| As FuboTV Sued Disney and
Others over Venu JV Expert Desser
Downplays Antitrust in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Aug 8 – FuboTV has sued
Disney, Fox and others or
alleged antitrust violations
in their Venu Sports joint
venture, has this week been
arguing for a preliminary
injunction to halt Venu before
it starts. Inner City Press is
covering it.
On August
8 before U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Margaret
Garnett, defense witness Edwin
Desser was cross examined by
FuboTV's lawyer Rachel
Anderson. Thread:
FubtoTV lawyer:
Netflix, in terms of sports,
only has WWE and that's
scripted, right?
Desser: They've
done some one-offs, golf and I
think boxing. The co-CEO of
Netflix has stated that the
notion of people gathering to
consume sports on their
platform is interesting
Desser: Consider
Amazon carrying NFL games.
They were also on FOX, then
Amazon bought exclusive rights
for some billions of dollars.
FuboTV lawyer:
What about Apple trying to buy
PAC-12 basketball but it
falling through? Desser: All
PAC-12 fell through [Laughter]
Desser:
Apple has a 10 year exclusive
on MLS. FuboTV lawyer: Have
you seen research that Raptor
would have 98% of playoff
games?
Desser: Doesn't
sound like it. Half of March
Madness is not going to be in
Venu. And the AFC Championship
-
FubtoTV lawyer:
Under seal
Judge: You're
excused Mr. Desser. Anyone
from the defendants? Defense
lawyer Engel: We have the
director of distribution of
FOX. Are we going to need to
close the court?
Judge: We're
getting comfortable with the
procedures.
Defense: We have
an exhibit under seal...
And so it goes.
The case is
FuboTV Inc. et al. v. The Walt
Disney Company, et al., 24-cv-1363
(Garnett)
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