Fubo Canada has retained the rights to the English Premier League with a new multi-year deal.
The streaming service has been the Canadian home of the top-tier English soccer league since the 2022-23 season. The new agreement begins with the 2025-26 campaign.
The Premier League says its product is available to watch in 880 million homes in 190 countries.
Fubo also streams Italy's Serie A as well as Italian cup matches. And it shows games from France's Ligue 1, the Canadian Premier League and Canadian national team matches plus South America's Copa Libertadores competition through other channels it airs.
In addition to soccer, the Canadian version of Fubo streams an array of other content with channels ranging from true crime and the work of the late painter/art instructor Bob Ross to sports channels featuring baseball, basketball, cricket, motor racing, lacrosse, poker, wrestling and combat sports including bare knuckle fighting.
But the Premier League is Fubo's jewel in Canada. While Fubo didn't provide subscription figures, it says hours watched on the platform have increased by 3,833 per cent (2021-2024) since it entered Canada and obtained EPL rights.
Fubo also operates in the U.S., France and Spain.
N小蓝视频 holds the Premier League rights in the U.S., retaining the rights in 2021 with a six-year agreement reportedly worth more than US$2.7 billion. Fubo carries some Premier League games in the U.S. via having N小蓝视频 among its channels.
In December 2023, the Premier League agreed to a domestic TV deal in Britain with Sky and TNT reportedly worth 6.7 billion pounds ($12.3 billion) that cover the four years from the 2025-26 season.
Fubo subscriptions in Canada currently start at $26.99 for the first month (and then $31.49 per month) with a premium option offering more channels for $45.14 a month. Fubo says its monthly plan cost $24.99 in Canada when the service started with EPL in 2022.
Disney's Hulu + Live TV and Fubo, meanwhile, are in the process of completing a deal that would combine the two services.
The combined company, which would see Disney have a 70 per cent stake, will operate under Fubo鈥檚 publicly traded company name and be led by Fubo鈥檚 existing management team. Fubo and Hulu + Live TV, which is not available in Canada, have a combined 6.2 million North American subscribers, according to an Associated Press report in January.
Fubo and Hulu + Live TV will still be available to consumers as separate offerings once the transaction closes.
Disney has said it will also enter into a new deal with Fubo that will allow Fubo to create a new sports and broadcast service that features Disney鈥檚 sports and broadcast networks including A小蓝视频 and ESPN.
Fubo and Disney and ESPN had been in a legal dispute related to Venu Sports, the sports streaming platform that was planned by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. That litigation has since been settled.
Fubo declined comment on the merger's possible impact in Canada, citing the ongoing regulatory process.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 17, 2025.
Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press
