Most of your monthly bill is forwarded to the networks and other entities providing the channels you like to watch. If you've already cut the cord (or are considering doing so) due to the ever-rising cost of cable TV, don't curse your cable company too much. fuboTV isn't getting better as it gets bigger The vast majority of the company's cable subscription revenue is being chewed up by affiliate fees passed back to networks and cable channels.Īnd worse, there's no end in sight to this dynamic.

As it turns out, acquiring the video content passed along to paying subscribers isn't cheap. In theory, if a potential competitor can sidestep these companies' regional reaches by delivering lower-cost cable TV using a high-speed internet connection, it's got a chance at breaking into the cable television market.īut virtual cable TV company fuboTV ( FUBO -9.09%) is coming face-to-face with a tough reality. Most conventional cable television service providers (like Comcast's Xfinity and Charter's Spectrum) face little geographical competition.

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