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FuboTV Shares Plunge 15%

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Martin Peers
· · Source: The Information

Shares of FuboTV plunged as much as 15% on Monday to around $38, signaling that the euphoria which lifted the stock to a high of $62 last week—from its IPO price of $10 in October—has worn off. Fubo is a much smaller version of services such as YouTube TV, Sling and Hulu with Live TV. Each offers a streaming version of cable TV channels, at a lower price than cable, in an effort to capture...

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