Non-EU vendorVideo StreamingHeadquarters: US

Fubo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Fubo is a streaming service for live sports, live TV channels and on-demand video, with a cloud DVR. It is available on computers, phones, tablets and TV streaming devices. The website refers only to the US market, with regional restrictions on local channels. Fubo is a subscription service hosted entirely by its provider.

Fubo is operated by FuboTV Inc., based in New York, United States. According to its investor page, the company is an affiliate of The Walt Disney Company and, besides Fubo, owns Hulu + Live TV and Molotov. Disney is also American, so the parent's jurisdiction is the same as that of the headquarters, and the CLOUD Act applies. The website does not say where user data is stored, and the privacy reference found is a US privacy policy only, without a GDPR statement. Fubo is proprietary and has no self-hosted option. European organisations and users of this service therefore depend on a US provider.

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Sovereignty score

17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Video Streaming
Type	Product
Website	fubo.tv ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Fubo

The European alternatives to Fubo come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Fubo

Fubo is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Fubo hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Fubo is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Fubo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Fubo include Accedo, ADN and Antena Play. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Fubo?

Our list of EU alternatives to Fubo is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Fubo GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Fubo is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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Video Streaming: Video streaming services — movies, series, live TV. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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