FOX readying dedicated sports streaming service that will include IndyCar

Sports fans will have a dedicated FOX streaming service by the end of the year that will fill the void created by the recent demise of VENU Sports.

Announced by FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch during Tuesday’s quarterly earnings call, the direct-to-consumer bundle will package the FOX network where all IndyCar races will be held, and its FOX Sports 1 and 2 cable channels – among other offerings – where practices and qualifying, and the Indy NXT series is presented.

“We’re huge supporters of the traditional cable bundle, and we always will be,” Murdoch said. “But having said that, we do want to reach consumers wherever they are, and there’s a large population, obviously, that are now outside of the traditional cable bundle.

“We’re very pleased with this trend of the bundle. It’s financially, economically positive for us. We would hope that this bundle will be attractive to the cordless customers – the cord-cutters and cord-nevers.”

Under the original plan outlined in the FOX Sports IndyCar deal, fans who pay for cable can access streaming content through the FOX Sports app on Android and Android TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon’s Fire TV, Vizio, Xbox, Apple TV, Roku, and Samsung Smart TV, via authentication with the cable provider, which remains unchanged.

And for those without cable, the new Venu Sports package, which included ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FOX Sports, would be available as a monthly subscription.

A lawsuit by a rival sports streaming service and the eventual unwinding of Venu Sports has left IndyCar fans with no official streaming option to use from FOX in 2025, but other for-pay services do exist to act as a bridge – if desired – until the new FOX streaming solution arrives after the season.

The FOX-owned ad-based streamer Tubi, which is free for users, is being utilized for the first time by FOX Sports and will air Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl, but a FOX Sports representative told RACER that Tubi will be deployed on select instances for major sporting events – likely the Indianapolis 500 – but not as a full-time outlet for all of its sporting content.