Fubo Starts Removing Channels You Dont Watch Unless You Ask for Them Back (2024)

Are you a Fubo customer who only watches a few channels? You may find the channels you don’t often watch removed unless you ask for them back.

First reported on Facebook by Fubo users, they are finding messages on channels they don’t often watch saying, “You haven’t watched this channel in a while, so it was temporarily disabled. After reactivation you’ll regain access to this content at no extra cost.”

Cord Cutters News has reached out to Fubo for comment but has not heard back at this time.

So why is this happening? Fubo has to pay for these channels even if you are not watching them. By moving customers to new packages that do not offer these channels, they can stop paying, as we heard about The Hallmark Channel for this channel. If customers want them back, they can just ask to regain access and force Fubo to start paying again, in this case, to The Hallmark Channel to offer that channel to that customer.

This all comes as Fubo continues to try and become profitable. Something that it may not be able to do if Venu Sports launches. The good news is Fubo has won a temporary block on Venu Sports service.

Fubo, in the lawsuit, alleges that three media giants stole from the Fubo playbook and that this new venture is the latest attempt in a years-long campaign to block its business. If successful, Fubo could put a hold on the new streaming service for months or even years as the court case goes forward.

Now, as part of its arguments, Fubo says it could be facing bankruptcy if Venu Sports launches.

“Fubo will face insolvency absent an injunction. But there is literally no harm to multibillion media giants if Raptor is delayed for some period of time while the merits of the case can be fully resolved,” Fubo wrote in a post trial memo according to The Wrap. “While Defendants’ lawyers argued in summation that a delayed launch might cause harm, they made no efforts to introduce evidence that could support that argument and they pointed to no record evidence. They will not suffer anything other than a temporary delay, assuming they prevail at trial.”

Fubo has yet to turn a profit since it launched 9 years ago in 2015. Since then it has relied on investors to support the service as it tries to find a way to become profitable. Fubo seems to be very concerned that Venu sports launch would make it impossible for the service to become profitable.

Now that it won a temporary victory Fubo now has to win the case something that could very well take years.