The Venu streaming service is starting soon.
In the “no one should be surprised by this development category”, lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington are urging Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice to take a rather close look at the upcoming launch of Venu Sports. Venu Sports, once it gets off the ground, is a sports streaming service that will be owned by Rupert Murdoch’s FOX Sports, the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Discovery. The United States Department of Justice was planning to investigate the business to see if it was violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Now Congress wants to add a little muscle and make sure that an investigation is conducted. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders as well as Congressmen Joaquin Castro and Jerry Nadler want some action and want it soon.
“This massive new sports streaming company would be poised to control more than 80% of nationally broadcast sports and more than half of …