January: FuboTV loses FX and NatGeo after Disney acquired them in Fox deal.

Last week: FuboTV makes deal with Disney, gets FX/NatGeo back along with ESPN, ABC, etc etc

This week: $10/mo price hike - https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/1/21309678/fubo-tv-subscription-price-increase-cost-family-plan-standard-youtube-disney-warnermedia
FuboTV increases monthly subscription to $65

FuboTV is getting a ton of Disney channels, and a price hike to go alongside it

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/1/21309678/fubo-tv-subscription-price-increase-cost-family-plan-standard-youtube-disney-warnermedia
Correction: $5/mo price hike, $65/mo is for the family plan with 3 streams and more DVR storage.
Oh wow this is kinda dirty. FuboTV moving customers from base plans to family plans, resulting in a $10/mo price hike (to $65/mo) instead of a $5/mo one (to $60/mo). Subscribers must downgrade manually if they want the lower price: https://www.aftvnews.com/fubo-tv-increases-price-by-5-and-automatically-moves-customers-from-base-to-mid-tier-plan/
Fubo TV increases price by $5 and automatically moves customers from base to mid-tier plan

Just one day after YouTube TV increased their price to $65, competing streaming TV service Fubo TV has announced that they're increasing their two least expensive plans by $5. The Standard plan is...

https://www.aftvnews.com/fubo-tv-increases-price-by-5-and-automatically-moves-customers-from-base-to-mid-tier-plan/
Sad to see some companies resort to cable-style trickery to make their vMVPD business work.
I keep skimming over these stories too quickly. Fubo is making people CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE to downgrade plans.

You all know I'm always wary of "it's cable all over again" hyperbole, but this really is it.
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