Fox to Dive into the Streaming Arena with New Sports and News Platform by 2025
Fox launches a sports and news streaming service in 2025, targeting cord-cutters while still supporting cable TV.
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Fox to Dive into the Streaming Arena with New Sports and News Platform by 2025
The streaming landscape is about to get a major shakeup. Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch has announced plans for a new standalone streaming service slated to launch by the end of 2025. This ambitious venture aims to capture the growing audience of cord-cutters and cord-nevers, offering a compelling blend of live sports and breaking news drawn from Fox's established portfolio of channels and brands. During a recent earnings call, Murdoch outlined the vision for this new platform, emphasizing its "holistic" approach and its complementary relationship with the traditional cable bundle. A Strategic Expansion, Not a Replacement: Murdoch made it clear that this new streaming service isn't intended to replace the traditional cable model, a model Fox continues to strongly support. Instead, it's a strategic expansion designed to reach a demographic increasingly migrating away from linear television. "We're huge supporters of the traditional cable bundle, a…