In its first earnings report because the high-profile Dominion lawsuit settlement, Fox posted a $50 million loss for its fiscal third quarter, regardless of income boosts from the Tremendous Bowl and Tubi.

The corporate stated the loss was “primarily because of expenses related to” authorized settlement prices, that means the $787 million cost will possible seem in Fox’s subsequent quarterly report, moderately than this one.

“We made the enterprise resolution to resolve this dispute and keep away from the acrimony of a divisive trial and a multiyear attraction course of,” CEO Lachlan Murdoch stated throughout the firm’s earnings name Tuesday morning.

Murdoch additionally stated that there’s “no change to programming technique” at Fox Information—regardless of Tucker Carlson’s high-profile exit final month.

Concerning the upcoming litigation with Smartmatic, Murdoch stated the 2 instances are very totally different. The CEO doesn’t consider the trial will start till 2025.

“We’ll be able to defend this case surrounding extraordinarily newsworthy occasions when it goes to trial,” Murdoch stated.

Into the upfront

With Fox’s upfront subsequent week, Tubi is anticipated to play a big function.

Tubi is now the most-watched FAST service within the U.S., based on the corporate, and noticed a lift in income from elevated viewership.

Whereas the corporate didn’t escape Tubi’s numbers by quarter, Murdoch stated the streamer’s complete viewing time (TVT) has grown by over 200%, and income jumped 400% since Fox’s acquisition three years in the past.

Final month, Tubi CEO Farhad Massoudi exited the corporate, simply months after a viral Tremendous Bowl marketing campaign. Transferring ahead, the corporate has reorganized its digital efforts as a brand new enterprise unit, Tubi Media Group, with Paul Cheesbrough set to steer the division as CEO.

Promoting revenues on the firm grew 43% to %1.86 billion, led by the Tremendous Bowl and Tubi. Whole revenues for the quarter reached $4.08 billion.

Heading into the upfront, Murdoch stated the corporate isn’t seeing a softness within the advert market, with the nationwide and sports activities market being “very sturdy, very strong.”