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Anthony Hazzard
February 19, 2025

The Super Bowl had record viewership, and part of that reason was the free streaming app Tubi. Find out more about Tubi later in this email. 

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📺️ Tubi Scores Major Win for Free, Ad-Supported TV

Most of the Super Bowl LIX postmortem focused on:

  1. With a 40-22 loss, the Kansas City Chiefs “hurt their legacy” with a second blowout loss (they’ve still won three since 2020 and made three consecutive Super Bowls).

  2. The 127.7 million viewers broke an all-time record for Super Bowl viewership.

Part of the reason for the record viewership: FOX simulcast the game on free streaming app Tubi.

FOX acquired Tubi for $440 million in 2020. It’s part of the free ad-supported television category (FAST). But it normally features limited sports.

The title of our Tubi review calls it a “free Netflix alternative.” Yet it proved remarkably different than the streaming giant on Super Bowl Sunday.

Netflix has struggled with latency and performance issues during its foray into live sports (although it already has improved).

  1. Tubi: 26 seconds

  2. NFL+ (mobile app only): 51 seconds

  3. Hulu + Live TV: 62 seconds

  4. DirecTV Stream: 63 seconds

  5. Sling: 64 seconds

  6. YouTube TV: 67 seconds

  7. Fubo: 78 seconds

Score this one a win for free streaming TV, which Clark loves.

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