The planned streaming service Venu Sports has been scrapped before it ever started. ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday they were pulling the plug on Venu. It had been expected to make available sports products from all three services as a mid-priced entry for cable cord-cutters who wanted more a bare minimum of sports.

The prospect of litigation scuttles the joint ESPN/Fox Sports/Warner Bros. Discovery venture before it sold its first subscription

Disney’s ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery aren’t moving forward with their joint streaming venture Venu Sports, the companies said Friday, calling off what would have been a major programming bet in the face of continued legal challenges to their plans.