January 10, 2025—ACA Connects President and CEO Grant Spellmeyer released the following statement after Disney, FOX, & Warner Bros. Discovery announced it will discontinue its proposed virtual MVPD service, Venu Sports.
“First and foremost, this is a win for sports fans. They refused to be fooled. The media giants behind this sports streaming juggernaut threatened to control the marketplace so they could jack up prices and force consumers to pay for bloated bundles of programming.
“ACA Connects has long advocated for a more competitive and level playing field. That starts with allowing everyone, not just the biggest media players, to offer their customers the programming they want at prices they can afford.”
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- Spellmeyer tells Light Reading “Venu is Dead” (December 13, 2024)
- ACA Connects Statement on Judge Blocking Sports Streaming Juggernaut (August 16, 2024)
- ACA Connects Statement on DOJ Review of Sports Streaming Juggernaut (February 15, 2024)
- ACA Connects Statement on the Anticompetitive Sports Streaming Juggernaut (February 7, 2024)
America’s Communications Association (ACA Connects) is a trade organization representing about 500 small and medium-sized, independent companies that provide high-speed internet, video, phone, and mobile services covering 29.5 million households. ACA Connects Members operate in every state, providing advanced communications to connect homes, companies, main street, schools, hospitals and more. America’s economic prosperity in smaller communities and rural areas depends on the growth and success of independent operators, who believe a connected nation is a prosperous nation. For more information, visit www.acaconnects.org.