On October 29, 2025, after receiving antitrust clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice, Fubo TV Inc. and The Walt Disney Company closed a transaction to combine Fubo’s business with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV platform. The transaction was entered into as part of the settlement of Fubo TV’s litigation against Disney and others alleging attempted monopolization and exclusionary conduct, and will result in Fubo TV’s and Hulu + Live TV’s combined six million North America subscribers having increased choice of programming packages.
Econic Partners Founding Partners Jon Orszag—who served as Fubo TV’s economic witness in the prior litigation—and Ali Yurukoglu, and their team worked closely with internal and outside counsel in preparing economic analyses that demonstrated that Fubo TV and Hulu + Live TV were not close competitors in the provision of Multichannel Video Programming Distribution (MVPD) services, and that the transaction would not result in a substantial lessening of competition in any relevant market.
The Econic Partners team included Thomas Stemwedel, Genaro Marquez, Holly Bourque, Donnie Hong, Lauren Lau, Ishaan Goenka, Jeffrey Tan, David Cheng, and Reesa Sooklall. Fubo TV was represented by Amanda Reeves, Kelly Fayne, Francesca Pisano, Chris Salvatore, and Sahdia Khan of Latham & Watkins, and Tom Schultz of Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick. We also worked closely with Fubo TV’s in-house legal team, including Gina DiGioia and Steve Brody.
