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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ fuboTV Raises $75M More ]]></title>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeff Baumgartner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xPf5cn7foLNjV7AG9W4ZGA-1280-80.png">
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                                <figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="xPf5cn7foLNjV7AG9W4ZGA" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xPf5cn7foLNjV7AG9W4ZGA.png" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xPf5cn7foLNjV7AG9W4ZGA.png" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>fuboTV, the sports-focused OTT TV service, said it has raised a $75 million “D” round that includes AMC Networks, along with existing investors 21st Century Fox, Luminari Capital, Northzone, Sky and the former Scripps Networks Interactive (now part of Discovery).  </p><p>The latest round, raised less than a year after it locked in a $55 million “C” round, takes fuboTV’s total funding past the $150 million mark.  </p><p>REALTED: fuboTV Scores $55M ‘C’ Round </p><p>fuboTV said it will use the funds to invest in and grow its engineering and product teams, add new features, boost marketing activity, and secure new content for offerings in the U.S. and abroad.  </p><figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="xxNxuiarQFyyVXTQnJSwVf" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xxNxuiarQFyyVXTQnJSwVf.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xxNxuiarQFyyVXTQnJSwVf.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>The company noted that it has grown its staff by 60% in the past ten months, and plans to double its office space and staff by the end of 2017. It also has plans to open a second headquarters in a state and location to be announced later that will complement its 17,000 square foot HQ in midtown New York.  </p><p>The fresh funds also arrive as fuboTV continues to face off against a growing mix of well-heeled OTT TV competitors that include DirecTV Now, Sony’s PlayStation Vue, Hulu, YouTube TV, Sling TV as well as Philo, which <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/philo-unleashes-entertainment-focused-ott-tv-service-416505" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/philo-unleashes-entertainment-focused-ott-tv-service-416505">launched a national entertainment-focused service in November</a>. T-Mobile is also developing a new OTT TV service in the wake of its <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/t-mobile-paid-325-million-layer3-tv-418030" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/t-mobile-paid-325-million-layer3-tv-418030">$325 million acquisition of Layer3 TV</a>, as is a <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/blog/vidgo-ids-two-tech-partners" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/blog/vidgo-ids-two-tech-partners">startup called Vidgo. </a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/virtual-mvpds-growing-weeds-analyst-418430" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/virtual-mvpds-growing-weeds-analyst-418430">RELATED: Virtual MVPDs Growing ‘Like Weeds’: Analyst  </a></p><p>fuboTV crossed 100,000 subscribers last September, and says it has seen double-digit growth since. It has distribution deals with Consolidated Communications and the National Cable Television Cooperative.  </p><p>With respect to live locals, fuboTV says its Fox coverage spans 87% of U.S. homes, and 72% for NBC and 68% for CBS.  </p><figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="HGzsVXs4KE3txNTTNKV98h" name="" alt="David Gandler" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HGzsVXs4KE3txNTTNKV98h.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HGzsVXs4KE3txNTTNKV98h.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class="pull-"><span class="caption-text">David Gandler </span></figcaption></figure><p>“This latest capital raise underlines a seismic shift in viewing behavior as consumers migrate from traditional platforms to streaming television,” David Gandler, fuboTV’s CEO and co-founder, said in a statement. “The pay TV space is experiencing a renaissance, and the company will use this investment to continue to drive technological advancement in video quality and latency, machine learning and predictive analytics to deliver a best-in-class experience.”   </p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hulu Ends 2017 with More Than 17 Million Subscribers ]]></title>
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                                <figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="KrfYLrdqV7KR9UaBw6Yo2N" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KrfYLrdqV7KR9UaBw6Yo2N.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KrfYLrdqV7KR9UaBw6Yo2N.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>Hulu said it ended 2017 with more than 17 million total subscribers, a number that factors in customers who take its subscription VOD service as well as its newer live TV offering.</p><p>That total is up by 5 million subs, or 40%, from the 12 million SVOD-only subs that Hulu reported having in 2016. Hulu announced its latest numbers in tandem with this week’s CES in Las Vegas.</p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/hulu-nears-12m-us-subscribers-404669" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/hulu-nears-12m-us-subscribers-404669">RELATED: Hulu Nears 12M U.S. Subscribers</a></p><p>Hulu also announced that its total audience has surged past 54 million unique viewers, and that its VOD library ended 2017 with more than 75,000 episodes of TV across 1,700 titles.</p><p>The OTT video service also announced that ad revenues eclipsed $1 billion for the first time in 2017.</p><p>Among other stats, Hulu said the median age of its viewers is 31, with a median annual income of $92,000.</p><p>The top three dramas on Hulu in 2017, based on hours watched, were <em>Law & Order: SVU</em>, <em>This is Us</em>, and <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em>, and the top three comedies were <em>South Park, Family Guy</em> and <em>Bob’s Burgers.<br/><br/></em>Hulu launched its live TV service, which remains in beta form, last May.<br/><br/>Hulu latest results come on the heels of 10 Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globes.</p><p>“2017 was a momentous year for Hulu,” Hulu CEO Randy Freer, said in a statement. “We took several major steps to become a 21st century direct-to-consumer media company, evolving into both an aggressive SVOD business and a formidable new live TV provider. The year ahead is going to be even bigger, as the company invests more in content – live, library and original – as well as technology and data to make Hulu the leading pay TV choice for consumers.”</p>
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