Overview
- All NBCUniversal networks went dark on Fubo at the 5 p.m. ET deadline on Nov. 21 after renewal talks failed, with no restoration timeline announced.
- The outage affects roughly 1.63 million subscribers and removes NBC, Telemundo, Bravo, USA, CNBC, MSNBC, and regional NBC Sports networks, disrupting marquee live sports and events.
- Fubo says key sticking points include forced bundling of non-sports channels, multi‑year commitments tied to the Versant spinoff, and denial of in‑app Peacock integration offered to rivals.
- NBCUniversal counters that it offered the same rates and terms accepted by hundreds of distributors, noting Hulu + Live TV’s agreement, and says Fubo chose to drop its programming.
- Fubo is applying an automatic $15 credit starting on or after Dec. 1 if the blackout persists, and it says existing cloud DVR recordings of NBCU content will remain until they expire.