The pay TV distributors raised a red flag to a U.S. district judge over a bid to dismiss an earlier injunction against the sports streamer after a surprise merger of Disney’s Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.

DirecTV and Dish Network have signaled their willingness to continue challenging the launch of Venu Sports following Disney's decision to buy out Fubo. This article, DirecTV, Dish present unified front against Fubo-Disney pay TV deal,

The news likely was a surprise at DIRECTV headquarters since it was a supporter of Fubo’s legal attack on Venu which won a temporary injunction against the sports streamer last

In a letter to U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett, who granted Fubo a preliminary injunction that blocked Venu’s launch earlier this year, DirecTV said that the settlement restores “an anticompetitive runway” for the joint venture to control the future of the live pay TV market.

U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV on Thursday challenged a dismissal of FuboTV's lawsuit against Venu Sports, the streaming service planned by Walt Disney , Fox Corp and Warner Bros Discovery Inc, saying it does not resolve antitrust issues around the joint venture.