Disney, Fox, WBD Sports Streaming Venture Taps SiriusXM’s Jessica Casano-Antonellis as Head of Communications – Variety

<br>                                By  <a class="c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-link" href="https://variety.com/author/todd-spangler/"             >   Todd Spangler</a>                           <br>NY Digital Editor<br>   <a  href="https://variety.com/t/jessica-casano-antonellis/"  id="auto-tag_jessica-casano-antonellis"  data-tag="jessica-casano-antonellis"  >Jessica Casano-Antonellis</a> is exiting SiriusXM to join the new <a  href="https://variety.com/t/disney/"  id="auto-tag_disney"  data-tag="disney"  >Disney</a>, <a  href="https://variety.com/t/fox-corp/"  id="auto-tag_fox-corp"  data-tag="fox-corp"  >Fox Corp.</a> and <a  href="https://variety.com/t/warner-bros-discovery/"  id="auto-tag_warner-bros-discovery"  data-tag="warner-bros-discovery"  >Warner Bros. Discovery</a> sports-streaming venture as head of communications.<br>  Casano-Antonellis, PR head of PR for Disney&#8217;s streaming division, will start at the still-unnamed joint venture as senior VP of communications on Monday, May 6. Disney, Fox and WBD <a  href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-fox-espn-streaming-spots-joint-venture-1235900161/"  >unveiled their partnership in February</a>, positioning the new streaming bundle as a way to reach consumers who don&#8217;t subscribe to pay TV. It&#8217;s pegged to debut this fall.<br>  <a  href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/espn-fox-warner-sports-streaming-bundle-price-1235900842/"  >Pricing and a specific launch date haven&#8217;t been announced</a> for the service, which will combine ESPN+ with the three companies&rsquo; linear TV networks that carry sports programming (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNews, Fox, FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, TNT, TBS and truTV). Some wags have dubbed the venture &ldquo;Spulu,&rdquo; a portmanteau of &ldquo;sports&rdquo; and &ldquo;Hulu,&rdquo; which originally was set up as a joint venture among TV broadcasters.   <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0"      class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">
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