Consolidated Communications Strengthens its Video Offerings with Live OTT Television from fuboTV
December 21 2017 - 11:30AM
Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL), a leading broadband and
business communications provider, today announced it has reached a
first-ever agreement with fuboTV, the leading sports-first live
streaming TV service, to bring its robust content line-up to
Consolidated Communications’ customers.
fuboTV is one of the fastest-growing subscription services in
the world, delivering an over-the-top (OTT) bundle of live sports,
news and entertainment channels to its subscribers, at home or on
the go.
“Our customers crave the best in TV content when they want it
and where they want it,” said Rob Koester, vice president of
product management, consumer services at Consolidated
Communications. “With its abundance of live, national and regional
sports and must-watch entertainment channels, fuboTV delivers
content that will supplement our video offerings.” Consolidated
Communications, a top 10 fiber provider in the U.S., is the first
communications company to ink a deal with fuboTV.
After signing up for a free trial of fuboTV at
www.fubotv.com/consolidated customers can stream 65+ live channels
— a perfect fit for Consolidated’s high-speed internet
customers that choose to compliment or not subscribe to a
traditional TV package. The basic Fubo Premier package has more
live sports channels than any other streaming provider and local
broadcast stations, regional sports networks, top entertainment
networks, and even on-demand movies and shows.
Customers can stream programming on their computer or via
fuboTV’s highly-rated apps for Apple and Android devices, plus
Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast and Fire TV. After the trial, Fubo
Premier is available at an introductory rate of $19.99 for the
first two months.
“We are excited that Consolidated is bringing our sports-first
streaming TV service to its customers, and is the first broadband
provider to take advantage of our partnership with the NCTC
announced earlier this year,” said Min Kim, vice president of
business development at fuboTV. “Our streaming package, which has
the most sports for the least money, gives Consolidated customers
even more reasons to love their fast, fiber-based high-speed
Internet.”
To view the full channel line-up available on Fubo Premier,
visit www.fubotv.com/consolidated. Additionally, with the fuboTV
service, customers can record up to 30 hours of programming through
their personal cloud-based DVR, with no additional device or cost
required, and the ability to pay to upgrade to 500 hours of DVR
capacity. Customers can simply click the ‘Record DVR’ button found
throughout fuboTV and the scheduled DVR appears on “My DVR” on the
customer’s website or app. The recording is available 30-minutes
after the program ends and doesn’t expire until the customer
deletes it. Also at no additional cost, subscribers also get access
to thousands of hours of video-on-demand (VOD) programming, as well
as the ability to log into dozens of network websites and apps
using a fuboTV user name and password.
About Consolidated Communications Consolidated
Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNSL) is a leading broadband
and business communications provider serving consumers, businesses
of all sizes, and wireless companies and carriers, across a
24-state service area. Leveraging its advanced fiber optic
network spanning more than 36,000 fiber route miles, Consolidated
Communications offers a wide range of communications solutions,
including: data, voice, video, managed services, cloud computing
and wireless backhaul. Headquartered in Mattoon, Ill.,
Consolidated Communications has been providing services in many of
its markets for more than a century.
About fuboTVfuboTV is a sports-first streaming
TV service that brings subscribers over-the-top (OTT) access to the
most sports for the least money. This includes a growing
line-up of national channels, local broadcasters and regional
sports networks (RSNs) that hold rights to the most popular sports
in the world. Officially launched in January 2015 as a streaming
soccer service, fuboTV has evolved into one of the leading virtual
MVPDs in the U.S. Its entry-level Fubo Premier bundle offers
more than 65 channels, including up to 37 that carry sports, and
brings customers access to popular entertainment, news and
information content that complements the core sports offering,
including more than 10,000 titles available on-demand. It is
available on desktop or mobile web via www.fubo.tv; on Amazon Fire
TV and Fire TV Stick; Android and iOS devices; Apple TV;
Chromecast; Roku; and through T-Mobile’s Binge On.
The company has raised a total of $75.6 million in funding to
date, including a $55 million Series C round that closed in June
2017, led by Northzone, and including 21st Century Fox, Sky and
Scripps Networks Interactive. Investors also include DCM Ventures,
i2bf, Luminari Capital, LionTree Partners, Univision Communications
Inc., Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (former Chairman and CEO of Warner Music
Group), Chris Silbermann (founding partner, ICM Partners) and
former NBA Commissioner David Stern.
Contacts: Jennifer Spaude, Consolidated
Communications 507-386-3765, jennifer.spaude@consolidated.com
Matt Biscuiti, The Lippin Group for fuboTV212-986-7080,
matt@lippingroup.com
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