On its revenue this week, Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed that the MediaGiganten is working on a direct-to-consumer flow service that will be launched before the FIFA World Cup 2026.
While details are sparse, much of the programming from Fox Network is likely to find its way to the paid streaming service. It is likely to include football matches shown on the Fox network over the air. With Fox, which has the rights to the World Cup 2026, expects many of these games to flow on the new service and appear on the upper air. But games shown on FS1 and FS2 will probably not be on the new app so FOdoes not break any of the carrier that Fox Corp has with cable providers who pay Fox to broadcast that programming.
For football fans, after several years of waiting, it means that we can finally have a paid streaming service from Fox.
More recently, Fox has used Tubi to stream selected European qualifiers and Concacaf games. Tubi is a fast channel (free AD-supported TV) owned by Fox Corp, but its inclusion of advertising during live games is not ideal for football fans who want an uninterrupted viewing experience. It is, however, to stream in Sunday’s Super Bowl on Tubi, but given the number of commercial breaks that a typical NFL game has, it will not encounter the same problems as football fans have.
Fox had hoped to be able to launch Venu as a joint venture with ESPN and Warnerbro’s Discovery 2024, but these plans failed to materialize after Fubo won a legal case that prevented the launch. With Venu Jettisoned, this means that Fox must prepare his own streaming service. Otherwise, it will be left as all the other four major TV networks in the US (ABC, NBC and CBS) already have their streaming services.
In Fox Sports History, the previous direct-to-consumer flow services (Foxsoccer.tv as well as Fox Soccer 2Go) offered, but it will be the first time it offers sports and news programming on a paid app.
Murdoch did not mention price information, but shared that it will be “relatively low, certainly relative to what our peers have spent in this space.” The streaming service is expected to be launched at the end of 2025.
Other than the 2026 World Cup, what football games from Fox would you like to see on the new streaming service? Let us know in the comments below.
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