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Live-TV streaming service fuboTV has reported an annual run rate (ARR) of $100 million in September 2018.

fubotv 16 oct 2018It also reported double- and triple-digit year-over-year growth for average revenue per user (ARPU), paid subscribers and time spent per subscriber.

ARR was up 259% year-over-year, reaching $102 million in September, versus $28 million one year earlier. ARPU meanwhile was up 80% year-over-year, to $40 in September versus $22 in the same time period in 2017.
Paid subscribers meanwhile doubled year-over-year, approaching 250,000 in September; there were over 30,000 net additions during Q3.

Time spent per user was meanwhile up a whopping 364% year-over-year, to 51 hours in September versus 11 hours in September 2017.

During the year, fuboTV launched 4K HDR Beta (July 2018) for streaming of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Since then, other content available as part of the beta launch has included NCAA college football, MLB playoffs, English Premier League soccer, and entertainment programming coming soon.

It also launched dynamic discovery in September – an interface through which subscribers can browse live entertainment, news and sports programming  via an in-progress preview directly on the home screen. fubo launched the interface on Apple TV and will roll it out platform-wide in the coming months.

Additionally, fuboTV launched dynamic ad insertion in January 2018.

“What our team of less than 150 employees has built – from the ground, up, despite our competition having access to tens of thousands of engineers alone – impresses me every day, and it should put the streaming TV industry on notice,” said David Gandler, fuboTV co-founder and CEO. “Our September results and year-over-year growth are proof of our success. We have and will continue to deliver the most optimal quality experience for our customers and strong value to our investors, as we take the company to the next level.”