Media companies scrap Venu Sports streaming service before it even started

The Venu sports streaming service is over before it even began. ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday they were pulling the plug on Venu, which was expected to include sports offerings from all three major media companies and was announced to great fanfare last year. But its planned launch had been blocked due to an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Fubo service. Although Fubo dropped its case earlier this week, there were indications that other companies were going to take up the fight. So, in shuttering Venu, the three companies said best to focus on existing products and distribution channels.