," "Rings of Power," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."

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