fuboTV用户突破100万，收购莫洛托夫

fuboTV Inc today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. 另外, 自本季度结束以来, fuboTV达到了100万付费用户的重要里程碑.

The company delivered triple-digit year-over-year growth during the third quarter in total paid subscribers (up 108% to 944,605), 总收入(增长156%，至156美元).广告收入(增长147%，至18美元).600万). Viewership hours reached record highs with fuboTV customers streaming 284 million hours of content during the quarter, 同比增长113%. fuboTV在本季度还增加了262,884名净用户.

完整的2021年第三季度业绩详见fuboTV 股东的信可以在公司网站上找到红外网站.

fuboTV还增加了2021年全年的收入和用户指导.

“fuboTV’s record third quarter 2021 results again showcase consistent strong execution in support of our company mission and continued traction towards our long-term growth and margin targets,大卫·甘德勒说, 联合创始人兼首席执行官, fuboTV. 该公司在2021年第三季度取得了创纪录的业绩, 总收入增长156%, 广告收入增长147%，用户增长108%, 每一项都与前一年进行比较. 另外, 我们增加了262,884 net subscribers in the third quarter - more subscribers than added throughout all of 2020.”

Gandler continued: “fuboTV’s achievement of hitting the one million subscriber mark since the third quarter ended is an extraordinary milestone by any measure but particularly remarkable given the momentum of our business over six short years. 从这个角度来看, 截至2020年第二季度末, 大约有286人,000用户. 和, 即使是在一百万订户的时候, we believe we are still just scratching the surface of the massive opportunity ahead of us with 72.传统付费电视仍有600万活跃用户.”

“The one million subscriber milestone represents an exciting inflection point in our business, 这将对收入增长和盈利能力产生巨大影响, 特别是考虑到我们广告业务的持续实力,小埃德加·布朗夫曼说.fuboTV执行董事长. “fuboTV能在如此短的时间内发展壮大，我感到非常激动. There is so much more to come as we track towards defining a new category of interactive sports and entertainment television.”

fuboTV also announced it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire France’s number one live TV streaming company, 莫洛托夫SAS.

The transaction fuels fuboTV’s global expansion strategy by leveraging Molotov’s unique direct-to-consumer live TV streaming service and its advertising video-on-demand (AVOD) platform, 芒果, which combined total nearly four million monthly active users in France (September 2021). The Molotov streaming platform was designed to be easily localized for new markets and languages, 促进在其他国家快速和有效地推出产品. The technology capabilities between the two companies are expected to enable fuboTV to launch its interactive sports and entertainment streaming platform on a global scale.

Molotov brings to fuboTV’s international business a freemium model which leverages a free tier to drive user growth and upsell customers to premium add-on channel packages. fuboTV plans to leverage Molotov’s strategy and low-cost marketing funnel for international growth while implementing fuboTV’s marketing technology to accelerate Molotov subscriptions.

Molotov has distinguished itself in France with a unique entertainment experience focused on live and on-demand TV series, 电影, 纪录片和儿童内容. fuboTV will look to provide Molotov with sports content and sports-first product features. The newly combined streaming platform has the potential to offer a robust and personalized product experience for everyone in the household. This well-rounded offering will also enable fuboTV to customize local content offerings as it enters new markets.

根据协议条款, fuboTV已经提交了一份具有约束力的报价，以164欧元的价格收购莫洛托夫SAS.3 million (approximately $190 million using the foreign currency exchange rate as of November 8, 2021年)现金和股权对价的组合, 其中至少85%是股权. 此次收购须经惯例必要的批准和成交条件. It is estimated to close sometime during the first quarter of 2022 at which point the Company expects to provide guidance on how the transaction will impact fuboTV’s financials.

Molotov will continue to be based in Paris and led by JeanDavid Blanc, its co-founder. 布兰克也被任命为总统，莫洛托夫. Molotov’s approximately 100 employees will remain with the Company and fuboTV plans to further expand the product and engineering team in Paris. Molotov was founded in 2015 by Blanc (founder of AlloCiné) and Pierre Lescure (co-founder of Canal+).

“Molotov has set the benchmark for ad-supported and subscription streaming platforms in Europe,大卫·甘德勒说, 联合创始人兼首席执行官, fuboTV. “We believe this strategic asset will help accelerate our goal of achieving global scale and operating leverage as we continue to improve and innovate on our live, 为体育迷及其家人提供互动流媒体电视体验.”

甘德勒补充道:“8月份, we launched an At-The-Market (ATM) stock offering program to provide the flexibility to raise capital to accelerate our growth plans, 包括全球扩张. 莫洛托夫提供的机会是我们如何做到这一点的一个完美例子. We look forward to delivering a truly category-defining live TV streaming platform to consumers around the world.”

Blanc commented: “We’re thrilled to scale Molotov with fuboTV with whom we share the same ambition and vision for a live TV streaming platform. Our goal is to provide consumers with a best-in-class streaming experience with premium television content on a global scale.”

fuboTV目前在美国运营.S. 和加拿大，是第一个美国.S. 虚拟MVPD将于2018年在西班牙推出，进入欧洲市场. 莫洛托夫在法国活动, 布吉纳法索, 象牙海岸, Senegal and Cameroon and expects to launch soon in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 该公司还通过与摩洛哥电信的合作伙伴关系在摩洛哥开展业务.

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